| Description | File labelled "Sonia - Certificates - Will - Obituaries - Photographs". Material gathered by Ian Angus for his DNB entry for Sonia.
Contains:
Press cuttings of obituaries for Michael Pitt-Rivers (1999); photocopies of press cuttings relating to a drowning incident on a lake in Neuchatel, Switzerland, which Sonia survived at the age of 17 (1936); typescript copies of notes relating to the death of Charles Brownell in India in 1918 and Sonia's lake incident; ms notes (by Angus?) recording facts of the birth, death and probate of Sonia and people connected with her, including Orwell; a typescript list of biographical facts about Sonia and inscriptions from books she owned.
A copy of Sonia's decree absolute in her divorce from Michael Pitt-Rivers (copy dated 1995); birth and death certificates and copies from parish records relating to Sonia and her family;
Letters and copies of letters (1997) between Ian Angus and Vanessa Brett [Parker] and Simon Brett discussing Sonia's upbringing and education. Vanessa and Simon’s mother (Sonia’s sister, Bay) and Sonia attended the Sacred Heart Convent School. With copies of the letters Simon received from the school about Bay and Sonia's time there, and letters from people who knew Bay, Sonia and their mother Beatrice. Photocopies of photographs of Sonia, Bay and Beatrice.
Photocopy of Sonia’s will (original dated 26 June 1980).
Press cuttings of Sonia’s obituaries and a typescript draft obituary, presumably by Angus. |