Introduction
A
Letters to Sydney and Charis Frankenburg from their
son, Peter Frankenburg, 1927-45
B
Newsletters from Charis Frankenburg to her children,
close friends and relatives, typescript carbon copies,
1939-44
| Abstract: Correspondence of Charis Frankenburg with her family, 1927-45 |
Charis Ursula Frankenburg (1892-1985) was the daughter of Percy Barnett and his wife, Annie. She was born in Isleworth, London, where her father was the Principal of the Teacher Training College. She matriculated at Somerville College, Oxford in 1912 but her studies were interrupted by the outbreak of the war. She trained as a midwife in 1915 and went to work in a maternity hospital in a war zone in France. This work later qualified her for a war degree from Oxford. She married Sydney Frankenburg in 1918 and they had four children, Peter, John, Miles and Ursula. She was the author of a number of books on childcare and had a lifelong interest in improving the lives of women and children in inner-city areas. In 1926 she set up the first birth control clinic in Salford, together with Mary Stocks. She was a JP in Salford for many years, working mostly in the Juvenile Courts. For further information see her autobiography, Not Old Madam, Vintage (Lavenham, 1975).
The collection comprises letters from her son Peter Frankenburg, whilst he was at school and in the army, 1927-45, and letters from her to her children, 1939-44.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 7043, fols. 1-2].
| Letters from Peter Frankenburg to his parents,
written whilst he was at school and university,
1927-39 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7043 Extent: 147 leaves Scope and Content: Comprises letters written from
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| Letters from Peter Frankenburg to his mother,
written while he was in the army, 1939-45 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7044 Extent: ii + 231 leaves Scope and Content: Comprises letters written from
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| Newsletters, Sept. 1939-Dec.
1940 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7045 Extent: i + 146 leaves |
| Newsletters, 1941 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7046 Extent: 162 leaves |
| Newsletters, 1942 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7047 Extent: 112 leaves |
| Newsletters,
1943-4 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7048 Extent: 175 leaves |