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D869 - Miss Marjory L Wight (1889-1973), author and amateur photographer - 1951

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D869
Title	Miss Marjory L Wight (1889-1973), author and amateur photographer
Date	1951
Description	Photographs taken by Miss M Wight during a visit to Derbyshire in 1951
Extent	21 items
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Miss Marjory L Wight (1889-1973), author and amateur photographer
Administrative History	Marjory Wight was educated in Worcester and started taking photographs there as a schoolgirl. She photographed buildings around the country, as well as disappearing crafts and agricultural practices, particularly in her home ground of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. She submitted her work to publications such as Farmers Weekly and her photographs were also used to illustrate books, whilst she herself wrote books about St David's and Pembrokeshire and published many articles.
Custodial History	These items were deposited by Miss Wight at Derbyshire Record Office in October 1970
Arrangement	This collection has been listed without being arranged.
Organisation Sub-Type	Photographs and artworks
Copyright	In Copyright
Related Material	There are collections of Miss Wight's photographs at the Museum of English Rural Life, Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre, the Welsh Folk Museum and the National Monuments Record.
Archivist Note	Catalogued / revised by MOS, 2003. Online catalogue amended to meet ISAD(G) by SC, August 2025.

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