Archive of Dame Lucy Sutherland

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Archive of Dame Lucy Sutherland (1903-1980), historian and principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, comprising academic papers, correspondence, and family papers.

Dates

Creation: Feb 1832-1981 and n.d.

Extent

2.28 Linear metres (16 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Some material (two folios) is closed.

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 12214/1, fols. 1-92].

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MSS. 12214/1-16

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 12214

Additional Description

Abstract

Archive of Dame Lucy Sutherland.

Biographical / Historical

Dame Lucy Stuart Sutherland (1903-1980) was an Australian-born historian and principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. For more information see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Dr Anne Whiteman in 1985.

Related Materials

Bodleian Library: MSS. Afr. s. 2098, copy of Lucy Sutherland's M.A. thesis for Witwatersrand University, 'The Frontier Question: Relations between the Cape of Good Hope and the Bantu Tribes on its Eastern Frontier from the Year 1834-36'; MSS. Afr. s. 1431 and MSS. Afr. s. 1434, papers relating to Lucy Sutherland's father, the mining engineer Alexander Charles Sutherland.