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.

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11/11/1932 envelope contains 2 letters, including an earlier one from AT about the birth of Marie-Jaqueline.

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Various obituaries, funeral programs, and newspaper clippings about the deaths of Hope family members, including Jessie Hope and Charlotte Allen.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains correspondence between Laura Troubridge Hope, her friends and family. Correspondents comprise a wide range of family members and friends, including her daughter Jaqueline Hope-Nicholson, siblings (particularly Amy Troubridge, Ernest Troubridge and Helen Troubridge Bate), various cousins and in-laws from the Gurney, Allen, Orde, Cunninghame Graham and Hope families, Oscar Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland, and historian Trelawney Dayrell Reed. There are also a large number...