Correspondence, 1980–1987
Content Description
The collection includes:
Letters and postcards exchanged between Blunt and George H.M. Lawrence (1910–1978), Rachel Hunt (1882–1963), John Brindle (1911–1991), J.S.L. Gilmour (1906–1986), J.S. Maas (1928–1997), Katherine MacLean (?), Leonard Duke (1890–1971), Ian Rogerson (?),
Edward "Teddy" Croft-Murray (1907–1980), Henry R. Broughton (1900–1973), John C. Warner (1897–1989), Richard Louis Ormond
(1939– ), Jean Chirichigno (?), H. Guyford Stever (1916–2010), Phyllis M. Stone (?), the Vatican Apostolic Library, Daniels (?), Richard Jeffries (1945– ), James J. White (1941–2011), and Robert W. Kiger (1940– ).
Some correspondence between Lawrence and J.A. Chaldecott (1916–1998), and letters between White and Jeffries discussing Blunt's estate.
Multiple typed copies and drafts of the memo "Some notes on the Hunt Botanical Library Collections of drawings, prints, and paintings", one copy with handwritten notes, dated 27 November 1962 and February 1963.
An undated typed draft of the essay titled "The Illustrators of Sertum Anglicum", which was published in Sertum Anglicum, 1788: Facsimile with Critical Studies and a Translation (Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library, 1963; HI call no. DQ2 L688A 963).
An unaddressed letter titled "Forgive us our Christmases", dated December 1984, with handwritten notes.
A book jacket from a copy of Wildfred Blunt's second autobiography, Slow on the Feather: Further Autobiography, 1938-1959 (Salisbury: Michael Russell, 1986; HI call no. LB B659S) with a letter addressed to White written on it.
Various receipts, notices, invoices, and loose notes.
Dates
- Creation: 1980–1987
Extent
From the Collection: .25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository