Description | This series consists of manuscript and typescript writings and associated material, press cuttings, medical reports, examination results and associated correspondence, drawings, printed material and ephemera relating to various aspects of Cynthia Mosley's personal and professional life. It includes childhood notes and essays and assignments composed during her time at boarding school in 1916; notes for and drafts of some of her political speeches made between 1929 and 1931 when she was Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent, together with associated material such as press cuttings; medical records giving details of her recurring health problems, during the 1920s and early 1930s. Papers in this series that relate to Cynthia Mosley's public and professional life complement other types of material that survive in this collection, specifically files of formal correspondence, correspondence relating to Cynthia's speeches, and the series of press cuttings and publications concerning Cynthia's career in politics during the 1920s and early 1930s. |