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Repository	University of Roehampton: Archives and Special Collections
Level	File
Ref No	RC/2/1/3
Alt Ref No	RC/2/1/1/6
Creator Name	Richmal Crompton; Richmal Ashbee (niece of Richmal Crompton); and Richmal Ashbee's heirs
Title	[Richmal Crompton] Diary and notebook belonging to Gwen [Gwen Lamburn, later known as Gwen Disher, Richmal Crompton's sister]
Date	1902-1904
Extent	1 volume
Description	This diary and notebook was written during Gwen's time at school [St Elphin's School, Warrington, Lancashire, and then Darley Dale, Derbyshire]. The notebook contains: some diary entries; doodles and drawings; poems; a list of addresses; diagrams that appear to relate to schoolwork; costume designs for a production of "Cinderella"; accounts for money received by Gwen and her siblings at Christmas 1904; and other notes. (One of the entries in the notebook is written in French.)
Language	English and French.
Access Status	Open
Copyright	Copyright to be determined.
Related Material	Further documents relating to St Elphin's School can be found in RC5, RC 7, RC 86, RC 88, RC 89, RC 115, RC 143, RC 146, RC 217, RC 229, RC 231, RC 244, RC 255, RC test 13, RC 283, RC 284, RC 289, RC 295, RC 331 and RC 361.

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