Two letters from Caroline Kipling to Meta Kemble de Forest (1852-1933), wife of the noted American painter, interior designer, and furniture designer Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932). The contents are personal news, mostly related to travel. Dated 1892 and 1893, in the early years of the Kiplings’ marriage. With accompanying envelopes.
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Three items containing notes on Greek grammar and manuscripts, all of which appear to have some connection to the University of Cambridge. The earliest item is a program describing the Classical and Commercial School at Hagdell House, with notes on the back on Greek prepositions. A later (?) pencil notation indicates that the notes are in the hand of 19th-century Anglo-Irish priest and author Thomas Francis, November 1839. The remaining two pieces are in the same hand, undated but appear to...
A typed letter signed by author and critic Joseph Krutch, addressed to Julie Sloane, the wife of Krutch’s publisher William Sloane, and dated November 14, 1955. Accompanied by a handwritten letter from Krutch’s wife Marcelle to William Sloane dated 1973. Contents are personal.
An offprint of Cambridge historian David Knowles’ The Prospects of Medieval Studies accompanied by a note in his hand addressed “Dear Billy.” The note is written on letterhead from Knowles’ residence in Pimlico, London, and dated December 9, 1947.
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Materials related to the writing and publication of British Public School War Materials (1927) by C.F. Kernot. A letter from Admiral Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935) containing a handwritten draft of his what would become his foreword for the book, dated October 9, 1927; a note from Field Marshal Lord Methuen (1845-1932) containing a handwritten copy of his own foreword, dated 2 October 1927; letters from Field Marshal Lord Allenby (1861-1936), General John...
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Materials related to Laline Hohler Barry, a member of the noted British De L’Isle family. The first item is a letter in Barry’s hand to an unknown recipient on letterhead from her home at Long Crendon Manor, and includes details of Christmas travels. The letter is undated but is likely to date from after 1927, when the then-Laline Hohler married her second husband Colonel Stanley Barry as it mentions a “Jeanne” – the name of Barry’s daughter by his first wife. Alongside the letter are two...
