Janus: Papers of Arthur Edward Smith

St John's Library/Smith contains:
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13	Invitation card to the Revd and Mrs Smith to a Buckingham Palace Garden Party
14	Autograph letter signed from Lucy A. James, Private Secretary to the Princess Louise, Kensington Palace, enclosing a message and a letter from the Princess to Smith
15	Autograph letter signed from John James, Kensington Palace, to Smith
16	Autograph letter signed from Margaret Fetherstonhaugh, Uppark Petersfield, to Smith
17	Colour print of portrait of 'His Majesty King Edward VIII' in military uniform
18	Notebook containing prayers and devotional poems
19-20	Invitation cards to the Revd and Mrs Smith to a Buckingham Palace Garden Party
21	Blank mourning stationery
22	Ticket for Smith to the funeral of Princess Louise in St George's Chapel Windsor
23	Printed order of service for the funeral of Princess Louise
24-32	Press cuttings regarding the death and funeral of Princess Louise and carrying obituaries
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Papers of Arthur Edward Smith

Title	Notebook containing prayers and devotional poems
Reference	18
Covering Dates	1939 (Circa)
Extent and Medium	30p; paper

Content and context

A notebook in a large sloping hand, numbered at the bottom of the front cover 1997, containing an expanded version of the Lord's Prayer, and other prayers and devotional poems. In the front are three press cuttings: two reporting the death of Princess Louise (3 Dec. 1939), and the conduct of her cremation by Smith and those in attendance; and a cutting from the 'Manchester Guardian' recording the sculpting by Louise of a statuette of Queen Victoria over the west entrance of Manchester Cathedral. Inserted further in the book is a small card with Christmas wishes for 1938, signed Beatrice.

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