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1911: 2 letters on family matters 1912: 1 letter on family matters 1913: 4 letters on family matters and Esdaile's review in The Builder 1914: 11 letters on family matters, Martin Esdaile as a baby, and the publication of "Lux Juventutis" 1915: 1 letter from James A. Mackereth thanking Esdaile for her review of his book of poems 1916: 6 letters on family matters and "Greek and Roman Portraiture" to be published by Oxford University Press.
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27 letters mainly on family matters, including an illness of Arundell Esdaile.
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17 letters on topics including family matters; the birth of Edmund in September after difficult pregnancy; poems written by both Katharine Esdaile; and work on an article on Blake.
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Consists of 1899: 1 family letter 1900: 3 letters including one from Professor Percy Gardner, Esdaile's Oxford mentor. 1901: 1 letter from Gardner regarding paper Katharine Esdaile has written. 1902: 4 letters including a letter of authorization from Gardner.
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The Times on the preservation of church monuments through photographs; an invitation for Esdaile to become a representative of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings at the Conference (which led to the Council of National Buildings Record); an angry letter from Geoffrey Houghton-Brown about inadequate efforts to safeguard Westminster Abbey; correspondence about Joseph Wilton RA; the rejection of a novel manuscript by publisher John Murray; Arundell Esdaile's retirement from the British Museum; and a letter about the Leverhulme Fellowship (for the Dictionary of British Sculptors). The impact of the bombings destruction and uncertainty around the country is vividly brought out in these letters.
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Clippings of unattributed reviews and articles from The Builder, probably by Esdaile (some are annotated in pencil with Esdaile's initials). Articles consist of: "London Guide Book of 1789" (January 2, 1914) "The Gardens of the Great Mughals" (February 6, 1914) "The Royal Society of Arts, 1754-1880" [Book Review] (March 6, 1914) "Papers of the British School at Rome Vol. VI" [Book Review] (April 10, 1914) "Architecture and the Historic Imagination" (April 17, 1914) "History of Architecture" [Book Review] (May 1 1914) "The New Wing at the British Museum" (May 15, 1914) "Home Arts and Industries Association" (May 29, 1914) "The Decadence of English Sculpture" (June 12, 1914) "The Early Work of John Carter" (July 3, 1914) "The Qualities of Roman Architecture" (October 30, 1914) "Modern Fables XII: The Two Sculptors" (December 4, 1914) "Standard of Taste" (December 11, 1914)
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