Catalogue description Isherwood Family Collection

This record is held by Stockport Archive Service

Details of D1460
Reference: D1460
Title: Isherwood Family Collection
Description:

The collection consists of 5 boxes of the private papers of the Isherwood family between c1841 and 1971. It encompasses a great variety of material including letters, travel diaries and scrapbooks. Many items relate to Kathleen Bradshaw Isherwood (née Machell Smith), but the collection also includes World War One letters from her husband Frank Bradshaw Isherwood to his mother and books and papers relating to the childhood of writer Christopher Isherwood and his brother Richard.
Date: c1841 - 1971
Held by: Stockport Archive Service, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Isherwood family of Wyberslegh Hall, High Lane, and Marple Hall, Marple
Physical description: 5 boxes
Subjects:
  • Frank Bradshaw Isherwood (1869-1915); Kathleen Bradshaw Isherwood (1868-1960); Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986); Richard Graham Bradshaw Isherwood (1911-?)
Administrative / biographical background:

Acquired in 1982 from Mr. Clarke, a retired photographer of the Stockport Advertiser. Many of these papers were used by writer Christopher Isherwood in researching his book "Kathleen and Frank" (published 1971).

Archives reference number: DDIsh / D1460.

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