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Ref NoMS 466/1/1/15/3/39
Finding NumberMS 466/438 (1942)
TitleElizabeth Taylor Cadbury's family journal letters, 1942
LevelFile
Date25 January 1942 - 22 December 1942
DescriptionThis file contains family journal letters written by Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury during 1942. 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:

25/01/1942 (6 pages including an additional note which follows page five in the form of a postscript. This is a copy of the note attached to a family journal letter dated 08/10/1941 featuring details of recent news which had occurred 'as we go to press').
Sheet of paper featuring a poem entitled 'Ode to the Monkey Puzzle Tree, Winds Point' composed by Dame Henrietta Barnett on her visit to Winds Point, Malvern in 1920. (1 page)
18/02/1942 (5 pages)
09/03/1942 (4 pages)
Document entitled 'News Bulletin of Family' (2 pages)
24/03/1942 (6 pages)
16/04/1942 addressed Beaulieu Hotel, Eastborne (5 pages)
15/05/1942 (7 pages)
22/05/1942 addressed Juniper, The Wick Street, Nr. Stroud, Glos. (7 pages)
Document entitled 'News of Family' (2 pages)
21/06/1942 (4 pages including a short note attached to the first page of this letter signed P. Cook stating that Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury had travelled to Ireland on 22nd June 1942.)
27/06/1942 addressed Ardeevin, Portadown (7 pages)
10/07/1942 short letter written by Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury as a foreword to her family letter relating to the death of her daughter-in-law Joyce Cadbury's mother. (1 page)
03/08/1942 (7 pages)
17/08/1942 addressed Brock, Trebetherick, Wadebridge, Cornwall (4 pages)
Document entitled 'The Account of the Open Sunday at the Manor, August 16th 1942' written by Elsa Fox, Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's personal secretary (2 pages)
01/09/1942 entitled 'Supplementary Family Letter' (4 pages)
21/09/1942 document entitled 'Family News' (2 pages)
21/09/1942 (4 pages)
06/10/1942 (7 pages)
12/11/1942 (7 pages)
08/12/1942 (6 pages)
Printed copy of a message written by Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury for the National Free Church Women's Council Mother's Guild (1 page, printed on both sides.)
22/12/1942 (5 pages)
Extent22
FormatItems
Physical DescriptionPlease note the paper on which these letters are typed is considerably thin and should be handled with care. Please note that letters dated 12th November 1942, 8th December 1942 and 22nd December 1942 are torn and particularly fragile.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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