Winifred Holtby, 1929-1960

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Comprises:

(fols. 1-36) twenty-nine letters and postcards from Winifred Holtby to Creech Jones about her work to help William Ballinger in South Africa, and the beginnings of The Friends of Africa Society for which she worked, in connection with Creech Jones, Charles Roden Buxton, Leonard Barnes, Livie Noble, Mrs Pethick Lawrence, Alexander, J.F. Horrabin, and Jeffrey Williams, 1 Jun 1929-8 Jun 1935
(fols. 37-44) newspaper cuttings of obituaries of Winifred Holtby mounted in a booklet, Sep 1935
(fol. 45) letter from Harold Macmillan to Creech Jones inviting him to a luncheon to mark the publication of Vera Brittain's Testament of Friendship: The Life of Winifred Holtby, 18 Dec 1939
(fols. 46-50) reviews of the book, Dec 1935-Jan 1936
(fol. 51) The Star, cutting about Creech Jones's work as Chairman of The Friends of Africa in raising £200 towards the Winifred Holtby Library in Johannesburg, 13 Feb 1940
(fols. 52-59) souvenir booklet of the Winifred Holtby Memorial Exhibition at Bridlington, 22-23 Jun 1954
(fol. 60) Bridlington Free Press: account of the opening of the exhibition, 25 Jun 1954
(fols. 61-63) letter from Patricia Battey, Secretary of the Winifred Holtby Society, about the souvenir booklet, with two enclosures, 6 Jul 1954
(fols. 64-67) letters and leaflets from Geoffrey Handley-Taylor to Creech Jones about Winifred Holtby's manuscripts and bibliography of her work that he was compiling, Apr 1955
(fols. 68-71) programme of events to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Winifred Holtby's death and the order of service of the service of remembrance in Ridston Parish Church, 29 Sep 1960.