Correspondence
TitleCorrespondence
ReferenceMS0018/1
Level of descriptionsub-fonds
Date1893-1955
Creator 1933-1996 Buckston Browne Research Farm, Sir Arthur Keith, 1866-1955, Knight, anatomist, Celia Caroline Keith, d 1934, née Gray, wife of Sir Arthur Keith, 1800-date Royal College of Surgeons of England, Rupert Allan Willis, 1898-1980, pathologist, Margaret Willis, fl 1924-1962, wife of Rupert Allan Willis
Scope and ContentThis sub fonds contains general correspondence to and from Sir Arthur Keith from a variety of individuals including his neice Margaret Willis, Lady Mary Boyd Dawkins, Leonard Darwin, Ian Cornwall and Frederick Wood-Jones; personal correspondence to and from his family and his wife Celia; a series of letters written to Sir Arthur in response to the publication of his autobiography; letters of congratulation to Sir Arthur on birthday's and his appointments to honorary positions; and a series of correspondence writen to and from Keith during his time at Downe, Kent.
Extent7 Boxes
LanguageEnglish
System of arrangementThis sub-fonds has been divided into 42 series:
1-18) General Correspondence A - Z; 19-35) Correspondence from Downe; 36) Lady Mary Boyd Dawkins; 37) Frederick Wood-Jones 38) Margaret & Rupert Willis 39) Family Correspondence; 40) Autobiography 41) Congratulations on birthdays and honorary positions.
The General Correspondence series and the Correspondence from Downe have then been listed to item level so that each correspondent is listed, owing to the size of the collections.
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