| Description | This section contains personal and social correspondence sent to and written by Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury from 1892 until 1949. The correspondence in this section includes letters from Taylor Cadbury's close friends Sir George Newman, Dame Henrietta Barnett and Sir Oliver Lodge as well as a letter from the niece of Florence Nightingale, Barbara More Nightingale. Letters are also featured relating to Taylor Cadbury's work with the National Union of Women Workers and and the Parents' National Education Union during the early twentieth century. Correspondence between Taylor Cadbury, Carl Heath and Herbert George Wood is also included in this section relating to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's Quaker faith and her role as the first female President of the National Free Church Council (Federal Council, of the Free Churches). Letters from national and international figures such as J. S. Rathbone and Shunzo Yoshizaka reflect the significance of Taylor Cadbury's participation in efforts to reform urban working and living conditions through her involvement with the development of Bournville village. In addition, Taylor Cadbury's relationship with royal families in England and abroad is evident in social correspondence from the household of Queen Mary (1867-1953) and letters from Louise Sophie, Princess Frederick Leopold of Prussia.
The section also contains letters sent to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury by relatives and friends whilst she was undergoing surgical procedures to correct a sinus problem during 1926.
The letters in this section cover almost fifty years of history and relate to many significant events in the first half of the twentieth century, including the outbreak and aftermath of the Second World War. The correspondence provides an insight into Taylor Cadbury's personal friendships and reflects her local, national and international significance as a Quaker philanthropist. |
| AdminHistory | Throughout her long and active life Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury was closely involved in a wide range of public philanthropic activities supporting the reform of urban working and living conditions, the health of Birmingham schoolchildren, the welfare of women workers and the improvement of international relations. Through her participation in this work and her lifelong membership of the Society of Friends, Taylor Cadbury developed a wide social network of friends and colleagues with whom she regularly corresponded. |