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Letters of Mary Edith Pechey-Phipson

 Fonds — Box: Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2240

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Scope and Contents

This collections consists of 17 letters from Dr Mary Edith Pechey-Phipson M.D. 1869, 1884-1892. Sixteen letters are to aunts (two or more), one of whom ("Aunt Garrie") was Mrs Wansbrough of Shrewton, Wiltshire. The first, dated Edinburgh 23 October 1869, speaks of her early medical studies and mentions Sophia Jex-Blake; the other fifteen letters (dated 1884-1892) were mostly written in India and touch on life and work in that country. One of these is a copy. One letter is to her sister Nellie. Bombay, 23 November 1885. There are also two fragments of letter to an aunt.

Dates

  • Creation: 1869-1892

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Biographical / Historical

Pechey-Phipson studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, being one of the "Edinburgh Seven". She was married to H. M. Phipson of Bombay. As Edith Pechey, she was an associate of Sophia Jex-Blake in the early days of the latter's struggle for medical education for women in Edinburgh.

Full Extent

1 folder

Additional Description

Previous Reference

Dk.7.62

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession numbers: E59/31 D.16795

Accessioned in 1959.

Presented by Miss M. M. Rosenthal, 1959 (pencilled inscription on the envelope).

Physical Description

Red box file. Title on binding: "Dk.7.54-64."

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Letters of Mary Edith Pechey-Phipson, 1869-1892
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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