| Description | Includes:
/1 Label for papers written on reverse of notes headed 'Italy. Bureau for assistance of childhood'. [1920] Label marked 'Ethel Sidgwick and V [?Victoria de Bunsen] re memorial leaflet (approve it)'. On reverse: manuscript notes relating to the establishment of the Bureau in Italy in 1920, with a reference to a congress in Geneva.
/2 Letter from Ethel Sidgwick to Mrs de Bunsen: One page letter from Ethel Sidgwick, Oxford, to Mrs de Bunsen referring to the Save the Children Fund birthday party to be held 11 December. One paragraph relating to Dorothy Buxton's memoir-leaflet [about Eglantyne Jebb] is underlined: she hopes it can be circulated at the party. 13 November 1929.
/3 Letter from Ethel Sidgwick to Dorothy Buxton: One page letter from Ethel Sidgwick, Edgworth Rectory, to Dorothy [Buxton], parts relating to the memorial leaflet to Eglantyne Jebb are underlined, 18 November, 1929.
/4 Letter from 10, Sutherland House, Kensington, to Dorothy [Buxton]: [1929] One page letter from unidentified correspondent warmly approving Dorothy [Buxton]'s memorial appeal leaflet and asking about expenses of its publication. Parts are underlined; undated.
/5 Draft for leaflet 'The Eglantyne Jebb Memorial Appeal' by Mrs C. R. Buxton: Typescript draft of six pages for the memorial leaflet, including biographical information relating to Eglantyne Jebb. Key words underlined. 9 November 1929.
/6 Carbon copy letter for an appeal for funds in memory of Eglantyne Jebb: Letter starting 'Dear Friends', summarising the work of Eglantyne Jebb, undated. Two copies.
Also includes the original file cover. |
| Administrative History | Ethel Sidgwick (1877-1970) was a popular novelist and member of the Save The Children Fund Council. She helped Eglantyne Jebb translate overseas newspapers for the 'Cambridge Magazine' c 1917. Victoria de Bunsen (1874-1953), sister of Charles Buxton, was Chair of the SCF Child Protection Committee. [Source: The Save the Children Archives Guide, 1995, SCF/A1763]. |