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Nathan family : Papers
- Date
- [1900-1962]
- By
- Nathan family
- Reference
- MS-Group-1200
- Description
Comprises several groups of material; (1) letters from Alec Nathan to his family, particularly Nell Nathan, his niece; (2) letters from David Joseph Nathan to his wife, Cora, and daughter, Nell; (3) research by Nell Nathan into a proposed life of Katherine Mansfield; (4) letters to Nell Nathan from MacGregor Walmsley, basically giving instruction on various topics; (5) notes, journals and other papers of Nell Nathan, particularly in relation to her son, David Posner; (6) miscellaneous material relating to the Nathan family including telegrams, financial papers, love letters of Nell Nathan and David Posner, newspaper clippings, greeting cards etc
Source of title - Supplied
Arrangement: The papers have been kept in the same categories in which they were received
Quantity: 54 folder(s). 0.60 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter
Finding Aids: Background information to the collection and the Nathan family in Back file.
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from David J Holmes Autographs, Hamilton, New York, May 2003
Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Various Nathan family photographs.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 54 folder(s), 0.60 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Business correspondence, Business records, Diaries, Ephemera, Drafts (Documents), Research notes, Financial records, Manuscripts, Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Pressed flowers
Date: [1935-1945]
From: Nathan family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7798-40
Description: Pressed flowers and block map of Mount Carmel Cemetery section 1; also feather Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Louis Posner - Letter to Nell of his piscatorial expedition
Date: [1924]
From: Nathan family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7798-16
Description: Letter in the form of a diary to Nell by Louis Posner outlining a fishing expedition he undertook in Jun 1924, mostly near Little Round Island Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Domestic file
Date: [1935-1945]
From: Nathan family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7798-36
Description: Recipes for yoghurt, yeast cake, blueberry muffins, raspberry sherbert; catering menu for home entertainment; statement from Posners' electrician about his availability; and gardening specifications, ie list of plants for the Posners' garden Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and papers relating to Alec Nathan (a)
Date: [1920-1938]
From: Nathan family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7798-02
Description: Inward and outward correspondence of Alec Nathan; also obituaries for David Nathan; Joseph Nathan & Co Limited company report reprinted from `The Times' (17 Jun 1920) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Prescriptions
Date: [1930-1937]
From: Nathan family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7798-35
Description: Prescriptions for the Posner family mostly from Dr A S Blumgarten Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and papers relating to marriage of Nell Nathan and Louis Posner
Date: [1920]
From: Nathan family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7798-06
Description: Inward letters from various people wishing the Posners congratulations and happiness in their marriage. Identified correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letters from Lillian D [?] Wald, Westport, Connecticut; Auntire Jim and Uncle Billy (Maurice Cohen), Jenville, Palmerston North; Pamela, London; Aunt Jane and Uncle Phil, Hill Street, Wellington; Nan, Minehead, Somerset; Carl, New York; Edith, Oriental Bay, Wellington; Will; and others. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Nell Posner - Katherine Mansfield file (c)
Date: [1906-1940]
From: Nathan family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7798-25
Description: Notes, typescript poems, extracts from articles, bibliographical summaries, books to investigate for further research, etc relating to Posner's proposed biography of Mansfield. Includes `In memoriam, Katherine Mansfield' by Ethel Colburn Mayne (Cosntable's monthly list, 16 Feb 1923), `They read to us in French' by Andre Maurois (Listener, London, 2 Feb 1939), reviews of `The Garden party' (TLS, 2 Mar 1922) `Christmas holidays' by Somerset Maugham (Book society news 2 1939), transcript of unpublished letter from Mansfield to Vere Bartrick-Baker (1921), letter from E J Brady to Nell Nathan (1938), interview with James Middleton Murry on Mansfield, Chekof's journal compared to Mansfield and related papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Nell Posner - Katherine Mansfield file (a)
Date: [1930-1940]
From: Nathan family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7798-23
Description: Notes relating to proposed Mansfield biography Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from MacGregor Walmsley to Cora and Nell Nathan
Date: 8 Sep-17 Nov 1918
From: Nathan family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7798-19
Description: Series of letters from MacGregor Walmsley to Nell Nathan, with a first covering letter to Cora Nathan in which Walmsley suggests he writes to Nell about a topic in which she is interested and he has sufficient knowledge to be instructive. Subjects covered include recommended reading, the Great Fire of London, Catholicism, music, bacteria and influenza, the big pre-war strike, the German surrender etc. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence - Cora Nathan to Nell Posner (b)
Date: [1927-1939]
From: Nathan family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7798-09
Description: Letters and telegrams from Cora Nathan to Nell Posner, mostly undated and usually with no address; also includes letter to Mrs Nathan, and letter to Louis and Nell Posner from the `New York times' Quantity: 1 folder(s).