GROUP
2/2 Daniel Henry Strother Riddiford - Personal correspondence
- Date
- [1911-1964]
- By
- Riddiford, Daniel Henry Strother, 1883-1971
- Reference
- Series-0366
- Description
Inward correspondence including from Herebert Watson, Harry Crookshank and well-known people
Quantity: 4 folder(s).
- Part of
- Riddiford family : Papers
- Format
- 4 folder(s)
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Inward correspondence
Date: [ca 1911-1964]
From: Riddiford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5714-015
Description: Comprises letters from friends and acquaintances; includes letter from Fred (Col Bunny?) of London (1926); from Dr A A Martin re his father's health; and cards from Neville and Poppy, Mic and Phyll Shand and the secretary of the Grenadier Guards Assn. Also includes letter to `Dear Dan' from [?] L E, writing from Queen's Gate [sic], London (1923). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward correspondence from well-known people
Date: [1940-1963]
From: Riddiford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5714-018
Description: Comprises letters from Lord Freyberg, Howard Macmillan, Willoughby Norrie, Lord Cobham, Richard Wild and Lord Kilmuir Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from Herbert Watson
Date: [1915-1964]
From: Riddiford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5714-017
Description: Letters from Watson to Riddiford, and one draft from Riddiford to Watson. Most of the letters are written from Palmerston North but one was written while Watson was with the French Army and another while he was in London (1915). Much of the correspondence is about a mutual friend, Lionel Abraham, who swindled Watson and Riddiford did not disown as a friend. Squash, polo, tennis and golf are also discussed as are other mutual friends and family matters. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters and papers from Harry Crookshank
Date: [1924]-1961
From: Riddiford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5714-016
Description: Letters from Viscount Harry Crookshank to D H S Riddiford and occasionally including Meta Riddiford; papers re his death including funeral service and obituaries; election pamphlets (1935, 1945); address by Crookshank as Postmaster-General; and copies of letters to Crookshank and Mrs Crookshank (1940) for Harvest festival, Lincoln Cathedral (1943) Relationship complexity - Letters from the Crookshank family to Meta Riddiford are in 3/2 Jessie Meta Riddiford series Quantity: 1 folder(s).