Correspondence with her children and other close family members, c.1922-2000
File
MS. 9696/3
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
folder 1) letters from her daughter, Lucy Caroline ‘Bear’, mostly written from school, 1945-1949, with five later letters from her ranch in Canada, some relating to her parents’ potential divorce, 1957-1958. Also includes carbon copy typescript exam papers for Lucy in ‘Yellow class’.
folder 2) correspondence with her son, Francis and his wife Anne, 1944-2000, mainly childhood letters from Francis but including the menu and guest list for his 21st birthday and a copy letter from Vivien, 1970, describing her unhappiness when her marriage broke down.
folder 3) family letters to Vivien Greene, c.1922-1964, including:
- letter from her grandmother, Amy Julia Green-Armytage (1854-1922), 21 Feb [no year, c.1922]
- letter from her uncle ?Vivien to his brother Bob re their sister’s health, 21 May 1933
- letter from her uncle ?Vivien relating the circumstances of her mother’s death, 22 May 1933
- letter from her maternal uncle Paul [Green-Armytage] on the death of her mother, 22 May 1933
- letter from her aunt in Bath [?Marion Green-Armytage] on the death of her mother, 24 May [1933]
- eleven letters from her younger brother Patrick Dayrell-Browning, 1933-1964, relating to the death of their mother (1933), his active service in Italy at Salerno and Cassino (1943-1944), her separation from her husband (1947-1948)
- Robert Green-Armytage, her uncle, Bath, with news of the family, 8 Sep 1939
- five letters from her mother-in-law, Marion Greene, with family news, 1940-1950s
- envelope addressed to Vivien from Mary Pritchett, New York, postmarked 7 May 1941 [no contents]
- letter from her aunt, Gwendoline Green-Armytage, warning her of an American reporter asking about Graham’s private life, 8 Sep 1951
Dates
- Creation: c.1922-2000
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 9696/3
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk