Dame Mary Scharlieb: letters and testimonials

Date:
c.1890-1923
Reference:
GC/190/1
Part of:
Scharlieb, Dame Mary (1845-1930) and her son Herbert J Scharlieb (later Shirley) (1868-1943)
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Letters to, and testimonials. Comprises the following:

  • GC/190/1/1: Millicent Garrett Fawcett: apologies on behalf of the constitutional suffrage leader and her daughter, the mathematician Philippa, for being unable to accept an invitation, dated 1 December 1890.
  • GC/190/1/2: Dorothea Beale, Ladies' College Cheltenham (?) Re `Elsie' (?) Scharlieb's daughter-in-law (or possibly partner in medical practice), dated July 1892
  • GC/190/1/3: H A Jones, Cheltenham College: Re subscription to the Frances Owen Home, dated 22 October 1892
  • GC/190/1/4: Alfred B Garrod: Arrangement for consultation with herself and a patient, dated 31 October 1892
  • GC/190/1/5: Sir Frederick Treves, dated 2 July 1895
  • GC/190/1/6: Sir James Paget: both apparently relate to support for her application to join the Royal College of Surgeons, dated 4 July 1895
  • GC/190/1/7: Henry Acland: testimonial for Mrs Scharlieb, dated 3 November 1895
  • GC/190/1/8: M(ary) H. Kingsley (1862-1900), dated 11 Novemeber 1898. Further letters by Kingsley are held as MS.8489.
  • GC/190/1/9: The same Re a talk with lantern slides by this African traveller and writer, dated 15 November 1898
  • GC/190/1/10: Michael Foster: commitment to support female suffrage if elected MP for Cambridge University, dated 3 February 1900
  • GC/190/1/11: Sarah Grand: wish of the `New Woman' novelist to consult Scharlieb, and best wishes for Scharlieb herself in her illness, dated 18 April 1902
  • GC/190/1/12: (Lord) Roberts: apologies for refusing an invitation, dated 31 May 1904
  • GC/190/1/13: Brenda Girven, editor, The Jabberwock: a monthly magazine for Boys and Girls Re `Jack' as the White Rabbit at a children's party, dated 26 April 1906
  • GC/190/1/14: Barclay (Grimmon?): arrangement for entertainment at home, dated 13 June 1911
  • GC/190/1/15: Douglas English: presenting his latest book in return for `your great kindness to us at the "Hotel des Sapins"', dated 4 September 1911
  • GC/190/1/16: Philip Gibbs: thanks for her `great generosity' and `beautiful kindness to my wife'; includes a copy of his new novel, dated 15 May 1912
  • GC/190/1/17: Mrs (?) Carmichael: pencilled on letter to her from Lady Lyall, concerning Lady Dufferin's Fund for Women Doctors in India, dated c.1890-1923
  • GC/190/1/18: Dorothea Baird: thanks for wedding present, dated c.1890-1923
  • GC/190/1/19: Letters from Mrs Ward: encloses a cheque made out to Colonel Ward for the Chaplaincy or Church Expenses Fund: 'it is a great privilege for Anglo-Catholics to have such a dear little church', dated 1 September 1909
  • GC/190/1/20: Letter from Miss Roberts apologising for `my rudeness yesterday afternoon' and pleading in extenuation having had `a very rough time all the morning', dated 2 December 1921
  • GC/190/1/21 (previously MS.7578/42): Letter from Miss Swayne concerning an offer of hospitality during a visit to Bristol, and mentioning the Obstetric Aphorisms by her father, Joseph Griffiths Swayne (1819-1903), Physician-Accoucheur to the Bristol General Hospital, dated 11 July 1923
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    c.1890-1923

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