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Diaries, anthologies, literary papers and letters, 1876-1950s

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Folder 1: Diaries and notebooks, comprising:
  1. Three small childhood notebooks, 1876, 1879, 1881
  2. Five small childhood diaries, 1880-1882, including a holiday in Switzerland, 1881, and 'A Garden Journal', 1882

Folder 2: Letters to Margaret Newbolt (née Duckworth). Items 10-22 are in a paper wrapper annotated by Celia Furse, however not all the items listed are present in the archive:
  1. The State and the Arts, the Romanes Lecture delivered by Lord (Edward) Bridges, 3 Jun 1958, with a covering letter from Bridges to Margaret Newbolt and a further letter from Ralph Furse to Margaret about the lecture
  2. Eight letters from her brother, Arthur Campbell Duckworth, from Switzerland, 1888
  3. Letter from her sister, Helen Holland, on her Catholicism and daughter Verena Holland, 1923
  4. 15 letters from Hugh E. Lister (and Mary and Sibyl Lister), 1930s-1940s. Includes a letter dated Apr 1938 reminiscing about meeting Margaret and Henry Newbolt (when he was a boy at Netherhampton)
  5. Letter from her son, Francis Newbolt, 1957
  6. Three letters from her granddaughter, Theresa Furse (later Whistler), 1937/8, 1940, 1943
  7. Letter from F. Puddicombe, former groom at Halsdon, n.d. [mid 1950s?], with a press cutting about Annie Johns and a biographical note about them both
  8. Letter from her sister, Cecie Smith (née Duckworth), on the birth of Hester, 1894
  9. Three letters from her son-in-law, Laurence Whistler, 1939, 1946, 1947
  10. Letter from Nellie Cecil, thanking for the gift of Robert Bridges' Spirit of Man, with pencil comment by Margaret Newbolt in the margin, 1916
  11. Letter from Anna Coltman about Venton, 1927
  12. Letter from Mary Findlater, 1917
  13. Postcard from Sibbie/Sibby Holland from France about her sister Verena Holland ('V.V.'), [1938?]
  14. Postcard from Sylvia Duckworth, 1944
  15. Two letters from Constance Lloyd and a catalogue of her paintings on show at the Adams Gallery, 1952
  16. Letter from Percy Lubbock, 1922?
  17. Letter from Pamela Tennant, 1911
  18. Letter from Cynthia Lubbock, 1926?
  19. Extract of a letter from George Arthur Newbolt to Celia Furse about Jill Furse, 1944
  20. Envelope containing seeds from Switzerland?, n.d.
  21. Press cutting about Maurice Hewlett's widow, n.d.
  22. Cutting showing images of The Common Seal and The Admiralty Seal, n.d.

Folder 3: Letters, poems and writings by Margaret, comprising:
  1. Letter (missing page 1) to a sister, possibly Helen Holland as Margaret signs herself 'Merva' which was Helen's name for her, [c. 1896]
  2. Two letters to her sister, Helen Holland, including reference to 'B' (Bernard), [1908?, possibly incomplete], and war spirit, 1914
  3. Letter to her daughter, Celia Furse, on visiting Walter 'Jack' de la Mare in old age, 1954?
  4. Eight letters (one incomplete) to Ella Coltman, including two from Francis Newbolt, 1943
  5. Six letters to her granddaughter, Theresa Furse (later Whistler), 1935-1949
  6. Handwritten page 'To my descendants', Aug 1940, two versions
  7. Dance card, 1888
  8. Pencil note on Jill Furse swallowing a pebble, 1919
  9. Poems: 'The Vigil of St. Barnabus. An Eclogue' (four folded pages), Sonnet 'To Edith S' (probably Edith Sichel), 1883-1884, and a poem to Celia Furse just before Nicolas was born, 1925
  10. Notes on Margaret by her daughter, Celia Furse, n.d.
  11. Miscellaneous items: quotes from letters and poems, a page from a 1903 diary, and a postcard advertising a concert by the Joachim Quartette, [1900s?-1930s?]

Folder 4: Anthologies and written conversations, comprising:
  1. Spiral bound notebook containing prose anthology/quotations, with Celia Furse's label on front, [1940s-1950s]
  2. Spiral bound exercise book containing Margaret's late life pencil conversations, 'M E Newbolt conversations Halsdon 1949-1950 and 1951'. An accompanying note says Margaret was very deaf so people wrote replies to her questions and afterwards she copied out the ones she wanted to keep, hence the notebook
  3. Anthology of letters and quotes, including quotes from family letters, [1940s-1950s]
  4. Memo book, 'Extracts from family letters', [1929-1954]
  5. 'Classica Memo Tablet' marked 'Halsdon 1949-50 J.H.M.F. and Ralph' (many pages removed)
  6. Linen-covered notebook containing a reading list, [1935]

Folder 5: Leather wallet believed to belong to Margaret Newbolt as it contains items relating to her, comprising:
  1. Letter from 'Mama' (Edina Duckworth) to Evie Duckworth, Apr 1873
  2. Letter to Margaret from 'Sorella' (believed to be Helen or another of her sisters), written on the evening of Margaret's marriage to Henry Newbolt, 1889
  3. Poem by Helen [Holland?] written after taking Celia Newbolt into the meadow grass, 1891
  4. Poem by 'MEC' for Margaret, 'A mother to a baby', 1894
  5. Prose written on scraps of paper and a photograph of Evelyn's grave in Orchardleigh churchyard (found in the envelope with the letter from 'Sorrella'), n.d.

Dates

  • Creation: 1876-1950s

Extent

1 box (5 folders)

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. 23701/12

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