File of essays labelled 'prayers'
- CPT/2/2/11
- File
- 1917 - 1919
Short manuscript essays by Mary, Charles, Pauline and [George Lowthian?] Trevelyan.
Two relate to World War I, and the others refer to outdoor pursuits, inequality and outlook.
File of essays labelled 'prayers'
Short manuscript essays by Mary, Charles, Pauline and [George Lowthian?] Trevelyan.
Two relate to World War I, and the others refer to outdoor pursuits, inequality and outlook.
Includes: 1 - Rules and Articles of the Gardener's Society in Alnwick (1761) 2 - Measure for Measure or Truth Triumphant! (C A H Richardson, 1818) 3 - Programme for a violin recital by Edvard Soermus at Merthyr Tydfil, 23rd April 1918) 4 - Section from an unidentified publication with articles on the Unemployment Act 1934 and Soviet Russia (c.1934) [possibly a trade union publication for the ship-building trade]. 5 - Blackwoods Magazine number 1549 (1944) [includes an article entitled 'Sinking the Scharnhorst' by B B Ramsden, with an insert in Mary's hand that it refers to a military engagement in which Philip Cheswright was involved]
Includes reference to George Macaulay Trevelyan and Herbert William Richmond, an account of the D-Day landings and a summary of a broadcast by Charles on Cambo school.
File relating to Katharine's marriage to Georg Gotsch
Newspaper cuttings, order of service, invitation to engagement party and photographs of the wedding.
Certificates from the University of London and University of Cambridge exam boards awarded to George while at Sidcot School.
Government booklets relating to the outbreak of World War I
Includes: Miscellaneous Number 6 (1914), entitled 'Correspondence Respecting the European Crisis', presented to both Houses of Parliament August 1914. Miscellaneous Number 10 (1914), entitled 'Despatch from His Majesty's Ambassador at Vienna Respecting the Rupture of Diplomatic Relations with the Austro-Hungarian Government', presented to both Houses of Parliament September 1914.
Both items are printed by HMSO, and feature annotations in Charles' hand.
Harrow School and Oxon and Cambridge School exam papers
Includes very sparse annotations, mostly underlinings and comments on questions [possibly by Charles]. Also includes some translation exercises and history questions with answers.
Lists of pupils, staff and visitors. Includes reference to Charles. Years 1887-1888 are absent.
Includes exam and prize lists from Harrow School, (1884 - 1888). Includes some annotations.
Notebooks kept by Charles while abroad. One reports a trip around Ireland in 1892, possibly while private secretary to Lord Houghton, including trips to Donegal, Inishcoo, Aran and Carrick, and includes accounts of meetings with inhabitants. The end of the volume includes annotated excerpts by Burke, Chambers, Matthew Arnold, John Morley, Goethe and others.
The second notebook covers [approximately] 1900-1902, and includes trips to Ladykirk and various locations in France. Mentioned are a conversation with 'Colonel Gough', removed by Lord Methuen after Battle of Graspan in South Africa and a trip to France in 1902 with [Kenneth?] Swan and [Hilton Johnny].