| Admin/Biog History | This material relates to various members of the Hunter Woods family, although it is not known how or why it was acquired by Sewell. Margery Hunter Woods later became known as Margery Green following her marriage, and may have written under the pseudonym of Margery Cornish. |
| Description | It includes:
-National Anti-Corn Law League card, undated. Annotated on the reverse as being in memory of Francis Hunter and his wife Elizabeth
-letter issued by the Foreign Office, London, and signed by James Howard, Earl of Malmesbury, dated 14 July 1858, requesting that Robert Hunter Woods and his wife are allowed to pass freely without hindrance. The document has the issue number 4411.
-letter issued by the Foreign Office, London, and signed by Stafford Henry, Earl of Iddesleigh, dated 23 August 1886, requesting that Emily K. Woods is allowed to pass freely without hindrance. The document has the issue number 526.
-handwritten letter from Hildebrand, Grand Chancellor and Arch Prior of the Ancient Religious and Military Order of Knights Templars, to Robert Hunter Woods, Knight Commander, dated c1851, concerning the latter's role as a Prelate
-letter from Ronald Coates, Department of Manuscripts, British Museum, to Margery Hunter Woods, dated 13 February 1926, asking her to attend an interview
-two letters from E. Cockburn Kyte, Librarian, Queen's University, Ontario, to Hunter, dated 24 October 1928 and 13 Janaury 1929, concerning the publication of poems
-letter from Richard de la Mare, Director, Faber and Faber Limited, to Margery Hunter Woods, dated 10 January 1930, declining Cecil Jane's publishing proposal
-eight letters from Cecil Jane to Margery Hunter Woods, dated 13 September-19 December 1930, concerning his relocation to Canada and employment at the Department of History, Wellesley College, Massachusetts. Also includes a typed note by Woods explaining their friendship.
-two typed poems created and exchanged between Margery Hunter Woods and Edward Bynam, Head of the Map Room, British Museum, dated 21 and 23 March 1930
-two letters from Victor Oliver to Margery Cornish, dated 16 March 1939 and 27 August 1940, concerning her monologue titled Martyrdom
-three printed Christmas poems by Arundell Esdaile dated 1946, 1948 and 1949, sent to Margery Hunter Woods
-letter from Arundell Esdaile to Margery Hunter Woods, dated 6 April 1948, concerning the publication of his poetry
-two pamphlets by Esdaile titled Bibliography for Babes, and Poems and Translations, dated c1930s
-pamphlet titled Dafnis and Cloe by Reginald Mainwaring Hewitt, dated 1930
-three typed poems by Margery Hunter Woods, undated |