Grant family correspondence, 1921-1935

File

MSS. Afr. s. 2154 box 7

Letters to Robin and Vera Grant (brother and sister-in-law of Major Josceline Grant):

(file 1) - 2 Jul 1922-14 Mar 1923: five letters from Nellie Grant written from Kitimuru, Chania Bridge [Thika], British East Africa. 20 Oct 1933-16 Mar 1934: three letters from Nellie Grant written from Gikemmah Farm, Njoro. (15 fols)
(file 2) - 5 Nov 1926-4 Dec 1935: thirteen letters from Joceline Grant to Vera Grant, most written from Njoro, Kenya, mainly concerning business and financial matters; and two letters to Vera Grant from the National Bank of India. (25 fols)
(file 3) - 18 Feb 1921-27 Nov 1923: eight letters from Elspeth Huxley, Kitimuru, Chania Bridge. 15 Oct-31 Dec 1927: five letters from Elspeth Huxley to Vera Grant from Cornell, Ithaca, and New York, USA. 5 Apr 1933-1 Sep 1935: four letters from Elspeth Huxley to Vera Grant from Njoro, Kenya, and while on a ship to South Africa. (52 fols)

Also:

(file 4) - [c.1935]: part of a letter (pp.3-5) from Nellie Grant [to Elspeth Huxley?] headed 'Leakey's Book', describing Louis Leakey's manuscript on the Kikuyu, and the need to find a publisher. (4 fols)