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MS 466 - Cadbury Collection - 16th cent. - 20th cent.
- 1 - Family papers - 1727 - 1977
  - 1 - Papers relating to Dame Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury (1858-1951) - 1842 - 1960
    - 2 - Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's personal and social correspondence - 1892 - 1949

Ref No	MS 466/1/1/2/21
Finding Number	MS 466/204/33
Title	Letter from Sir Raymond Priestley to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury
Level	Item
Date	08 November 1943
Description	Sir Raymond Priestley wrote to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury in November 1943 regarding a broadcast which Taylor Cadbury had written and sent to Priestley for approval. Priestley thanks Taylor Cadbury for allowing him the opportunity to read her paper and suggests that it would be 'equally apposite to the days after the war.' Taylor Cadbury's paper concerned contemporary educational issues, Priestley remarking on her references to the importance of 'holiday travel' in education. He comments 'I wish even more of our lads & lasses would be more adventurous in their holidays'. Priestley identifies similarities between his own education and that experienced by Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury, writing 'I should like to think that mine had had as good & as worth while a result.' In a postscript to his letter Priestley notes that he was travelling to Cambridge University the following day to deliver a lecture before going to the Orkneys and Shetland Isles later in the month to lecture to the British Navy.
Extent	1
Format	Item
Related Material	Information about Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury and the University of Birmingham taken from Sara Delamont, 'Cadbury, Dame Elizabeth Mary (1858-1951)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/45784] accessed 27th October 2008 and Richenda Scott, 'Elizabeth Cadbury: 1858-1951' (London: Harrap, 1955). Biographical information about Sir Raymond Priestley taken from G. de Q. Robin, 'Priestley, Sir Raymond Edward (1886-1974)', rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31566] accessed 24th March 2009.
Access Status	Open
AdminHistory	Sir Raymond Priestley (1886-1974) served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham from 1938 to 1952, following a successful international career in geological research. In 1907 he accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton on the British Antarctic Expedition and later supported the establishment of educational institutions oversees. As his letter to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury suggests, Priestley remained enthusiastic about the value of travel and his experiences in the Antarctic, lecturing on the subject to students at Cambridge University and to servicemen during the Second World War. Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury maintained a close association with the University of Birmingham throughout her life and was awarded an honorary MA by the institution in 1919 for her services to education in Birmingham. Taylor Cadbury was one of foundation members of the University of Birmingham's Board of Governors, appointed as a Lady Governor following the awarding of the University's Royal Charter in 1900.
Language	English

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