Cards and other printed material

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 BDD/5
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1932-1953, n.d.
  • Physical Description
    • 49 items

Scope and Content

A bundle, the majority of which is comprised of illustrated prayer cards or booklets, some of them inscribed to Derbyshire from her grandmother, other relatives and friends. Also included in the series are: a small printed booklet of Poems of comfort, faith and hope by 'Allan Junior'; a Girl Guides Test Card and Health Record card; a Christmas card to Derbyshire from Marguerite and Sheila; a good luck/birthday card to "daddy" from Delia and Benite[?] (inside which is a cigarette card depicting a member of the Glamorganshire RGA, 1908); a small book of transfers; a facsimile souvenir for autograph collectors from Warwickshire County Cricket Club, 1949; a printed map of London Zoo; two picture postcards sent to Mrs Derbyshire by G. Midgley; a marking form for an Elocution 5 exam taken at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on 13 December 1952 (which shows a total mark of 73%); and a sheet of instructions to performers, helpers and staff involved in the Warwickshire Coronation Pageant of 1953.