Document file
Category
Ephemera
Date
1954 - 1956
Materials
Card ; fabric
Measurements
292 x 235 x 90 mm
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 941859
Summary
Fan-fold letter file; with alphabetical index dividers on card; bound in quarter buff and light blue paper on boards; printed label on spine: The Rex book shape expanding file | Quarto size | Made in England by Walkers. Inscibed in pencil on spine: 1954, 1955, 1956. Buff fabric ties over fore-edge. Upper joint splitting. Formerly: School Room ; originally used for papers of Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford; papers transferred to John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester. (Fan-fold files, generally one per year, comprised Lord Stamford's Dunham Massey collection of papers from 1924 to 1956.)
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).