Private correspondence and related ephemera, 1899-1956; 1959
folder
Held at the Weston Library
With two unfoliated items.
Comprises:
- (fols. 1-2) log cards for S.S. Congo during Rey's voyage from Falmouth to Tenerife, 30 Mar and 2 Apr 1899
- (fols. 3-4) letter [from Viscount Malmesbury] to Miss Nina Webster [later Mrs C.F. Rey] about the City and South London Railway, 9 Mar [1903]
- (fols. 5-9; item 1) cutting in French about Rey's visit as a delegate with a Board of Trade Mission to Rumania for commercial treaty negotiations; with invitations, menus, and an envelope containing photographs from the visit, 1905
- (fol. 10) menu for a London Rowing Club dinner, 26 Apr 1906
- (fols. 11-12) letter from 'James' to Rey about a letter to Mrs Wilson-Fox, 5 Feb 1909
- (fols. 13-17) two tickets to Blackpool Aviation Week, 1909, with a note in Rey's hand that Bleriot flew the Channel on 25 Jul 1909. Also, a Daily News souvenir of the Bournemouth Centenary Fetes 1910, and a cutting from the Illustrated London News, 1959, about C. Graham-White's flight, 1910, Oct 1909-29 Aug 1959
- (fols. 18-24) letters from F.H. McLeod, Labour Department, Board of Trade, A.E. Bateman, and J.G. Brookbank, Port of London Authority, congratulating Rey on his appointment as Manager of Labour Exchanges, 8-13 Oct 1909
- (fols. 25-28) letter from an unidentified colleague to Rey expressing pleasure at working with him, and about the Royal Show, Norwich, 23 Jun 1911
- (fols. 29-32) menu for a dinner in the form of an unemployment book, 26 Feb 1913
- (fol. 33) Whitehall document authorising a new scale of salaries for the General Manager of Labour Exchange and Unemployment Departments, signed by Sydney Buxton, President, Board of Trade, 9 Jun 1913
- (fol. 34) letter from Buxton to Rey concerning a personal photograph, Jun 1914
- (fols. 35-37) letter from Annie Matthews, cleaner, Labour Exchange, Colchester, to Rey, congratulating him on his appointment as Director of Labour Supply, Ministry of Munitions, [Jul 1915]
- (fols. 38-39) two unidentified photographs [of sports teams?], [1916]
- (fol. 40) Employment Department, Board of Trade; notice of enlargement of the department's functions, and Rey's appointment as Director of Employment Exchanges and Acting Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trade, n.d.
- (fol. 41; item 2) letter from E. Graddon, Rotterdam, to N. Nicholson covering sets of Zinc money circulating in Belgium, also, German iron pieces, 7 Jan 1917
- (fols. 42-43) letter from W. Milnes to Rey thanking him for kindness during their official business, 12 Jan 1917
- (fol. 44) unidentified hand-drawn map, n.d.
- (fols. 45-49) crested and sealed letter from S.A. Woyzero Menen, wife of Ras Tafari (later Haile Selassie) to Mrs Rey, in Amharic with a French translation, thanking her for making purchases on her behalf. Also, dinner invitation in French from Tafari Makonnen to Rey, 17 May 1926
- (fol. 50) cutting from the Cape Argus reporting Rey's arrival at Government House from Mafeking, 10 May 1930
- (fols. 51-63) letters from Lord Athlone and Princess Alice, Government House, Pretoria, and Kensington Palace, London, to the Reys, on personal matters, 6 Dec 1930-9 Dec 1956
- (fols. 64-65) copy of a letter from Olave Baden-Powell to Mrs Rey thanking her for hospitality, and referring to the Girl Guide Movement in the Protectorate (Botswana), 30 Mar 1936
- (fols. 63-77) letters from D. Brodie to Mrs Rey about Italian invasion of northern Abyssinia (Ethiopia), and the abdication of Edward VIII, 14 Apr 1936-31 Jan 1937
- (fols. 74-93) letters from L.S. Amery concerning Rey's work in Bechuanaland (Botswana), South African political and constitutional issues, recognition of Israel, and personal matters, 10 Apr 1937-4 Sep 1953
- (fols. 94-95) menu from a farewell dinner for Rey in Mafeking Town Hall, 20 May 1937
- (fols. 96-99) letter from Sir E.J. Harding, U-S/S Dominions Office, to Rey about Rey's work in Bechuanaland (Botswana), and personal matters, 14 Aug 1937
- (fols. 100-101) letter from Fanny Ellenberger, wife of Lt-Col. J. Ellenberger, a former Resident Commissioner, Bechuanaland (Botswana), to Lady Rey, congratulating her on her husband's Knighthood, 8 Jan 1938.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1956; 1959
Extent
101 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- Amharic
- French
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 384/1, folder 1
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk