100, 102, 109: Written by or with the assistance of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
101: 9 Aug. 1916, in the hand of Bernard Babington Smith.
103: 23 Jan. 1917, in the hand of Michael James Babington Smith
105: 14 Mar. 1918, enclosing a flower
106: [1918?], enclosing picture postcard
107: 7 Apr. 1918, with additional note from David Babington Smith to Henry Babington Smith
115: 18 Aug. 1921, with additional note from Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith to Henry Babington Smith
121-127: Written by or with the assistance of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
128: 9 Aug. 1915 with additional notes from Margaret, Constance, and Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith to Henry Babington Smith.
149, 151, 153: Typescript
150: 23 Aug 1921, addressed jointly to Henry and Michael James Babington Smith.
17: Letter, 25 Jan. 1917, from Constance Babington Smith to her mother, but in the hand of her brother David; also includes note from Constance to her father.
19: Letter, [late Nov. 1919], enclosing the outline of Lucy Elisabeth Babington Smith's foot.
22: 5 Jan. 1920, with additional note from Constance to her brother David. Enclosures: photograph of Susan [?] Babington Smith and a piece of fabric.
24: Letter of 11 Jan. 1920, with additional note from Constance and her sisters Lucy Elisabeth and Susan to their mother dated 12 Jan. 1920.
26: 27 Jan 1920, enclosing piece of thread.
With the assistance of/by their mother Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
Perhaps to Margaret, Constance, Lucy Elisabeth, Susan, and Elisabeth Babington Smith.
Written by or with the assistance of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
387: 27 Aug. 1921. Typescript, with additional note from David Babington Smith to Henry Babington Smith. Enclosing three photographs taken at Vineyards, Saffron Walden, 1921: Susan [?], Lady Elisabeth Mary, Constance, Margaret, and Lucy Elisabeth Babington Smith; Miss Beck [?[, Susan, Constance, Lucy Elisabeth and Margaret Babington Smith; Margaret, Constance, Lucy Elisabeth [?] Babington Smith, Miss Beck, Lady Elisabeth Mary [?] and Susan [?] Babington Smith.
Written by or with the assistance of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
Written by or with the assistance of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
Written by or with the assistance of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
Written by or with the assistance of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
Written by or with the assistance of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
Written by or with the assistance of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
60-75, 77: Written by or with the assistance of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
62: 17 Sept. 1909, with additional notes from Margaret, Henry George, and Michael James Babington Smith to Henry Babington Smith.
70: 15 Oct. 1911, birthday card, painted by Bernard Babington Smith?
76: [Spring 1912?], in the hand of Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin?
83: 21 Aug. 1915, enclosing letter from Constance Babington Smith to Henry Babington Smith, 21 Aug. 1915, in the hand of Bernard Babington Smith.
86: on or before 17 Aug. 1916, with additional note from Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith to her husband Henry Babington Smith.
88: 24 Feb. 1918, enclosing copy of Bernard Babington Smith's Horris Hill scholll reprt, 18 Jan.-23 Feb. 1918.
66: 16-17 Aug. 1922, containing sketch of Swiss church by Henry Babington Smith.
68: 24 Aug. 1922, enclosing ferns, [blueberry?] leaves and gentian.
72: 1 Sept. 1922, containing sketch of Aletsch Glacier, Swiss Alps.
Includes picture postcard showing the foot of the Rhône glacier.
Letter of 16 Sept. 1918 with copy in Lady Elisabeth Babington Smith's hand of a letter from St Clair Donaldson to Constance Babington Smith.
11: printed Forces postcard, dated 21 July 1915.
23: 14 Nov. 1921, enclosing two extracts of letters from Margaret and Constance Babington Smith to Leo Bright.
This collection relates to Constance Babington Smith's research for her editions of Rose Macaulay's Letters to a Friend (1961), Last Letters to a Friend (1962), Letters to a Sister (1964), and her biography, Rose Macaulay (1972) and is arranged in the following categories:
Family background, letters, diaries and so on, original material 1865-1972, with copies of items dating from 1794 onwards. 121 items;
Family photographs, 1873-1960, watercolours, Rose Macaulay's address book and Christmas card list, 1944 onwards, with associated material. 266 items;
Material concerning Rose Macaulay, such as research, letters and reviews, 1959-1973, including copies of earlier material by Constance Babington Smith. 266 items;
Material relating to Rose Macaulay's works Bunkum (1924), Life among the English (1942), Miss Anstruther's Letters (1941), and They went to Portugal (1946), such as typescript copies of drafts and corrected proofs, research. 11 items;
Material relating to Rose Macaulay's other works: notebooks, 1940s-1950s, containing observations made on holidays, rough drafts of her final, unfinished, novel, Venice Besieged / Midsummer Moon and other late pieces; press clippings and typescripts of articles and reviews, c 1931-1958, MSS clippings and typescripts of poems, juvenilia, 1905-1955, Christmas cards designed by Rose Macaulay. 106 items, 1950-1958;
Letters from Rose Macaulay to her sister Jean Babington Macaulay. 213 items, 1921/22-1957;
Material concerning Constance Babington Smith's edition of Letters to a Sister, includes research, letters and reviews. 229 items, 1962-1963;
Letters from Rose Macaulay to John Hamilton Cowper Johnson, 199 items, 1950-158;
Material concerning Babington Smith's Letters to a Friend and Last Letters to a Friend, including research and letters of congratulation on publication. 462 items, 1960-1973
Letters and postcards from Rose Macaulay to various recipients, with a few letters to Macaulay. Much of the correspondence is in the form of copies made or obtained during research by Constance Babington Smith, and her correspondence regarding the Gilbert Murray collection at the Bodleian Library is also included here along with copies of Macaulay's letters to Murray; 628 items, 1907-1973.
Sem títuloAccording to the notes inserted before this page the people in this photograph are as follows:
Back row: unidentified man; Lady Constance Veronica Bruce; three unidentified men; 'Mademoiselle' (L. Krauth?); Henry Babington Smith.
Middle row: Lady Christian Augusta Bruce; unidentified man; Lady Elisabeth Mary Bruce; the Viceroy; the Maharaja of Gwalior; the Countess of Elgin; Colonel Algernon Durand(?); unidentified man; the Hon. Mrs Grant.
Front row: Viscount Fincastle; two unidentified men.
Includes photographs of the Bruce family and the Smith children