Box 32

Scope and Contents 48 black and white photographs of members of the Taylor family of Sussex, including formal and informal portraits, weddings, holidays, and other depictions of daily life in the late 19th century through the 1930s. The majority of the photographs are annotated by Irene Aimee Taylor (b. 1924) with biographical sketches, reminiscences, and added details including descriptions of clothing worn. A complete family portrait, dated 1928, has writing on the verso that suggests Irene is annotating the...

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Materials from the personal papers of British industrialists and politicians Thomas and Richard Potter, including 6 pieces of correspondence, one legal document concerning Richard’s entitlement to a freehold in Chester, and two loose sets of papers used as a diary by Thomas. The majority of the letters are between the Potters and a John Seddon.

Scope and Contents A collection of materials from the personal papers of St. Louis publisher William Marion Reedy as it pertains to his relationship with American poet Orrick Johns between 1905 and 1920. 38 letters, both handwritten and typed, from Reedy to Johns, almost exclusively rejection letters, though some deal with the details of publication; 1 letter from Johns to Reedy expressing his frustration and anger with the editor’s attitude toward him and his work; 1 letter from Reedy to a mutual friend...

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10 pieces of correspondence written to Jane Boulenger by South African-British novelist William Plomer between 1947 and 1972. Also included are two letters to Boulenger about Plomer, the pamphlet from his funeral service in 1973, and several newspaper clippings.