| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | PEARSON/11/1/16/60 |
| Title | Pearson, Sigrid Loetitia Sharpe (later Bousfield), Childhood Letters to her Brother, Sister, Aunt, and Grandparents |
| Date | 1898-1907 |
| Description | Manuscript. Consist of:
Letter dated August 1898 to her grandmother Fanny Pearson ("Gammie"), thanking her for the gift of a cockatoo. Letter dictated by Sigrid, and appears to be in M S Pearson's hand.
Letters to her brother and sister, Egon and Helga, in 1901-1902 about life at Lady Barn House School, getting a tortoise from Aunt Julia, wishing Egon was coming to the school, about railways and games with Sigrid's illustrations; a postcard to Egon dated November 1904 whilst Sigrid was staying at Sibhaven; a letter to Helga on her birthday in December 1904 whilst Sigrid was at St. Margarets-at-Cliffe and Helga was at Sibhaven, and a letter to Egon dated May 1907 about her early experiences at Rodean School.
Letter to her aunt Loetitia Sharpe (Letty) in June 1901 wishing her a happy birthday and telling of her activities at Lady Barn House School.
Letter to her grandfather William Pearson dated October 1907 about settling in to school life at Rodean. |
| Extent | 11 letters |
| Arrangement | The chronological arrangement of the letters has been maintained. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. |