Series IV: Diaries, Ephemera, Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
Series IV: Diaries, Ephemera, Scrapbooks comprises bound and unbound memento materials, calendars, collected images and newsprint clippings of interest, collected and original poetry, correspondence, day to day domestic records, drawings and notation, event invitations that range from artistic performances to weddings, gardening awards from the Royal Horticultural Society, photographic portraits and postcards of loved ones, printed and published works, and traces of Strickland family history.
Arrangement
These materials are arranged alphabetically by record format or type, then chronologically if applicable. 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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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
These materials were treated by our conservation department for their fragile physical state, please handle with care.
Awards & Prizes, 1932 September 2-3; 1942 - 1944; 1952 December 2, inclusive
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5 Grenfell Metal Certificates for Achievements in Botanical Arts with 2 Horticultural Prizes
Recipients: "Miss [Agnes] Strickland" ; "Mrs. [Margaret Strickland] Worley"
Grantors: "Honorable Secretary J.M. Risdon, 71 Maryland Road, N.22 - for the Eleventh Annual Show of The London Allotments & Gardens Show Society, The Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, SW [London, England]" ; Royal Horticultural Society; "The Maldens & Coombe Horticultural Society, Raynes Park, London [England] SW"
In Reference To: Botanical Arts / Drawings / Flowers / Gardening / Watercolor Painting
7 Card Certificates, Unbound
Printed & Handwritten in Ink
Measurements: 6.25" x 4.75" - 9" x 6"
[Book of Poetry]: "Sonnet", undated, circa 1912 - 1916, inclusive
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1 Fragmented Personal, Unpublished Booklet with Collected / Original Poetry
62 Pages, Bound by String with No Cover
Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 4.5" x 7"
Book of Poetry with Inscription, undated, circa 1888, inclusive
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Toynbee, William. Song-Words. Simpkin Marshall & Company with R&A Spalding: London, England. Undated, circa 1888. [With Inscription & "A Southern Serenade" from Toynbee]
56 Pages, Bound & Unbound
Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 4.5" x 7" - 6.5" x 8"
Diary: "Charles Letts & Company Diary & Notebook MDCCCXII", 1912, inclusive
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Owner: "Margaret Worley, Cornwall, Brentwood, Essex, [England]"
Features: Advertisements, Calendar, Cash Account Charts, Daily Wants' Dictionary, Personal Memoranda, Phone Numbers
Approximately 400 Pages
Bound with Maroon Cover
Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 2.75" x 4"
Diary: "The Boots Chemists Home Diary and Ladies' Note Book", 1916, inclusive
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Owner: "Margaret Worley, 88 Alderson Street, Victoria, [London, England SW1]"
Features: Addresses, Advertisements, History of Sir Jesse Boot & Boots Chemists, Jewish Calendar, Legal Generalities, Memoranda, Postal & Savings Bank Regulations, Sundry Accounts
Approximately 350 Pages
Bound with Blue Cover
Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 4.75" x 7.25"
Ephemera with Notation, 1897 November 27 - 1960; undated, circa 1912 - 1960, inclusive
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[Assorted Scrapbook Materials]
1 Christina Rossetti Calendar [Blank], Flower Making Lists; Funeral Card "Eliza Emma Strickland" ; "I wrote a letter to my love" Sketch by Agnes Strickland; Landscape Photograph; National Registration Card; Newsprint Clippings about Agnes & Margaret Strickland; Poetry Inscription for Loyal Richard Penderell [Copy]; Printed Materials; Royal Warrants for Photography Cards; Scrapbook Pages; "The London Opera House" Program Fragment; "The Times" London Marriage Announcements Card featuring Richard Hugh Worley & Margaret Strickland Union; Worley-Strickland Wedding Invitation
19 Pages, Bound & Unbound
Typed, Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 3" x 5.5" - 9" x 13.5"
Exhibition Catalogue, Summer 1940, inclusive
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Pope-Hennessy, Una. "Biography of the Queens of England [for the] Centenary of the Queens of England 1840-1940 by Agnes Strickland, Exhibition in aid of the British Red Cross, Presented at 477 Oxford Street, London, [England] by Mr. J & E. Bumpus Limited, Booksellers to His Majesty The King." Chatto & Windus: [London, England]. Summer 1940.
16 Pages, Bound & Printed
Measurements: 4" x 5"
Legal Record, 1916 October 2, inclusive
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1 Publishing Agreement "As To 'The Elusive Peg' " with Postage [Not Signed]
Grantee: "Margaret [Strickland] Worley, 88 Alderney Street, Victoria SW, Westminster, [London, England]"
Grantor[s]: "Directors Harry L. Angold & Stan Wood of Angold's Limited, 10 Bolt Court Street, London, [England]"
In Reference To: Business / Financial / Writing; Witnesses [Edward G. Robert of Stock Exchange W.C.] & "L.W. Dethier, 10 Bolt Court"
5 Pages, Bound by String
Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 8.5" x 11"
Scrapbook: "Album", 1893 July 8 - 1902 April, inclusive
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Owner: [Margaret] "Maggie Strickland"
Features: Images of Animals (Cats), Landscapes, People, Portraits - Ink Drawings, Printed Materials, Watercolor Paintings; Musical Notation, Newsprint Clippings, Poetry [Collected / Original] / Poetic Notation from Friends, Pressed Plants
Approximately 100 Pages
Unbound with Red Cover
Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 3.5" x 4.5"
Scrapbook: "Album", 1893 December 7 - 1897 January 20, inclusive
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[Owner: Margaret Strickland]
Features: Images of Animals (Cats & Dogs), Landscapes, People, Portraits - Photographs, Ink Sketches, Printed Material, Watercolor Paintings; Musical Notation, Poetry, Notation, Recipes, Signatures of Agnes Strickland, Amila Patrickson, Amy Prichard, Amy Thyme, Annie Neild, Beatrice Sidney William, C. Grant, Dolly Wilson, Edith M. Porter, Ethel Houlder, Ethel Richardson, Gladys [Courtney], Grace Patrickson, G. Webster, Hannah F. Corke, Hetty Atkinson, H. Stafford Webb, "Maggie" [Margaret] Strickland, Mary Main, Nora Price, W.K. Thyme
Approximately 200 Pages
Unbound with Black Cover
Printed & Handwritten in Ink
Measurements: 6" x 7"
Scrapbook: "A Very Remarkable Publisher" with Ephemera, 1900 February 25 - 1960 August 9, inclusive
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[Owner: Margaret Strickland]
Features: English Post Card; Envelope with Postage; Images of Animals (Cats & Dogs), Flowers, Landscapes, People, Plants, Portraits, Seascapes - Hand-Colored Sketches, Ink Drawings, Photographs, Newsprint Clippings, Watercolor Paintings; Notation, Poetry, Pressed Flowers & Plants
Approximately 200 Pages
Unbound with Red Cover
Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 7" x 9"
Scrapbook: "Newspaper Cuttings," Ephemera, Professional Correspondence, Source Materials, 1898 November 4 - 1962 May 20, inclusive
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[Scrapbook Owner: Margaret Strickland]; 2 Letters with Notation, 1 Post Card with Postage
Addressed To: "[Margaret] Strickland 88 Alderney Street, [South Belgravia], London, [England] SW1"
Sent From: "[A.E. Leroy], Book Department of Country Life London, 20 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London, [England] WC2, Telephone - Temple Bar 7351" ; "Emmie" [of Unidentified Location]
In Reference To: Animals / Business / Friendship / Personal / Professional / Writing; Manuscript Notes, Synopsis Review
[Scrapbook] Features: 3 Post Cards [Blank]; Crossword Puzzles; Images of Animals (Cats & Dogs), Children, People, Portraits - Ink Drawings, Magazine Clippings, Newsprint Clippings, Photographs, Printed Materials; Musical Performance Program Fragments; Notation; Source Materials for Children's Story featuring Cats; "The Ivory Cross Journal" Clippings
Approximately 100 Pages
Bound & Unbound with Blue & Black Cover
Printed & Handwritten in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 9.5" x 11"
Strickland Family Crest, undated, circa 1897 - 1960, inclusive
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2 Ink & Watercolor Renderings: "Strickland Coat of Arms, Sans Mal"
2 Pages, Unbound
Handdrawn & Painted in Ink & Pencil
Measurements: 7.5" x 10.5"
