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Papers of Erica Hunt

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-788

Scope and Contents

The material contained in the collection includes: letters from Jamaica, 1935-1944, and letters from Hunt's mother in Jamaica, pre-1929, in Box 2471; business matters; notes on Wanlockhead families; Norwegian family trees and notes on Norwegian ancestry, in Box 2472; diaries of period in Jamaica, in Box 2473; cuttings, notes, and magazines; material on Blackadder, in Box 2474; notes on Greece, Poland, Moscow and Leningrad (St. Petersburg), 1961-1969; notes on Norway and Germany, 1969; printed material entitled John of the Bass. The story of John Blackadder, Covenant Minister; and, the Hunt family tree, in Box 2475; material in 11 notebooks on Blackadder intermarriages, in Box 2476; newspapers; notes; material on family weddings, in Box 2477; material on Chirnside, Berwickshire, in several loose-leaf folders, in Box 2578; photographs, notes and diaries, in Box 2479; wooden box containing family letters from Giessen, 1892-1895; and, local lore, in Box 2480; and, in Box 2481, loose-leaf note books.

Dates

  • Creation: 1892-1969

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance.

Biographical / Historical

Erica Hunt latterly lived in Chirnside, Berwickshire. She had interested herself in family histories, and local lore.

Full Extent

15 boxes

Full Extent

3 linear metres

Physical Location

MSS 2471-2481

Other Finding Aids

Important finding aids generally are: the alphabetical Index to Manuscripts held at Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections and Archives, consisting of typed slips in sheaf binders and to which additions were made until 1987; and the Index to Accessions Since 1987.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession no. E88.9.

Material received from Mrs. E. Hunt, Edinburgh, 4 November 1984.

Accruals

Check the local Indexes for details of any additions.

Title
Papers of Erica Hunt (fl. 1920-1985)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379