Catalogue description Papers of (Joan) Pernel Strachey

This record is held by London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library

Details of 7JPS
Reference: 7JPS
Title: Papers of (Joan) Pernel Strachey
Description:

The archive consists of: literary papers and lecture notes on French literature (including work on Lamartine, Madame de Sevigne, Chateaubriand, Montaigne, Racine and an article on the Women's movement in France which originated as the Fawcett Lecture of 1942) and Newnham College-related papers and correspondence (1944-1951).
Date: 1894-1951
Held by: London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Strachey, Joan Pernel, 1876-1951, principal of Newnham College, Cambridge
Physical description: 2 A boxes
Access conditions:

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown. Deposited c.1930. [Fawcett Library Accession Registers to be checked]
Administrative / biographical background:

Joan Pernel Strachey (1876-1951) was born in 1876 to Lady Jane Maria Strachey and Major Richard Strachey. She was educated at Allenswood School and Newnham College, Cambridge. After graduating, she lectured on French at Royal Holloway College between 1900-1905, moving to Newnham in 1905. In 1910 she was appointed as a tutor. In 1917 she became Director of Studies in Modern Languages, then in 1923, she was appointed principal of Newnham College. Pernel Strachey remained at Newnham College until her retirement in 1941. After this, she worked as a volunteer in the offices of the London and National Society for Women's Service, of which her sister Philippa was president. Through her family connections, most specifically through her brother Lytton Strachey, she was considered part of the Bloomsbury set. She died in 1951.

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