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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2313/2/39
TitleHandwritten letter from Dora Axon to Charles Ogden
Date14 Feb 1948
DescriptionEncloses H.N.22 with a pasted slip to correct mis-spelling of "Axon". Estate not yet settled: asks for advice about her plan to acquire books, manuscripts and furniture. Repeats her reluctance to negotiate with Ernest's son and daughter. Discusses similiarity between a Rembrandt etching "Abraham and Isaac" in B M [British Museum?] and "ours" in the library. Mentions other pictures seen at B. M. and in a Bond Street window. Remembers one at home removed from its frame some years ago, but never restored. Mentions etchings by Hugh Paton. Agrees that items bearing Axon name cannot be disposed of until ownership is settled. Has a portrait of John Ruskin and reports finding letters (1916) between Ernest and T. J. Wise about this portrait: and a letter from J C Hirsfelt/Hirsfall [sic - probably T C Horsfall] about Ruskin's refusal to allow his pictures to go to Manchester. Has an "early German newsletter" referring to a flood in 1530. Asks whether to rescue from Buxton notes a letter from Ogden about Wilsha and Venn's Alumni and about a Shakespeare painting. Has enjoyed Headlam's book and has returned it. Asks whether Maurice Headlam is a relation. Reports some contents from letters written by Ernest: references to Mr Haward, curator of Manchester Art Gallery; and a comment by Ernest that every man should be his own executor and clear up his own rubbish. Is being tired by tackling the hall file: describes her process for amalgamating files. Has destroyed personal libellous material. Mentions letters about a Nicholson-Axon book and comments on Ernest having worked for Francis Nicholson for 30 years . Asks for an opinion about whether some duplicated replies can be destroyed. Alex is recovered: her help is needed. Appreciates being in demand for music: rehearsing a new work by Alec Rowley, and lists other events, including at the Dingley's house nearby. Describes a skipping rope game from her childhood ("Keep the kettle boiling") similar to a Greek game mentioned in Headlam's book.
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LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorDora Axon, nee Mclardy (1898-1977) of Manchester and Buxton, librarian
Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957) born Fleetwood, Lancashire, founder of the Orthological Institute
FormatDocument
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