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Photograph of Doctor John Hosford of Stratford, "father of Janie H". Printed by Jeffray Brothers, Photographers at 45 Cornhill, London, England.
Invitation from Mister and Mrs Walter D Coggeshall to their daughter Mary Coggeshall's wedding to Douglas Ralph Home.
Illustrated children's book, printed for MJ Godwin at the Juvenile Library, 41 Skinner Street, Snow Hill, London.
Advertisement for an exhibition of paintings by Basil Jonzen at Redfern Gallery, 20 Cork Steet, Burlington Gardens, London, signed by Basil Jonzen.
Photograph of Cleonice Cook Collin. Printed by Martin & Sallnow, 16 Piccadilly, London, W. Serial number 22939.
Sans titreEnvelope from the editor of the British Medical Journal at BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, England, to Reverend Francis Adam Johnston Lamb at Julianstown, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, containing three copies of the obituary of his father Doctor Francis William Lamb from the British Medical Journal.
Pillars of Surgery, written by Sir William I de Courcy Wheeler of 40 Walpole Street, London, England. Originally published in, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Volume 56, in February 1933.
File of letters between Dora Turnor and her father Christopher Turnor, her mother Lady Caroline Turnor, Bertha Turnor, Graham Turnor and Cecil Turnor.
The majority of the letters were sent to Bertha Turnor who is addressed as 'Tuz'. The letters were sent from across Europe as Dora visited places such as Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France and Genoa, Italy. Topics covered within the letters include Dora's ongoing struggle with her health as she deals with asthma, her meeting with friends, her day to day activities, her husband Benjamin Bloomfield Trench and her impressions of the places she visits.
File also contain letters stitched into two covers from Lady Caroline Turnor (neé Finch-Hatton), Stoke Rochford, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England to her daughter Dora Trench (neé Turnor). The letters are of a personal nature informing Dora of her day to activities, news and dispensing advice. Contained with the cover are loose pages of household notes.File of letters sent to and from Dora Turnor when she was a child from family and friends. Her Friends include Josepha Martenson, Copenhagen, Denmark; Edith Holland, Kemerton court Tewkesbury, England; E. Blythe, The Vicarage, Hammersmith, England and Mrs Askew.
Diaries belonging to Dora Trench (née Turnor), Benjamin Bloomfield Trench and Theodora Trench.
Each writer used their respective diaries to record signifcant life events, feelings and appoinments. They offer a unique insight in to their lives.
Diary written by Benjamin Bloomfield Trench which documents his wife's death. Within the diary Benjamin records her last words, visits from her family, breaking the news to his daughters and her funeral.
One exchange Benjamin recorded shows that Dora Trench knew her death was imminent 'When I came upstairs after dinner she said. "Come & sit near me, we shall not have more evenings together' I asked if she felt worse or had been in pain. She said "No I feel my end is near".'
