Scope and Contents
Primarily correspondence of Winifred Coombe Tennant, Gerald Balfour, and their son, Henry Coombe Tennant; with photographs, records of psychic research (including automatic writing), correspondence of others, and copies of her diaries.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1911-1945
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Special equipment or surrogate required; consult Houghton staff (CD-Rs).
Extent
7 linear feet (7 boxes)5.6 Gigabytes (8 CD-Rs)
Biographical / Historical
Winifred Coombe Tennant was a British suffragist, Liberal politician, philanthropist, patron of the arts and spiritualist. She and her husband, Charles Coombe Tennant (1852–1928), settled near Swansea in South Wales where she became an enthusiastic proponent of Welsh cultural traditions. She was also known by the bardic name "Mam o'r Nedd". She and her husband had three sons and a daughter, two of whom died young.
Arrangement
Minimally processed; arranged in original order.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2008M-11. Bequest of the Estate of Winifred Coombe Tennant, 2008 December.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original diaries of Winifred Coombe Tennant are held by the National Library of Wales.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2018.
Cultural context
- Title
- Coombe Tennant, Winifred, 1874-1956. Winifred Coombe Tennant papers, circa 1911-1945 (MS Eng 1825): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2018 June 4
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02950
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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