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Ref NoMS 466/1/1/15/3/37
Finding NumberMS 466/438 (1940)
TitleElizabeth Taylor Cadbury's family journal letters, 1940
LevelFile
Date11 January 1940 - 31 December 1940
DescriptionThis file contains family journal letters written by Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury during 1940. The letters are all typed (unless otherwise stated here) and are addressed from the Cadbury family home, the Manor House in Northfield (unless otherwise stated here). The majority of these letters feature Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's signature in ink. The letters are dated as follows:

Extracts of letters received from Belgian students from the University of Birmingham who were lodging at the Manor House, Northfield. (1 page)
11/01/1940 (6 pages)
Document featuring extracts from family correspondence received by Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury (2 pages, 2 copies, the second of which is in reverse order to the first.)
24/02/1940 (5 pages)
06/03/1940 addressed Moorland Links Hotel, Yelverton, Devon (4 pages)
27/03/1940 extracts from letters exchanged amongst the family relating to an accident involving Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's nephew John (2 pages numbered 1a and 2a.)
26/03/1940 addressed Winds Point, Malvern (4 pages)
22/04/1940 (6 pages)
20/05/1940 (4 pages)
06/06/1940 (6 pages)
28/06/1940 (4 pages)
05/07/1940 signed B.F.C. (possibly Bertram Crosfield) addressed Witheridge, Beaconsfield (4 pages. Please note that a fifth page is printed on the reverse of page four.)
16/07/1940 (3 pages)
July 1940 small card which was sent to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury addressed Winds Point, Malvern, featuring a Latin quotation and signed with the intials E.L.
31/07/1940 (4 pages)
22/08/1940 (2 pages)
09/09/1940 (5 pages)
07/10/1940 (6 pages)
29/10/1940 (5 pages)
07/11/1940 (7 pages)
31/12/1940 (5 pages)
Extent22
FormatItems
Physical DescriptionPlease note the paper on which these letters are typed is considerably thin and should be handled with care.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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