Letters

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 VCA/6/759
  • Former Reference
      GB 133 S26/1-14
  • Dates of Creation
      1907-1913
  • Physical Description
      14 pieces

Scope and Content

Correspondence with Phoebe Sheavyn [Tutor for Women Students 1907-1925]:

  • /1 From Alice Bruce of Somerville College, Oxford 16 Jul 1907, concerning arrangements for Sheavyn's removal to Manchester;
  • /2 8 Oct 1907, meeting of Women Students Rooms Committee;
  • /3 13 Oct 1907, arrangements for Sheavyn's work in her absence from Manchester;
  • /4-5 18-19 Nov 1907, financial problems of the new Union;
  • /6 6 Dec 1907, Council discussion of Women's Union problems, and increase in her salary from Somerville College;
  • /7 9 Mar 1908, Miss Rushton's problems with an overdue library book;
  • /8 18 Apr 1908, invitation to vice-chancellor to attend a Lyceum Club dinner;
  • /9 15 Jul 1908, arrangements for Sheavyn's secretary;
  • /10 11 Dec 1908, thanks for allowance for secretarial help;
  • /11 12 Dec 1908, expresses doubts about mixed hockey matches;
  • /12 copy letter 17 Nov 1913, appointment of secretary of the Women's Branch of the Appointments Committee;
  • /13 n.d. re. Sheavyn's stand-in when absent;
  • /14 undated note concerning clash of student society meetings.