- WCT/8/5
- File
- 1870-1878
Includes some press cuttings. References School Boards, spelling and temperance legislation.
Includes some press cuttings. References School Boards, spelling and temperance legislation.
Press cuttings regarding George Otto Trevelyan's electioneering at Tynemouth (1858-1868), and the Border Burghs (1868-1870), and Charles Edward Trevelyan's career in India 1860-1865. Also includes election posters from Tynemouth, and the division list on
Cutting of report of the Royal Geographic Society, with reference to T P Shaffner
Correspondence regarding the Thomas Seddon Subscription Fund
Includes letters from W M Rosetti, featuring a copy memorandum from Ruskin
Correspondence regarding the Faroe Islands
Letters and papers to and from Walter, subjects include botany, geology, meteorology and life expectancy. Includes botanical specimens, of varieties of Alchemilla from Faroe.
Correspondence regarding North East railways
Mainly addressed to Walter and Charles Edward Trevelyan about the Wansbeck, North British and Central Northumberland Railways. Correspondents include Alfred Carr, Charles D Forster, Thomas Gow, Albert Grey, R H Huntley, William Ridley, John F Tone and Benjamin Woodman.
Correspondence regarding a statue
Regarding a miniature copy of the Apollo Belvedere found in India. Also includes two photographs of the statue. Correspondents include J Fergusson, W Hunter and Charles Edward Trevelyan.
Correspondence and papers regarding the Central Northumberland Railway
Letters and official documents relating to the Central Northumberland Railway. Correspondents include T Amble, George B Bruce, J C Butler, W Forster, J T King, W R Malcolm, J Bywell Mason, H J Morton, G Nicholson, Charles Nicolson, J Ord, Lord Percy, Walter B Riddell, Joseph Snowball, William Wilkinson and Benjamin Woodman.
Correspondence and papers regarding Spain and Portugal
Subjects include travel arrangements, botany and information on specimens. Includes reference to an armed robbery, and travel documents and arrangements for locations including Seville, Lisbon and Gibralter.
For related correspondence see WCT/7/9.
Correspondence and papers regarding John Ruskin
Includes a cutting from the Evening Mail featuring a letter from Ruskin regarding the cleaning of paintings at the National Gallery, annotated typescripts of letters from Ruskin to Lady Pauline (originals elsewhere in the archive), and correspondence to G