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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D869
TitleMiss Marjory L Wight (1889-1973), author and amateur photographer
Date1951
DescriptionPhotographs taken by Miss M Wight during a visit to Derbyshire in 1951
Extent21 items
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorMiss Marjory L Wight (1889-1973), author and amateur photographer
Administrative HistoryMarjory 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 HistoryThese items were deposited by Miss Wight at Derbyshire Record Office in October 1970
ArrangementThis collection has been listed without being arranged.
Organisation Sub-TypePhotographs and artworks
Related MaterialThere 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 NoteCatalogued / revised by MOS, 2003. Online catalogue amended to meet ISAD(G) by SC, August 2025.
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