This series comprises content accumulated by Mary during her lifetime and includes correspondence and papers relating to her involvement with numerous organisations including the Women's Institute, Women's Liberal Federation and her position as a Justice of the Peace.
There is also substantial content relating to Mary's personal life, including her childhood, family and domestic matters and personal interests.
Mary Katharine Trevelyan nee Bell [Molly]'s correspondence and papers
This material is held atNewcastle University Special Collections and Archives
- Reference
- GB 186 CPT/2
- Dates of Creation
- Bulk 1892 - 1962 (one item 1845)
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 310 files personal papers
Scope and Content
Arrangement
The arrangement in this series reflects the arrangement of the materials prior to their deposit at Newcastle University, groupings which were likely to have been made by Mary and her family. As a result, letters from specific individuals or related to certain events may be found in multiple sub-series. The sub-series are as follows:
- CPT/2/1 - Personal and appointment diaries
- CPT/2/2 - Personal papers and ephemera
- CPT/2/3 - Letters to Mary from various correspondents grouped by date
- CPT/2/4 - Letters to Mary grouped by subject or author
- CPT/2/5 - Letters to Mary from Hugh Bell and Florence Bell nee Olliffe
- CPT/2/6 - Letters to Mary from Herbert Richmond and Elsa Richmond nee Bell
- CPT/2/7 - Letters to Mary from Hugh Lowthian Bell [Hugo] and Frances Bell nee Morkill
- CPT/2/8 - Letters to Mary from George Otto Trevelyan and Caroline Trevelyan nee Philips
- CPT/2/9 - Letters to Mary from Elizabeth Trevelyan nee Van der Hoeven
- CPT/2/10 - Letters to Mary from Sylvia Henley nee Stanley
- CPT/2/11 - Letters to Mary from various family members
Access Information
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