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Catalogue description Letters Relating to Formation of Alpine Club
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| Reference: | 1922/B65 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Letters Relating to Formation of Alpine Club |
| Description: |
Series Title: Original Letters Letters from various people to E.S. Kennedy re the idea of the formation of the AC. Loose inside front cover: photocopy of the ms page of a letter from W. Mathews to F.A. Hort with the first mention of a putative AC, 1857. A typescript copy of this entire letter can be found at 1922/B27 pp.5-15. Contains: Tipped-in obituaries of original members (OM) of the AC, H.W.Watson and R.B. Hayward, both died 1903. Piece Ref: Page 1922/B65/1. Subject: Alpine Club |
| Date: | 1857-1858 |
| Held by: | Alpine Club Archives, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 1 volume (43 p.) |
| Physical condition: | The letters have been lavishly bound into a quarter-bound guardbook with marbled boards. This was evidently done after they were donated to the AC, as the volume includes covering correspondence.ms |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Donated to the AC by the widow of E.S. Kennedy, 1898 (see covering letters on first two or three pages). |
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