Fonds
Isherwood Family Collection
Catalogue reference: D1460
What’s it about?
This record is about the Isherwood Family Collection dating from c1841 - 1971.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Stockport Archive Service.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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D1460
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Title (The name of the record)
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Isherwood Family Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1841 - 1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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The collection consists of 5 boxes of the private papers of the Isherwood family between c1841 and 1971. It encompasses a great variety of material including letters, travel diaries and scrapbooks. Many items relate to Kathleen Bradshaw Isherwood (née Machell Smith), but the collection also includes World War One letters from her husband Frank Bradshaw Isherwood to his mother and books and papers relating to the childhood of writer Christopher Isherwood and his brother Richard.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Stockport Archive Service
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Isherwood family of Wyberslegh Hall, High Lane, and Marple Hall, Marple
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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5 boxes
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Acquired in 1982 from Mr. Clarke, a retired photographer of the Stockport Advertiser. Many of these papers were used by writer Christopher Isherwood in researching his book "Kathleen and Frank" (published 1971).
Archives reference number: DDIsh / D1460.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a982da81-1c39-4db8-9591-62cddd2a7890/
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Isherwood Family Collection