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Material relating to Harlem Renaissance: A day of talks and events on the cultural revolution produced by black people during the Art Deco years, held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 29 June 2003, comprising letter giving notice of the event and photocopied book cover of The Story of the Blues by jazz historian Paul Oliver. A handwritten note in Jen Wilson's hand records that she attended the conference and met Paul Oliver; however, there is no indication that she gave a formal presentation.

Album containing 204 postcards, a mixture of photomechanical and real photographic cards. Included are a number of cards of Royalty and royal occasions, art drawn cards from L&NWR showing the interior of the royal train, Tucks cards (series C51) showing china production, world war one patriotic and regimental cards, Tucks Oilettes of London at night (series 768) and "Bonnie Scotland"

Speech notes and printed literature relating to a visit to Netherhall House, London, 10 February 2003.

An Advertisement, [1795x1810], concerning animals on show at Exeter Change, Strand, proprietor G[ilbert] Pidcock (d. 1810). On the reverse side are 'Fragments - Iolo'.

Papers, 1973-2004, relating to the Royal Academy of Arts, including minutes of the General Assembly, 1976-1977.

The file comprises invitations to exhibitions at the Tate Gallery, British Museum, Hanover Gallery, Leicester galleries and various other galleries, predominantly in London, 1945-1970 (with gaps) with exhibition catalogues for George Stubbs (1957), Augustus John (1948), Andre Bauchant (1960), Paule Vezelay and Winifred Nicholson (1954), Ben Nicholson (1954), Lady Patricia Ramsay (1959), the '56 Group [Wales]', and The New English Art Club (1945).

Journal, 29 July 1833-1 February 1835, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Sussex, Dowlais and Uffington. Cuttings from the Weymouth Journal, 5 September 1856, are also included.

Journal, 1 January 1827-20 April 1828, of Lady Charlotte Bertie, in Uffington, [Lincolnshire], and London.

Journal, 22 April 1828-30 April 1829, of Lady Charlotte Bertie, in Uffington, [Lincolnshire], and London.

Journal, 30 April 1829-23 September 1832, of Lady Charlotte Bertie, in Uffington, [Lincolnshire], and London.
At least 7 ff. (covering late September 1832-May 1833) have been removed by Lady Charlotte herself (see R. Guest & A. John, Lady Charlotte (1989), p. 18).

Journal, 31 January 1835-20 November 1837, of Lady Charlotte Guest at London and Dowlais.

Journal, 21 November 1837-28 March 1841, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Dowlais and Sully, [Glamorgan].
Record of iron manufacture, June 1896, inserted between pp. 8 and 9.

Journal, 29 March 1841-23 June 1844, of Lady Charlotte Guest, at Dowlais, London and Sully, with tours in Belgium and Germany.
Papers loose inside the volume include engraved views of Wesel, [Germany]; a poster, 1830, relating to the 'Swing riots' in Northamptonshire, sent to her stepfather, Rev. Peter W. Pegus; and notes and rough sketches of architectural details, a hand mangle and a domestic iron (10 ff.).

Journal, 8 March 1848-26 February 1851, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Canford, Dowlais and Scotland.

Journal, 27 February 1851-1 September 1853, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Paris, Dowlais and Canford.
Papers loose in the volume comprise a postcard, 1897, from Messrs Birdsall, Northampton, [bookbinders], to Lady Charlotte's daughter, Mrs K[atherine Gwladys] Alderson, Lutterworth; and a letter, 1976, from John [Guest], Connecticut, to Dowager Viscountess Wimborne, enclosing photocopies of 8 pp., covering 18-22 July 1853, from a separate 'Works Journal' of Lady Charlotte in his possession.

Journal, 1 September 1853-28 December 1854, 10 April-3 June 1855, of Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber), in Canford, Dowlais, London, France and Italy.
Also included are loose notes for a journal, 1858-1860 (9 ff.).

Journal, 1 January 1856-20 October 1857, of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, at Canford, London, Dowlais and Brighton.

Collecting tour journal of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, April-August 1876, November 1876-July 1877, in Belgium, Germany, Holland, France, Italy and Austria; also Canford and London (pp. 1-77); together with records of purchases, May-August 1876, November-December 1876, March-August 1877 (pp. 1-33 at end of volume, inverted text).
Loose papers found with the volume have been filed separately (Charlotte Guest MS XXIIIa).