Jaqueline Hope-Nicholson, 1899-1968
Scope and Contents
This series comprises correspondence, notebooks, diaries, photographs and research and business papers of Jaqueline Hope-Nicholson. Correspondents include a large number of relatives, friends prominent in academic and artistic circles, servants and former lodgers. Materials related to her interests in heraldry, history and genealogy are also included here.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1968
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Jaqueline Hope-Nicholson was the eldest daughter of Laura Troubridge Hope and Adrian Hope. Born in 1889, she married Hedley Nicholson in 1916 and they joined their last names by deed-poll. Jaqueline was passionate about history, theater (both professional and amateur), heraldry and genealogy; she was also an inveterate list-maker and chronicler, compiling lists of wildflowers, fancy dress outfits and dolls, to name a few. She was well-known for organizing and staging historical pageants and making costumes for them; she formed the company Esperanza to faciliate this.
Extent
From the File: 175 Linear Feet (213 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the File: English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 4 subseries:
- Subseries 2.1.
- Jaqueline Hope-Nicholson Correspondence, 1899-1968
- Subseries 2.2.
- Jaqueline Hope-Nicholson notebooks, photographs, and lists, 1915-1954
- Subseries 2.3.
- Jaqueline Hope-Nicholson history, historical pageants and genealogy materials, 1750-1954
- Subseries 2.4.
- Old Place files and photographs, about 1920-1938
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository