Summary

Creator:

New family

Abstract:

Collection contains a scrapbook for the 1913 Suffrage Pilgrimage, describing the route from Birkenhead to London. This is accompanied by 78-page narrative of the trip, which is keyed to the photographs in the scrapbook. Also included are two other drafts of the narrative, "A few impressions" (14 pages) and "The Suffrage Pilgrimage, July 1913" (88 pages). The scrapbook and narratives were possibly prepared by Alice Margery New. Her "Suffrage Quotation Book" that contains signatures of suffragists, including those of Constance Lytton and Emmeline Pankhurst, is also present. In addition, there is another unidentified participant's description (31 pages) of the Birkenhead to London pilgrimage, perhaps written by Alice's mother or aunt. There are five postcards related to the pilgrimage, along with a black-and-white photograph of F. W. Pathick Lawrence, who was imprisoned for his association with militant suffrage demonstrations. Finally, the collection contains an autograph book (1858-1931) containing primarily letters directed to William Newmarch, but with a few Dalby and New family items.

Extent:

0.9 Linear Feet

Language:

Materials in English

Collection ID:

RL.11080

Background

Scope and Content:

Collection contains a scrapbook for the 1913 Suffrage Pilgrimage, describing the route from Birkenhead to London. This is accompanied by 78-page narrative of the trip, which is keyed to the photographs in the scrapbook. Also included are two other drafts of the narrative, "A few impressions" (14 pages) and "The Suffrage Pilgrimage, July 1913" (88 pages). The scrapbook and narratives were possibly prepared by Alice Margery New. Her "Suffrage Quotation Book" that contains signatures of suffragists, including those of Constance Lytton and Emmeline Pankhurst, is also present. In addition, there is another unidentified participant's description (31 pages) of the Birkenhead to London pilgrimage, perhaps written by Alice's mother or aunt. There are five postcards related to the pilgrimage, along with a black-and-white photograph of F. W. Pathick Lawrence, who was imprisoned for his association with militant suffrage demonstrations. Finally, the collection contains an autograph book (1858-1931) containing primarily letters directed to William Newmarch, but with a few Dalby and New family items.

Biographical / Historical:

The New family was based in Cheshire, England. Roland New (1856-1941) married Alice Dalby (1858-?) in 1886. The couple had five children, Mary Rachel (1888-), Alice Margery (1890-1975), Roland Henry (1892-1972), Hilda Cowling (1894-1951), and Gladys Dalby (1896-1992). The family resided in Oxton, then Birkenhead.

Acquisition Information:

The New family papers, 1858-1931 and undated, bulk 1913, were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchse in 2015.

Processing information:

Processed by Alice Poffinberger, November 2015

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2015 0050 LUBMSS548; 2015 0050 LUBMSS572; 2015 0050 LUBMSS356; 2015 0050 LUBMSS355; 2015 0050 LUBMSS354; 2015 0050 LUBMSS357.

Rules or Conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:

Feminism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Suffragists -- Great Britain
Women -- Suffrage
Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain
Women's rights
Women's rights -- Great Britain -- History

Formats:

Scrapbooks
Autograph albums
Postcards
Black-and-white photographs

Names:

New family
Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick