Series I: Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Series I: Correspondence pertains to Margaret Strickland's personal and professional life, including correspondence from her closest friends, family, and colleagues in the publishing industry. This series features over 146 letters (over 660 pages) from Strickland's sweetheart "Louis", in addition to letters from her husband Richard Hugh Worley while he was on active service with the British Expeditionary Force and Kings Royal Rifle Corps during World War I.
Arrangement
These materials are arranged alphabetically by the name of the individual in contact with Strickland or the subject in conversation. In the case that a record includes more than one date expression, the listing will begin with its earliest. If a record is physically undated, approximate ranges are provided. These records are noted "undated" and followed by a "circa" estimate determined by the range represented in the same series.
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[Assorted Personal Correspondence], 1900 July 6; 1901 July 22; 1923 August 21; 1952 December 31 & July 27, inclusive
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6 Letters, 4 Envelopes with Postage & Seal, 1 Post Office Telegraph Form
Addressed To: "Miss [Margaret] Strickland, Holmdale, Bromley, Kent, [England]" ; "Mrs. [Margaret Strickland] Worley, 88 Alderney Street, Victoria, SW1 [London, England]," "Cornwall, Brentwood, Essex, [England]"
Sent From: "Alfred P. Bushell, Mackie's House, Sedbergh, [Yorkshire, England]" ; "Carolyn J. Strickland, 3 Alexander Street, New Brunswick, NJ, USA" ; "Gwyneth Beare of Reydon Hall, Southwold, Suffolk, [England], Wangford 247" ; "Royal Horticultural Society, Vincent Square, SW1, [London, England]" ; [Unidentified Party of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada]
In Reference To: Family / Friendship / Genealogy / History / Personal; "Biographical Record of Arthur B. Strickland" Request for "The National American Cyclopedia of American Biography, James T. White & Company, 101 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY"; "Businesses Associated with Debenhams Limited" List, Sir Thomas Strickland, Sizergh Castle
24 Pages, Unbound
Typed, Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 4.75" x 3.5" - 8" x 13"
[Assorted Professional Correspondence], 1910 January 14 - 1924 January 25, inclusive
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6 Letters, 1 Envelope with Notation & Postage
Addressed To: "Miss Margaret Strickland, 88 Alderney Street, [Victoria, London, England]"
Sent From: "Bas (Possibly Brother), 22 Market Street, King Lane Tom. CP" ; "Dr. Robert N. Gordon, O Company, No. 1 Convalescent Camp, Boulogne, France" ; "Mrs. E. Peterson, 2 Ladbroke Road, Notting Hill Gate, London W11, [England]" ; "P. Habberton Lutham, The Odd Corner, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, [England]" ; "P.W. Everett, The Novel Magazine of C. Arthur Pearson Limited, Henrietta Street, London WC [England], Telegrams 'Humoursome, London' & Telephone 7927 & 7928 Gerrard" ; "W.O. Bayer, Film Department of Curtis Brown, Limited, International Publishing Bureau, 6 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2, [England]"
In Reference To: Business / Professional / Writing; Bill Adams, "Elusive Peg," "Flirtations of Phyllis," "The Way of the Serpent" ; "Tales of Temptation," "Tiger's Eyes" "The Sword (Blue Magazine)" ; "The Doom of Fate," "Porch of Wrong" ; United States Serial Rights
12 Pages, Unbound
Typed, Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 6" x 2.5" - 8" x 10"
"Louis": Kent & London, England, 1901 June 25; [no year] October 8; undated, circa 1901, inclusive
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76 Letters, 1 Envelope with Postage
Addressed To: "Miss [Margaret] Strickland, Holmdale, Tweedy Road, Bromley, [Kent, England]"
Sent From: "Louis, Langham Hotel, London, [England]," "Huonville, Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Kent, [England], Telephone 146 Bromley," "Timperley, Northdown Avenue, Margate, [Kent, England]"
In Reference To: Friendship / Personal; "Hugo Gorlitz, Musical & Dramatic Agency, 119 New Bond Street, London West [England]" ; Musical Notation; Poetry
Approximately 300 Pages, Unbound
Typed, Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 4.5" x 4.5" - 8" x 10.5"
"Louis": Kent & London, England; Wiesbaden, Germany, [no year] May 20; undated, circa 1901, inclusive
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38 Letters
Addressed To: [Miss Margaret Strickland, Holmdale, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, England]
Sent From: "Louis, Huonville, Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Kent, [England], Telephone 146 Bromley," "Timperley, Northdown Avenue, Margate, [Kent, England]," "Villa Beatrice, Gartenstrabe 12, Wiesbaden, Germany"
In Reference To: Friendship / Personal; "Hugo Gorlitz, Musical & Dramatic Agency, 119 New Bond Street, London West [England]" ; "Keogh-Wright Private Hospital, 166 West 2nd North Street, Salt Lake City, UT, Telephone 409" ; Poetry
Approximately 200 Pages, Unbound
Typed, Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 4" x 6" - 8" x 10.5"
"Louis" with Cobham Grant: Barrow-In-Furness, Kent & Lancashire, England, 1895 January 31; 1901 March 27; undated, circa 1895 - 1901, inclusive
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32 Letters, 2 Envelopes with Postage
Addressed To: "Miss Margaret Strickland, Holmdale, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, [England]"
Sent From: "Cobham Grant, Lonsdale, Guildford Road, Tunbridge Wells, [Kent, England]," "Louis, Holt's Commercial Hotel, Haslingden, [Rossendale, Lancashire, England]," "Huonville, Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Kent, [England], Telephone 146 Bromley," "Imperial Hotel, Barrow-In-Furness, [England] with Proprietor E. Bowden, Telephone 87," "℅ Mrs. Wood, Timperley, Northdown Avenue, Margate, [Kent, England]"
In Reference To: Friendship / Personal; National Provincial Bank in Piccadilly; Poetry; Royal College of Music
Approximately 160 Pages, Unbound
Typed, Printed & Handwritten in Ink
Measurements: 4.75" x 3.75" - 8" x 10.5"
Worley, Richard Hugh: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, & Winnipeg, Canada; Winchester, England, 1910 March 11 - 1923 November 25, inclusive
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12 Letters
Addressed To: [Margaret Strickland]
Sent From: [Richard Hugh Worley, Husband of Margaret Strickland] "℅ Thomas Acheson, CPR Agriculturalist Agent, Winnipeg, [Canada]" "From [Rifleman C6198 Worley, 12th Kings Royal Rifle Corps, On Active Service with the British Expeditionary Force, YMCA," "Kings Royal Rifle Depot, Winchester, [Hampshire, England]," "Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada," "St. Claude Hotel, St. Claude, Manitoba, Canada"
In Reference To: Family / Marriage / Military / Personal / Political / World War I
Approximately 65 Pages, Unbound
Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 4.75" x 6" - 6.25" x 10"
