Janus: Papers of Arthur Edward Smith

St John's Library/Smith contains:
1	An empty brown envelope
2	A black, teardrop-shaped pendant
3	Mounted photograph of King George V in yachting dress on the deck of a yacht
4	Etching of Sandringham Church
5	Printed sheet commemorating the Great War and its lessons for the nation, by Louise Duchess of Argyll (fourth daughter of Queen Victoria), with facsimile signature
6-7	Envelope containing a monogram-faced Christmas card with a photograph of Louise Duchess of Argyll reading at a table beside a window
8	Photograph of Louise Duchess of Argyll on a postcard
9	Autograph letter signed from Elizabeth Bulteel, lady-in-waiting to Princess Beatrice, to Smith
10	Press cutting showing a painting of 'His Late Majesty King George V on his pony 'Jock' at Sandringham' by A.J. Munnings
11	Calendar for 1938 signed 'with best wishes from Beatrice' (Princess Beatrice), illustrated with a picture of the child Jesus carrying a lamb
12	Typescript prayer with handwritten note 'Prayer composed by Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll 1938'
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Papers of Arthur Edward Smith

Title	An empty brown envelope
Reference	1
Covering Dates	1950–1969
Extent and Medium	1 envelope; paper

Content and context

On the front is typed the following note:

'Council minute 1942/2 (i) dated 28 July 1950. Agreed gratefully to accept from Prebendary A.E. Smith (B.A. 1892) the gift of a table made in the Queen's Carving School and given by His Majesty King George V to him at Sandringham in 1930.'

Below is the following manuscript note:

'The papers in this envelope were in the drawer of the table referred to in the above Council Minute when the table was given to the College. The papers included a letter from King George V to Prebendary Smith, now placed in the College Library [now Misc. Papers GE1]. The remaining papers, which have an association through Prebendary Smith with the table, are left in the drawer. The table is identified by an inscribed plate on its underside. 14 May 1969. J.S. Boys Smith.'

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