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Personal Papers of M V Wallace
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Personal Papers of M V Wallace |
| Reference |
GBR/0271/GCPP Wallace, M V |
| Creator |
Wallace, Margaret Valerie, 1903-1989 |
| Covering Dates |
1974–1988 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 box; paper |
| Repository |
Girton College Archive, Cambridge |
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| Content and context |
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Margaret Wallace was educated at Notting Hill High School and came to Girton to read first English then History 1922-25 (MA 1930). After secretarial and laundry management training, she worked for the Church Assembly; also for the BFUW. She was a research assistant in the Religious Division, Ministry of Information 1939-42, later assisting at Lambeth Palace, working in support of Ecumenism.
The papers are mainly correspondence, some with Girtonians including the archaeologist Sylvia Benton (1887-1985), and with John Peart-Binns. There is also material about Sybil Campbell (her portrait to hang at Crosby Hall and the pamphlet about her by Katharine Bentley Bauman).
M V Wallace bequeathed her books and papers to Girton, 1991.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Girton College Archive, Cambridge, Personal Papers of M V Wallace, GCPP Wallace, M V |
| Girton/GCPP Wallace, M V contains: |
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Correspondence with Sylvia Benton. Letters from and about Sylvia Benton. Creator: Wallace, Margaret Valerie. 1 file; Paper. |
1976–1985 |
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Papers and correspondence about Sybil Campbell. Notebook labelled 'Naomi Wallace's log at time of project of Sybil Campbell's portrait, 1966' containing information about a portrait of Sybil Campbell to hang at Crosby Hall and correspondence and papers about the distribution of the pamphlet by Katharine Bentley Bauman, 'Sybil Campbell 1889-1977', 1987-88. Creator: Wallace, Margaret Valerie. 1 file; Paper. |
1966–1988 |
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Correspondence with John Peart-Binns. Correspondence about Peart-Binns's biography of Bishop Ronald Ralph Williams (with a copy of the biography, published 1984). Creator: Wallace, Margaret Valerie. 1 file; Paper. |
1981–1984 |
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Miscellaneous. Letters about the death of Winefride Agnes Caldin (Girton 1922-25) including one from Mildred Hartley (Mrs Taylor),1987 and photograph of Isabel Cleave (Girton 1922), 1974 or 75. Creator: Wallace, Margaret Valerie. 1 file; Paper. |
1974–1987 |
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