Bradshaw, Muriel Agnes 1899-1991 : Further papers

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Bradshaw, Muriel Agnes 1899-1991 : Further papers

[ca 1891-1991]

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22686782

Contains mainly correspondence and newspaper clippings. The correspondence consists of letters written to Bradshaw by her family and friends, many of these letters have a copy of Bradshaw's reply attached to them. The clippings are of newspaper articles on a wide range of subjects. Some of the correspondence and clippings relate to Jean Batten and Bradshaws contribution to a TV documentary made about Batten. Also included in the collection is material on the Gibb and Innes families, Bradshaws birth certificate, marriage certificate, passport, copies of her husbands and her fathers wills, a photocopy of holograph transcription of John Innes's diary (transcribed by Bradshaw), copies of the `Ladies College Old Girls Association' and the `Friends of the Turnbull Library' newsletters and a handwritten and a typescript draft of Bradshaws reminiscences.

1 box(es). 0.30 Linear Metres.

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676436

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Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982

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