| Title |
Moore Family papers |
| Reference |
GCPP Bodichon 11 |
| Creator |
Moore Family |
| Covering Dates |
1841–1999 (The papers were photocopied in 1998. However, for each of the files described at GCPP Bodichon 11/1-29, the dates of the original correspondence have been given for the sake of clarity.) |
| Extent and Medium |
29 files; Paper |
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| Content and context |
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The Moore and Smith families first had contact in the 1840s when Robert Moore contested the borough of Hastings for free trade in 1844. Norman Moore was befriended by Barbara and Eugene Bodichon in 1869 when he was a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He became an important figure in BLSB's life and married her niece, Amy Leigh Smith in 1880.
Photocopies of correspondence by and pertaining to Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon in the papers of Norman Moore (1847-1922, physician) held in a private collection, together with transcripts of the letters made by Dr Pam Hirsch during the course of her research into writing 'Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon: feminist, artist and rebel' (Chatto and Windus, 1998).
The original letters were loaned by the Moore family and photocopied by Girton College Library staff on the Library's premises in 1995.
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Access and Use
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Permission to quote from the Moore family papers in a publication must be sought from the Moore family: users should approach the archivist for details. |
| Further information |
The original letters are held in a private collection. |
| Girton/GCPP Bodichon 11 contains: |
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1
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Letters from Ben Smith [father of Barbara Bodichon] to various people. Including letters to Benjamin Leigh Smith and Barbara Bodichon, 1841-58. Also letter from J W Herschel, astronomer, to Ben Smith, 1856; share certificate for Ben Smith's shares in the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, 1849; William Leigh Smith's school report from Bruce Castle, 1842; quote to Ben Smith from Rock and Baxter of Hastings for a new Family Coach, 1842.
Creator: Smith, Ben.
1 file; Paper. |
1841–1858 |
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2
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Letters chiefly from Barbara Bodichon to Amy Leigh Smith.
Creator: Bodichon, Barbara.
1 file; Paper. |
1869–1878 |
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3
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Letters chiefly from Barbara Bodichon to Norman Moore.
Creator: Bodichon, Barbara.
1 file; Paper. |
1870–1877 |
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4
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Letters from Barbara Bodichon to Amy Leigh Smith / Moore and to Norman Moore.
Creator: Bodichon, Barbara.
1 file; Paper. |
1869–1882 |
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5
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Letters chiefly from Barbara Bodichon to Norman Moore and to Amy Leigh Smith. Also from Barbara Bodichon to Bessie M Belloc [Bessie Parkes] and from Lilly Duckham to Amy Leigh Smith.
Creator: Bodichon, Barbara; Duckham, Lilly.
1 file; Paper. |
1877–1878 |
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6
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Letters from Barbara Bodichon to Amy Leigh Smith / Moore and to Norman Moore.
Creator: Bodichon, Barbara.
1 file; Paper. |
1880–1883 |
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7
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Letters chiefly from Barbara Bodichon to Norman Moore and to Amy Leigh Smith / Moore. 1882-85; also Norman Moore to Barbara Bodichon; also unidentified notes, letters and postcards and news cuttings 1873-1906.
Creator: Bodichon, Barbara; Moore, Norman.
1 file; Paper. |
1873–1906 |
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8
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Letters from Jessie White Mario chiefly to Amy Leigh Smith re Barbara Bodichon's state of health.
Creator: Mario, Jessie White.
1 file; Paper. |
1877 |
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9
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Letters mostly from Reginald G Thompson [Barbara Bodichon's physician] to Amy Moore [nee Leigh Smith] and to Norman Moore. Also a medical bulletin on Barbara Bodichon from William Jenner, 1884 [1/16].
Creator: Thompson, Reginald G.
1 file; Paper. |
1877–1891 |
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10
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Letters chiefly from Benjamin Leigh Smith to his niece Amy Leigh Smith, later Moore. Letters 1875-1900. Also: some correspondence and papers re the estate of Barbara Bodichon, 1891; Norman Moore's report on Benjamin Leigh Smith as to his mental condition, 1909; and correspondence and papers re the estate of Benjamin Leigh Smith, 1946 and 1948.
Creator: Leigh Smith, Benjamin.
1 file; Paper. |
1875–1948 |
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11
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Three letters from Amy Leigh Smith to Ben Leigh Smith, 1876. Also letter from Amy Moore to Norman Moore, 1898, enclosing a letter from Ben Leigh Smith to Amy Moore, 1898.
Creator: Leigh Smith, Amy.
1 file; Paper. |
1876–1898 |
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12
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Letter from Norman Moore to Ben Leigh Smith.
Creator: Moore, Norman.
1 file; Paper. |
1876 |
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13
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Postcard from Ben Leigh Smith to his sister-in-law Georgina [Willy Leigh Smith's wife].
Creator: Leigh Smith, Ben.
1 file; Paper. |
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14
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Letters from Nannie [also known as Annie] Leigh Smith [sister of Barbara Bodichon], mostly to her niece Amy Moore [nee Leigh Smith] and to Amy's husband Norman Moore.
Creator: Leigh Smith, Nannie.
1 file; Paper. |
1872–1896 |
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15
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Two letters from H[annah] Walker ["old nursie"] to ALS [Nannie Leigh Smith].
Creator: Walker, Hannah.
1 file; Paper. |
1860 |
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16
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Letters to ALS [Nannie Leigh Smith]. Letter from Wickham Steed to ALS [Nannie Leigh Smith], 1909; and two letters from Mary A Ward [Mrs Humphry Ward] to ALS, 1899 and no date.
Creator: Steed, Wickham; Ward, Mary A.
1 file; Paper. |
1899–1909 |
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17
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Letter from Adelaide Procter to ALS [Nannie Leigh Smith].
Creator: Procter, Adelaide.
1 file; Paper. |
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18
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Four letters from Mary Galton to Norman Moore. Giving, inter alia, news of 'Miss Leigh Smith' [Nannie].
Creator: Galton, Mary.
1 file; Paper. |
1901–1902 |
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19
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Correspondence relating to Bella Leigh Smith. Correspondence between various re John Thornley's proposal to Bella 1854; re Bella's illness 1856; and re Bella's engagement and marriage to General Ludlow 1868.
Creator: Various.
1 file; Paper. |
1854–1868 |
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20
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Letters written by Julia Smith. Letter from Julia Smith to [Joanna Bonham Carter?], 1880; and letter from Julia Smith to Barbara Bodichon, no date [circa 1880?].
Creator: Smith, Julia.
1 file; Paper. |
1880 |
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21
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Letters from members of the Ludlow family to Barbara Bodichon and miscellaneous other letters. Letters from Amabel Ludlow, Milicent Ludlow and General Ludlow to Barbara Bodichon, 1875 and 1882. Also: letter from Valentine Leigh Smith to Norman Moore, 1909; letter from Georgina [Leigh Smith, nee Halliday ?] to 'Mama', no date; and letter from Caroline Wall to 'Miss Leigh-Smith', no date.
Creator: Ludlow family; various.
1 file; Paper. |
1875–1909 |
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22
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Letter from H H Brabazon to Georgina Leigh Smith.
Creator: Brabazon, H H.
1 file; Paper. |
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23
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Letters and postcards from Sarah Marks [Hertha Ayrton] to Norman Moore and to Amy Leigh Smith.
Creator: Marks, Sarah.
1 file; Paper. |
1876–1883 |
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24
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Letters written by Sarah Marks and Emily Davies. Letter from Sarah Marks [Hertha Ayrton] to Amy Leigh Smith re Emily Davies' role as founder of Girton College; and letter from Emily Davies to Barbara Bodichon re their respective roles in founding Girton College.
Creator: Marks, Sarah; Davies, Emily.
1 file; Paper. |
1883 |
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25
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Letters chiefly from Bessie Rayner Parkes to Amy Moore [nee Leigh Smith] and Norman Moore. Letters to the Moores are dated 1877-78, 1882-83, 1886, and 1914-16. Also: letter from BRP to Barbara Bodichon, 1878; Amy Moore to BRP ["Aunt Bessie"]; BRP to Millicent Ludlow [2nd wife of Norman Moore], 1919; Marie Belloc to Barbara Bodichon, 1882; Mary Howitt to Dorothy Longden, no date; and H Belloc to Norman Moore, 1919.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner; various.
1 file; Paper. |
1877–1919 |
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26
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Letters and postcard written by Isabella Blythe. Postcard from Isabella Blythe to Barbara Bodichon, 1878; letters from Isabella Blythe to Amy Moore [nee Leigh Smith] and to Norman Moore, 1883-87; and letters from Isabella Blythe to ALS [Nannie Leigh Smith], mostly undated but circa 1861-68.
Creator: Blythe, Isabella.
1 file; Paper. |
circa 1861–1887 |
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27
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Letters to Alan Moore. Letter from Mary Smith to Alan Moore [Sir Alan Hilary Moore, son of Norman Moore and Amy Moore, nee Leigh Smith], no date; and two letters from Rosalind Nash to Alan Moore, 1942.
Creator: Smith, Mary; Nash, Rosalind.
1 file; Paper. |
1942 |
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28
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Miscellaneous letters. B A Clough, Newnham College Cambridge, to ALS [Nannie Leigh Smith], 1898; Mme le Grand de la Liraye to ?, 1879; G Gl to Barbara Bodichon, 1883?, F Elwin to Amy Moore, 1880; Charlotte Cushman to ALS [Nannie Leigh Smith, [1856]; and 2 letters from William Hunt to ALS [Nannie Leigh Smith], no date.
Creator: Various.
1 file; Paper. |
1856–1898 |
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29
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Biographical papers and miscellaneous. Comprising: 2 letters from Pam Hirsch re the Moore family letters, 1999; Smith family tree; brief biography of Barbara Bodichon; news cutting re Hancox, Sussex, home of Charlotte Moore [great-great-niece of Barbara Bodichon], 1995.
Creator: Hirsch, Pam.
1 file; Paper. |
1995–1999 |
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