| Description | File of newspaper cuttings, typescripts and letters relating to the life of Sir Almroth Wright. File includes a series of obituaries and memoirs of his life, including three written before his death, also newspaper cuttings and letters relating to Colebrook's biography of Wright and some biographical notes made by Wright himself. File contains a copy of the will of Wright's wife Jane, and letters from Wright's daughter and grandson to Leonard Colebrook, written following Wright's death and discussing his life and estate.
Also Vera Colebrook's own copy of Leonard Colebrook's biography of Almroth Wright, inscribed 'To my favourite collaborator & critic - who also loved 'the old man' for his [ ] humanity. Leonard Colebrook 1954.' |