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Letters to LH from S.A. Hendry, aka "Nana Hendry," servant and nursemaid to LH and AH; letters seem to mainly be about caring for EH as a baby and young child.

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Letters written by Esme Hope as a child to her parents, Laura Hope and Adrian Hope. Letters are in a childish hand and often contain the remnants of pressed flowers; folder includes one letter from Esme to her sister Jacqueline, on "The Hare and The Tortoise" stationery (5/22/1904)

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries comprises a mini-archive compiled in part by Laura Hope following the death of her beloved younger daughter Esme in February 1905. Included are letters from Esmé to Laura and Adrian, as well as letters about Esmé and letters of condolence to Laura and Jacqueline after Esmé’s death. There are 19 letters. 11 picture cards, 3 photos and 11 artistic items, including juvenile drawings and watercolors, some evidently by Esmé, others possibly executed by Laura and colored in by...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries comprises a mini-archive compiled in part by Laura Hope following the death of her beloved younger daughter Esme in February 1905. Included are letters from Esmé to Laura and Adrian, as well as letters about Esmé and letters of condolence to Laura and Jacqueline after Esmé’s death. There are 19 letters. 11 picture cards, 3 photos and 11 artistic items, including juvenile drawings and watercolors, some evidently by Esmé, others possibly executed by Laura and colored in by...

Scope and Contents Box 41/Folder 6:Letters to LH from assorted close family members including: Margaret J. Gurney (of Keswick)(2 letters), Helen Gurney (1 letter), "M. Hope"(Madge Hope?)(1 letter), Charles & Alice Hope (1 letter), Caroline J. Hope (1 letter), M. Orde (nee Gurney)(1 letter), Evelyn 'E' Orde (1 letter), Rachel Jones (nee Gurney) aka "Aunt Bache" (of Sculthorpe) (2 letters), Eve Creswell (nee Gurney) of Runcton Rectory (4 letters); letters seem to be about Esme's birth and death. Box 43:...

Scope and Contents Includes a number of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, etc., often annotated by LH. First item is an envelope (annotated by Laura) containing letters of condolence from royalty, including the Queen and the Prince of Wales. Box 42:Letters are without envelopes and are organized alphabetically in a dilapidated binder with letter dividers -- handle item with care. Correspondents include Agnes Egerton-Castle, Robert Bontine Cunninghame-Graham, G.P. Jacomb-Hood, Mary Millais, Richard Pryce and...

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ET died on 1/28/1926; ET's condolence letters are not in strict chronological order. Includes an envelope addressed to LH from Feb. 1926 containing newspaper clippings of ET's obituary, a program from St. Paul's cathedral's annual service (4/23/1926), and a photograph of a graveyard.

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obituaries and letters of condolence sent to JHN on the occasion of her mother's illness; folder includes numerous obituaries clipped from various newspapers

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Includes a small journal containing letters sent to various recipients re: LT's death and an envelope full of letters on the same subject.

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Includes a typewritten valuation of JH's jewelry.