Isherwood Family Collection
Isherwood family of Wyberslegh Hall, High Lanec1841-1971
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The collection consists of 5 boxes of the private papers of the Isherwood family between c1841 and 1971. It encompasses a great variety of material including letters, travel diaries and scrapbooks. Many items relate to Kathleen Bradshaw Isherwood (née Machell Smith), but the collection also includes World War One letters from her husband Frank Bradshaw Isherwood to his mother and books and papers relating to the childhood of writer Christopher Isherwood and his brother Richard.
Title:
Isherwood Family Collection
Date of work:
c1841-1971
Search dates:
01 Jan 1841 - 31 Dec 1971
Reference number:
D1460
Level of description:
Collection
Type of materials:
Textual materialGraphic materialsObjectsPhilatelic material
Includes:
Custodial history:
Acquired in 1982 from Mr. Clarke, a retired photographer of the Stockport Advertiser. Many of these papers were used by writer Christopher Isherwood in researching his book "Kathleen and Frank" (published 1971).Archives reference number: DDIsh / D1460.
Arrangement:
Donation correspondence includes an old handwritten box list (now out of use) from when the archive was divided over 3 boxes.Fully catalogued and repackaged into 5 boxes in 2023. Divided into 3 series, following the order described on the historic box list.
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Contributors:
Language:
English
Record number:
9070293
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