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Vera Brittain: Series T: Edith & Thomas A. Brittain

Box 273 (formerly Box T1)
Edith Brittain
F.1       Birth Certificate, 1868
F.2       Marriage certificate of Edith & Thomas A. Brittain. April 8, 1891.
F.3       Diaries 1899, 1901, 1936-8, 1940-45
F.4       First aid certification, 1914
F.5       National Registration card, 1915
F.6       Vexilla Regis, book of devotions with cards, 1916
F.7       Passport, issued 1938
F.8       Lease agreement, 1945
F.9       Wills, 1932, 1936
F.10     Bank statements
F.11     Programs, calling cards, church membership card, news clipping
Note: For Edith’s correspondence see Boxes T3-T7

Other:
F.12     Statement re: Brittains Limited; Founders’ Bonus etc. [n.d.]; col. photograph of young girl with her hair as a frame; Golders Green Crematorium: The Garden of Rest – Information booklet.1939.

Realia:
"In Proud and Undying Memory", small carved alabaster memorial in the shape of a head stone with base commemorating Edward Brittain, their beloved son. Housed separately (Box 285).

Box 274 (formerly Box T2)
Thomas A. Brittain
F.1       Diaries.1931, 1934.
F.2       Broadcast receiving license.
F.3       Housekeeping Book.” 1914-1925; keys to Dispatch Case lodged with Parrs Banking; two prayer cards from Thomas Brittain’s note case. August 1935
F.4       Passport, issued 1926
F.5       Insurance policies for Fire, Burglary, and Aircraft
F.6       Financial documents
F.7       Death Certificate. August 1935.
F.8       Will and estate documents
Correspondence
F.9       From Edward Brittain, 1905 (1 letter), 1914-15
F.10     From Edward Brittain, 1916-17
F.11     From Edward Brittain, 1918
F.12     From Evening Sentinel, addressed to Arthur Brittain
F.13     Other correspondence (most not listed separately). Includes letters from the War Office re: Edward Brittain’s estate. Sept. 2, 1918; from Charles, Riggs & Co. April 27, 1920; from Private A. Barrett Re: Edward Brittain’s death. 1918;from Robert Leighton Re: Edward Brittain’s death. June 1918; from Rev. J.R. Jones, C.F. Re: Edward Brittain. 1918; from E.R.J. Nicolls re: Edward Brittain’s death.1918.
F.14     Juvenilia; from John Brittain Catlin

Other: Will of Thomas Brittain, 29 July 1889

    
     Ainsworth, Mary	      l9l8	    1HLs          
     Allied Schools (The)     l936          1TLs          1p.
     Ashwell, M. Edith        l9l8          1HLs          4pp.
            "                 l935          1HLs
     Baker, Helen             l9l8          1HLs          2pp.
     Bernard, H.              l935          1HLs          2pp.
     Bervon, Ann Isabelle     l906          1PC           1p.
             "                l935          1HLs          2pp.
             "                1942          lHLs          3pp.
                                       
             "                l948          2HLs          4pp.
     Bervon, Barbara          l935          1HLs          3pp.
             "                l936          1HLs          
     Bervon, Emma Jane        l9l6          1HLs          2pp.
     (mother)"                l923          1HLs          2pp.
     Bervon, Florence         1914          2HLs          8pp.
             "                1915          1HLs          
             "                1916          1HLs
             "                1936          1HLs          1p.  
     Bervon, William          l9l8          1HLs          2pp.
     Bird, B.W.               1918          HLs           2pp.
     Bleichenbach, Agnes      1935          1PCs          2pp.
     Bludon, B                1916          1HLs          2pp.
     Boulton, C. Edith        1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Brittain, Bessie N.      l9l6          1HLs          4pp.
             "                1918          1HLs
     Brittain, Edward         [n.d.]        2HLs          24pp.
             "                1903          2HLs
             "                1904          2HLs
             "                1905          2HLs
             "                1906          3HLs          
             "                1908          1HLs
             "                1913          1HLs
             "                1914          18HLs         40pp.
             "                                            5Pc     
           
             "                              1 telegramv
             "                1915          51HLs         108pp.
             "                              7PCs    
             "                              1 telegram
   

  
     Brittain, Edward         1916          58HLs         146pp.
            "                               4 telegrams   
            "                               5PCs       
            "                 1917          86HLs         184pp.
            "                               4PCs         
            "                               1Card      
            "                 1918          24 HLs        47pp.
            "                               1PCs  
    

 
     Brittain, Evelyn         [1918]        1HLs          2pp.
     Brittain-Catlin, John    [n.d.]        3HLs          98pp.
             "                1935          1HLs
             "                1937          1HLs
             "                1938          6HLs
             "                1939          3HLs
             "                1940          13HLs
     Brittain-Catlin, John     1940         1TLs
             "                              1 telegram   
             "                1941          1HLs
             "                1943          3HLs
             "                1944          3HLs
             "                              2PCs
             "                1945          2HLs
             "                              1PCs
             "                1946          3HLs
             "                1947          7HLs
             "                              3PCs
     Brittain, Muriel         [n.d.]        1HLs          2pp.
             "                1905          1HLs          1p.
             "                1916          1HLs          2pp.
             "                1935          2HLs          5pp.
     Brittain, Norman         1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Brittain, Philippa       1935          1HLs
     Brittain, Phyllis        [n.d.]        1HLs          2pp.
             "                1918          1HLs          2pp.
             "                1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Brittain, Thomas Arthur  [n.d.]        4HLs          20pp.
             "                1891          2HLs
             "                1893          1HLs
             "                1934          4HLs
             "                1936          1HLs
     Brittains Limited        1935          1TLs          2pp.
     Brocklehurst, E.H.       1916          1HLs          2pp.
     Busby, Adrienne          1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Capatrick, Muriel        1936          1HLs          1p.
     Carr, Florence J.        1905          1HLs          16pp.

             "                1916          2HLs
             "                1918          1HLs
             "                1930          1HLs          
             "                1935          1HLs
             "                1936          1HLs
     Carr, Lionel Bentley     1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Christie, Alexander      1935          1HL           4pp.
     Clarke, Ethel A.         1935          1HLs          1p.
     Clarke, Muriel Stanley   1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Clay, E. Marion          1935          2HLs          4pp.
     Coy, A.                  1916          2HLs          6pp.
             "                1918          1HLs
     Daniels, Marion Scott    1918          1HLs          2pp.
     de Cairdaroff, Edith     1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Dennard, Lilian          1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Dodd, Arthur F.          1936          1HLs          1p.
       
     Dabble, W.               1918          1HLs          3pp.
     Drewry, Frank            1918          1 card        5pp.
     Chas. E. Ebbutt & Sons   1947          1TLs          1p.
     Edwards, Florence        [n.d.]        1HLs          2pp.
     Ellinger, Mabel          1916          1HLs          4pp.
             "                1918          1HLs
     Ellis, Florence R.       1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Forsyth, Jane            1916          1HLs          10pp.
             "                1918          1HLs          
             "                1935          1HLs
     Fowler, Fred and Louisa  1918          2HLs          4pp.
     Fowler, Louisa M.        1916          1HLs
             "                1935          1HLs
     Fox, Evelyn L.           1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Freeman, Arnold          [n.d.]        2HLs          2pp.
     Fyffes [   ]             1918          1 card        2pp.
     Ganmersley, Daisy        1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Garnett, Bellha          1916          1HLs          5pp.
             "                1918          1HLs

     Garnett, Nancy           1918          1HLs

     Glen, Graham             1916          1HLs

             "                1917          1HLs          4pp.
     Glen, H.S.               [n.d.]        1HLs          2pp.
     Goddard, [    ]          1935          1 card        3pp.
     Goodman, Daphne          [n.d.]        1 card

     Goodman, Penelope                      1 card

     Green, Norah             1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Gustard, R. Sydney       1918          1HLs          2pp.
   
  
     Box 278 (formerly Box T6)
   
  
     Haigh, Alfred            1935          2HLs
            "                               1 telegram
            "                 1940          1TLs
            "                 1942          1TLs
            "                 1943          1TLs
     Haigh, Jessie            1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Haigh, Winifred          1945          lHLs          2pp.
     Halton, A.               1916          1PCs
            "                 1918          1 telegram    5pp.
            "                 1918          1HLs
     Halton, C.I.             1918          1HLs
            "                 1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Hamilton, Allan          [n.d.]        1HLs          2pp.
     Harrods                  1935          1TLs
     Hart, Beatrice           1918          1HLs
            "                 1935          1HLs          4pp.
     Hartley, Alice           1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Hayes, Charles Malcolm   1918          1HLs          5pp.
     Heath, Kittie            1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Hector, A.               [n.d.]        1HL
     Hector, Emily            1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Hols, Edith M.           1916          1HLs
     Holtby, Winifred         1924          1HLs          3pp.
           "                  1935          1HLs          1p. 
     Hughes, Mildred          1935          2HLs
     Hurst, [    ]            1918          1 card        3pp.
     Hyland, S.A.             [n.d.]        1HLs
            "                 1916          1HLs
            "                 1918          1HLs
     Ivor, Tom                1918          1HLs          3pp.
     Jameson, Margaret Storm  1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Jarrett, Father Bede     1925          1HL           2pp.
     Keeper of the Privy Purse 1918         1 telegram
     Kett, George C.          1947          1TLs
     LaBlond, A.              1915          1HLs          2pp.
     Lauder, Anthony J.       1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Lee, Katharine           1930          1HLs          1p.
     Leggett, H.A.            1918          2HLs          4pp.
     Leighton Family          1918          1 telegram
     Leighton, Marie          1915          1HLs
            "                 1916          1HLs
            "                 1918          1HLs          11pp.
            "                 1935          1HLs
     Leighton, Maude          1918          1HLs
     Leighton, Roland         1915          7HLs          11pp.
     Leonard, Edith M.        1935          1HLs
     Lewis, F. Howard         1939          1HLs
     Lewis, Margaret                        1 telegram    2pp.
     Mansel-Curey, Mr. & Mrs. 1918          1 card        4pp.
     McKenzie, Harry W.       1918          1HLs
     Meadows, Charles S.      1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Mrs. Reeves Ladies Agency 1914         3TL           4pp.
     Namoth, Arthur           1916          1HLs          3pp.
     Nation, C. Cadrington    1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Neale, W. Norman         [n.d.]        1 card        2pp.
     Nelson, Percy W.         1916          1 card        2pp.
     Newby, A.M.              1918          1HLs          1p.
     Nicholson, Muriel        1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Nicols, Richard J.       1916          1HLs          2pp.
   

  
     Priestley, Bertha        1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Puckle, Elizabeth        1916          1HLs          4pp.
            "                 1918          1HLs
     Puckle, Horace           1916          1HLs          2pp.
            "                 1918          2HLs          3pp.
            "                 1918          1TLs          1p.
     Richardson, Frank N.     1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Richardson, Gertrude     1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Richardson, Maurice      1918          1HLs          2pp.
            "                 1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Richardson, Victor       1916          5HLs
            "                 1916          1 card        19pp.
            "                 1917          1HLs
     Ritling, Norah           1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Roberts, Marie           1935          1HLs          3pp.
            "                 1936          1HLs
     Romer, R.D.              1918          1HLs
     Ronald, Hilda            [n.d.]        1HLs          2pp.
     Salisbury, Annie         1915          1HLs          1p.
     Sharp, May               1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Sharp, Stella            1918          lHLs
     Shaw, J. Herbert         1915          1HLs
            "                 1936          1 card
     Shiffans, R.             1937          1TLs          1p.  
     Slater, Leigh            1918          1HLs          3pp.
     Somerville, John         1916          1HLs          2pp.
     Spafford, Lucie          1918          1HLs
     Stanford, Earl of        1925          1HL           2pp.
     Staples, Mildred         1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Street, Edith            1936          1HLs
     Sucales, Louise          1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Tate, Rose               1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Tatton, E.J.             1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Thomas, Margaret 
       (Viscountess Rhondda)  1925          1HL
     Thompson, E.             1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Thurlow, Geoffrey R.Y.   1916          8HLs          36pp.
            "                 1916          2PCs
            "                 1916          1 card        
            "                 1917          6HLs
            "                 1917          2PCs
     Turner, A.M.             1918          1HLs          3pp.
     Van Nappen, Ada W.B.     1935          1TLs
     Vaudrey, William Sir     1916          1 card        2pp.
     Vizard, Oldham, Chowder,
       & Cash                 1935          2TLs          3pp.
           "                  1936          4TLs          7pp.
           "                  1937          1TLs          1p.
     Walthew, Maud Violet     1918          1HLs
     Warren, Beatrice Ethel   1935          1HLs          2pp.
     Weeks, Alice             1918          1HLs
     Weeks, Millie            1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Westminister Bank Limited 1935         1TLs          2pp.
     Whitehead, Lilly         1916          2HLs          4pp.
            "                 1918          1HLs          2pp.
     Williams, Shirley        [n.d.]        6HLs
            "                               2PCs
            "                 1936          1PCs
            "                 1937          2HLs
            "                 1938          2HLs          46pp.
            "                 1940          6HLs
            "                               3PCs
            "                 1943          3HLs
            "                 1944          4HLs
     Wright, Ethel            1918          1HLs
     Young, Edith             1935          1HLs
     [      ]                 [n.d.]        1HLs          2pp.
     [      ], Alfred         1935          1HLs          2pp.
     
     
     
     [      ],  Arthur family 1918          1HLs          2pp.
            "                               1 telegram    2pp.
     [      ], C.A.           [n.d.]        1 card        1p.
     [      ], Cecily family  1935          1HLs          2pp.
     [      ], Charles        1915          1HLs          1p.
     [      ], Aunt Emelie    1918          1HLs          2pp.
     [      ], Francis Graham 1918          1HLs          3pp.
     [      ], James          1935          1TLs          2pp.
     [      ], Kitty          1936          1HLs          1p.
     [      ], Lillie Bervon  1918          1HLs          2pp.
            "                 1935          1HLs          2pp.
     [      ], Margaret       1935          3HLs          6pp.
            "                 1940          2TLs          2pp.
     [      ], Marion         1936          1HLs          1p.
     [      ], Ruby           [n.d.]        1HLs          1p.

Outgoing correspondence:
     To Mr. Adams from
       Edith M. Brittain                    1HLs
    To Roland Leighton from
       Edith Brittain         1914          1HLs
            "                 1915          1HLs
          
     

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