Scrapbooks compiled by Mrs. M.R. Coker of Bicester House, Oxfordshire

Collection Level Description: Scrapbooks compiled by Mrs M.R. Coker of Bicester House, Oxfordshire

Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. d. 1022-1061
Title: Scrapbooks compiled by Mrs M.R. Coker of Bicester House, Oxfordshire
Dates of Creation: 1913-78
Extent: 40 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Scope and Content

'Celebration books', scrapbooks compiled by Mrs Coker, containing letters, drawings, photographs, postcards, invitations, menus, programmes and other souvenirs of her activities and friends, 1913-78, with an index volume for 1913-50. The volumes relate to Mrs Coker's life at Downe House School, Kent, 1913-14, and then partly at Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, 1913-20, Sutton Valence, Kent, 1920-3, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, 1926-30, and Bicester, 1930-78, and partly abroad in various countries.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The volumes were bequeathed to the Library by Mrs M.R. Coker, 1978.

Access Conditions

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

Further Information

Finding Aids

A full description is available in the Library.

Access Points

Social history | 20th century

Coker | M R | d 1978

Downe House School | Kent (England)

Bicester (England)

Cambridgeshire (England)

Cirencester (England)

Gloucestershire (England)

Great Shelford (England)

Kent (England)

Sutton Valence (England)

Oxfordshire (England)

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