| Description | Contains:
1. 1918-1919 A form of Thanksgiving and Prayer at RAF Training Establishment, Cranwell, and a note of thanks from the officers at Cranwell to Matilda Talbot.
2. Undated map of the war front: Lorraine and Alsace at 1 Jan 1916.
3. Undated note about the painted chairs at the Victoria and Albert museum which are exact replicas of blue and white chairs in the stone gallery at Lacock.
4. 1954 Letter no.16 to all in fellowship with the London Healing Mission with news of High Leigh Healing Advance.
5. Undated part of a booklet on Haarlem and the bulb fields.
6. 1947-1952 Two letters in one envelope from Anthony Crofton to Matilda Talbot, concerning a book he was writing about the Talbot Family. Mentions the possible visit by Lord and Lady Shrewsbury to Lacock Abbey and 3 pictures of Sir Gilbert Talbot.
7. Sep-Oct 1955 Envelope of tickets, postcards and newspaper cuttings concerning a trip to Canada on the RMS Saxonia by Matilda to promote her book "My life and Lacock Abbey". Includes a "bon voyage" telegram from Lacock; an invitation to the Toronto Ladies Club to Matilda Talbot and various postcards.
8. Undated guide to Lacock Abbey.
9. Jun 1954 Programme for the 'Quatercentenary' Celebration (1554 - 1954) exhibition at Chippenham Town Hall in June 1954. Mentions the loan by Matilda Talbot of the silver box presented by the freemen of Chippenham to their MP for his work on reform in 1831.
10. Apr 1955 Six photographs of Miss Matilda Talbot taken at Weston-super-Mare.
11. Undated and unsigned Christmas card.
12. Undated notes on Admiral Frederick Ewart, listing his medals and a brief family description.
13. Undated photograph of an unidentified choirboy.
14. Undated photograph of an unidentified naval person. (signature on bottom right unreadable).
15. Undated notes on family births, marriages and deaths, possibly abstracted from a parish register. Two copies, one a typed copy of manuscript.
16. Undated rough list of things to send to Stewart Nuney, and other notes. |