Identity area
Reference code
MCPP/GM/3/2/1916/207
Title
Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, 9 - 10 December 1916
Date(s)
- 9 - 10 December 1916 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 Item, paper
Context area
Name of creator
(18 June 1886 - 1924)
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Saturday 9 Dec. evening - Expresses her fear over the war and hopes that it will end soon. Discusses Clare's progress. Tells him she loves and misses him.
Sunday 10 Dec. morning - Updates him on news from Charterhouse concerning Mr Fletcher the Headmaster. Tells him about the various illnesses going around. Describes a a boy in the naval service receiving a distinguished service cross and asks if he knows him. Tells him they have decided to put on a play at Christmas, The Land of the Heart's Desire by Yeats. She is going to supper with Mrs Brock and expresses her opinions about Duncan Grant.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Former reference
F/GM/VI/1
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Mallory [née Turner], Ruth (1892-1942), wife of mountaineer George Mallory (Subject)
- Millikan [née Mallory], Frances Clare (1915-2001), daughter of George Mallory (Subject)
- Morgan [née Turner], Mildred (1892-1985), sister of Ruth Mallory (Subject)
- Fletcher, Frank Sir (1870-1954), headmaster of Charterhouse (Subject)
- Goodfellow, Alan (Subject)