| Description | Volume of press cuttings, printed material and typescript transcripts of correspondence and communications relating to the life, death, and funeral of Joseph Chamberlain; the cuttings are from presses and publications including 'The Manchester Guardian' and 'The Birmingham Daily Post'; includes copy of 'The Illustrated Life and Career of the Rt Hon Joseph Chamberlain' by Wentworth Huyshe; typescript transcripts are of correspondence and communications between Jesse Collings [MP and friend of Joseph Chamberlain] and Austen Chamberlain [son of Joseph Chamberlain], Mary Chamberlain [nee Endicott, Carnegie, third wife of Joseph Chamberlain], Beatrice Chamberlain [daughter of Joseph Chamberlain], John H. Kennaway, and William Endicott Jr [brother of Mary Chamberlain], for originals see JC4/35/1-18; volume is endorsed on inside page with inscription detailing the gift of the volume by Jesse Collings to Joseph Chamberlain Jr [son of Austen Chamberlain] |