11 letters written by Helen Grace Harvey and Margaret Harvey of Leeds while they were pupils of The Mount School, York, c.1897-1899, with transcriptions and biographical notes; summer term school report for Helen Grace Harvey, 1900.
Letter recipients comprise their father William Harvey; mother Anna Maria Harvey, née Whiting; and brother Thomas Edmund 'Ted' Harvey, later MP for Leeds. Subjects include school hockey; Quaker Meetings and talks given by John Stephenson Rowntree; a visit to The Retreat; and general school and family news.
Harvey Archive
This material is held atBorthwick Institute for Archives, University of York
- Reference
- GB 193 HARVEY
- Dates of Creation
- c 1897-1900
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 0.01 cubic metres
1 box
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Harveys were a prominent Quaker family in Leeds in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, related by marriage to the Fryer, Firth, Jowitt and Rowntree families. In 1873 William Harvey, a teacher and art collector, married Anna Maria Whiting and the couple settled at Roundhay, a Leeds suburb. The couple had at least eight children together: Thomas Edmund ‘Ted’ (1875-1955); Mary Katherine (1877-1962); Bernard (1878-1878); Margaret (1881-1917); Helen Grace (1882-1944); William Fryer (1885-1937); Philip (1887-?); and John Wilfred (1889-1967).
The Harvey daughters, including Margaret, also known as Marnie, and Helen Grace, also known as Nell or Nellie, were educated at The Mount School, a Quaker boarding school for girls in York. Their brothers were educated at Bootham School, York.
Mary Katherine went on to marry Arnold Stephenson Rowntree, MP for York, in 1906. Margaret trained as a nurse in the East End Settlement Hospital in London and married Rawlinson Charles Ford in 1909, while Helen Grace married Quaker tea merchant Hugh Theodore Crosfield in 1911. Of their brothers, Ted became MP for Leeds, John Wilfred became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Leeds between 1832 and 1854, and William Fryer was an author and prominent campaigner for adult education.
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The Harveys were a prominent Quaker family in Leeds in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, related by marriage to the Fryer, Firth, Jowitt and Rowntree families. In 1873 William Harvey, a teacher and art collector, married Anna Maria Whiting and the couple settled at Roundhay, a Leeds suburb. The couple had at least eight children together: Thomas Edmund ‘Ted’ (1875-1955); Mary Katherine (1877-1962); Bernard (1878-1878); Margaret (1881-1917); Helen Grace (1882-1944); William Fryer (1885-1937); Philip (1887-?); and John Wilfred (1889-1967).
The Harvey daughters, including Margaret, also known as Marnie, and Helen Grace, also known as Nell or Nellie, were educated at The Mount School, a Quaker boarding school for girls in York. Their brothers were educated at Bootham School, York.
Mary Katherine went on to marry Arnold Stephenson Rowntree, MP for York, in 1906. Margaret trained as a nurse in the East End Settlement Hospital in London and married Rawlinson Charles Ford in 1909, while Helen Grace married Quaker tea merchant Hugh Theodore Crosfield in 1911. Of their brothers, Ted became MP for Leeds, John Wilfred became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Leeds between 1832 and 1854, and William Fryer was an author and prominent campaigner for adult education.
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Created by S. A. Shearn, 27.02.17.
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