| Description | Family papers of George Orwell, 1875-1968, comprising a certified copy of his parents' marriage certificate (1897), 1918; certified copies of certificates, 1965-1968, of the birth of Orwell's father Richard Walmesley Blair (1857) and his death (1939), and the birth of his mother Ida Mabel Blair (1875) and her death (1943); copies of the wills Orwell's father made in 1930 and his mother made in 1939; certified copy of certificate, 1967, of the birth of Orwell's sister Avril (1908); certified copy of marriage certificate, 1967, of Orwell's sister Marjorie to Humphrey Dakin (1920); certified copy of death certificate, 1965, of Orwell's sister Marjorie (1946); manuscript diary of Ida Blair, 1905; manuscript poem by Avril, undated; notes and news cutting for the obituary of Captain Horatio Blair, 1875; news cutting and letter for the obituary of Captain Robert C Blair [1911]; news cutting for the obituary of Frank Limouzin, 1915; copies of correspondence between the Blair and Buddicom families, 1918-1920; copy of Prosper Buddicom's schoolboy diary for 1920; letters from Orwell to his mother Ida [1911]-1938; letter from Orwell to his father Richard, 1938; letters from Orwell to Marjorie and Humphrey Dakin, 1946-1948; letters to Orwell from Nellie Adams (ne Limouzin), 1933, and Avril Dunn, 1933; copy correspondence of the Dakin family, 1938-1948 and undated. |