Betty Cadbury's notes
Betty Cadbury
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather and paper
Measurements
245 mm (width); 288 mm (height); 36 mm (depth)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668290
Summary
A black leather ring binder (with rusting rings) containing some of Betty Cadbury's notes about her collection. This one is labelled 'Insurance Valuation for Automata', and all the pages have curved corners. Most of the pages contain a typed description of an automaton, with the estimated value handwritten in pencil. One page also has an illustration (cut from a book or magazine) of a similar automaton sellotaped in, along with a description. Towards the end of the file are a few smaller sheets of paper which are mostly handwritten in ink. The final page is entirely handwritten in pencil and contains a list headed 'Not of sufficient value to be listed for Insurance policy'.
Provenance
Loaned to the Museum of Childhood by the Betty Cadbury Trust Sudbury in May 1993.
Makers and roles
Betty Cadbury, compiler