| Description | Greetings cards and postcards sent to Richmal Crompton from friends and family, 1904-c1968. (The messages on some of the postcards have been written in French and Latin.)
The file also includes:
- A postcard from Russy [Richmal Crompton?] to JBC Lamburn [Jack Lamburn, brother of Richmal Crompton], c1904.
- A postcard from Ray [Richmal Crompton?] to Mrs Phelps, c1960s.
- A postcard from CL [Clara Lamburn? mother of Richmal Crompton] to JBC Lamburn [Jack Lamburn, brother of Richmal Crompton], 1904.
- A postcard from R [Richmal Ashbee? niece of Richmal Crompton] to MG Disher [Margaret Disher? niece of Richmal Crompton], 1967.
- A greetings card from Peter [surname not given] to Richmal [Richmal Ashbee? niece of Richmal Crompton], which includes a messgae discussing the closure of St Elphin's School [Darley Dale, Derbyshire]; card dated 2005.
- A photograph of a woman [a relative of Richmal Crompton?], taken in Düsseldorf, [Germany], c1930s.
- A photograph of a garden, taken mid-20th Century.
- Notes about meditation, written on a postcard from the United Society for Christian Literature, London; written early-20th Century.
- An invitation to the dedication ceremony for St George's Chapel of Remembrance, Royal Air Force, Biggin Hill, Kent, with a handwritten note [an idea for a story?] on the back, 1951.
- A list of toasts and a menu for a jubilee dinner at Royal Holloway College, [Egham, Surrey], 1937. (The menu is in French.)
- A prescription for R Lamburn [Richmal Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton] from Farnborough Hospital, Kent, 1961.
- Blank postcards, dated mid-20th Century. |
| Related Material | Further correspondence sent to Richmal Crompton from friends and family can be found in RC 4, RC 6, RC 22, RC 37, RC 40, RC 105, RC 106, RC 107, RC 231, RC 252, RC 256, RC test 5, RC test 6, RC test 13, RC test 14, RC 275, RC 318, RC 326, RC 336 and RC 349.
Further items that have been removed from books in the collection can be found in RC 21, RC 22, RC 23, RC 81, RC 83, RC 344, RC 349, RC 352 and RC 361.
Further documents relating to St Elphin's School can be found in RC 7, RC 8, 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.
Further photographs and images of members of Richmal Crompton's family can be found in RC 86, RC 186, RC 217, RC 232, RC 255, RC 265, RC 292, RC 293, RC 297, RC 298, RC 299, RC 300, RC 301, RC 302, RC 303, RC 304, RC 305, RC 306, RC 307, RC 308, RC 309, RC 362, RC 371 and RC 376.
Further documents relating to the United Society for Christian Literature can be found in RC 20, RC 37, RC 105, RC 107, RC 108 and RC 266.
Further documents relating to Royal Holloway College can be found in RC 331. |