| Description | From the effects of the late Miss E. Bryant (d.1976):
Royal Humane Society testimonial to Charles Arthur Bryant for saving William Henson from drowning in the river at Godmanchester on the 15 July 1877, with covering letter addressed to Mr C Bryant from Lambton Young, Secretary of the Society
First aid and nursing certificates presented to Eveline Bryant by the British Red Cross Society and the St John Ambulance Association, 1912-23
Photographs of Godmanchester, Hartford and Huntingdon:
Hinchingbrooke Pageant 1912, Elizabethan Revels 1914, Huntingdon Women's Institute Fancy Fair groups, November 1922 (5 photographs), The Reverend G.J. Bayley, Rector of Huntingdon All Saints & St John, 1927-35, the V.A.D. Hospital (Walden House) and nurses, Hinchingbrooke House (aerial and interior views), Girl Guide Rally 1920 (4 photographs), Sunday School treat July 1919 (2 photographs), Land Army garden party 1920, the Reverend Hedley Vicars, Rector 1893-1910 with the All Saints football team, a group of unidentified local anglers, Huntingdon Grammar School Staff and pupils ?1911, the Central Prisoners of War Committee heads of departments, November 1918, a Darby & Joan Christmas party 1953, a view of Hartford Church and the river (a panoramic card) 1907, an unidentified outing to Windsor on the Queen of the Thames 22 June 1938 and postcard booklet of 12 "hand drawn" views of Huntingdon and Godmanchester, early 20th century
Pamphlets, orders of service, programmes etc.:
Orders of service at Huntingdon St. Mary for death of Queen Victoria 1901, and for a memorial service for wreck of S.S. Titanic 1912, souvenir programme for the Coronation of Elizabeth II, 1953, three programmes for Huntingdon Grammar School events 1909-11, two programmes for the Hinchingbrooke Pageant 1912, and one for the Elizabethan Revels1914, booklets "The Huntingdon Aviation Centre" 1910, "Happy Huntingdon" 1911, All Saints Church, Huntingdon c1950 and Huntingdon Borough guide c1910, articles on Hinchingbrooke House from My Garden IIIustrated 1919 and The Sprinkler Bulletin 1927, Womens Institute prize essay on Huntingdonshire 1929 and advert with tariffs for Grey Hall, Hemingford Grey, c1947
Newspapers and newscuttings:
Newscutting on the Abbots Ripton railway disaster 1876, copies of The Hunts County News 7 July 1906 recording the visit of Edward VIII and the unveiling of Huntingdon War Memorial 1923, The Daily Telegraph Jubilee Day 1897, The Daily Mail 4 January 1911 recording the Sidney Street siege, the Hunts Post 28 July 1911 and Bradshaw's Railway map of Great Britain and Ireland 1918
Needlework samples by Ann Lucas (late of Abbots Ripton) c1845 and by Eveline Bryant, used by her as examples when lecturing to Huntingdonshire Women's Institutes when a Voluntary County Organiser c1924, with a letter from the Daily Mail congratulating Miss Bryant for her entry in the £500 knitting contest, October 1933 |