MS 496 15
Reference code
MS 496 15
Title
Stone family archive: Christopher Stone papers
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
Maj. Christopher Stone DSO MC (1882-1954), youngest child of Edward Daniel Stone and Elizabeth Theresa Vidal Stone. Christopher served in World War I, edited The Gramaphone, and had a career as a broadcaster. He married Alyce Emily Wilson Chinery in 1908.
Date
1890-1944
Extent & medium
6.5 boxes and one oversize item
Content description
Letters, manuscripts, printed material and photographs relating to the life of Christopher Stone.
Correspondence consists of 174 ALS, dated from 1890 to 1940, written by Christopher to family members, some of them written from the front during World War I, and a group of 64 ALS to Christopher from his wife Alyce, dating from 1918-1919.
There are also photocopies of four letters from Christopher Stone, three to his father and one to Ruth Boswell Stone. Writings include notebooks with autograph manuscript poems and notes on classical subjects, a copy of The Eton Glossary with a notebook with revisions for the fifth edition published in 1923, with related letters from J. W. Carter, Arthur Ainger, C. R. L. Fletcher, H. E. Luxmoore, and E. L. Vaughan; notebook with draft of Garibaldi (an entry for the Newdigate Prize in 1904), and later typescript, and a diary for 1944. Documents include Christopher's DSO certificate, dated 1918 and two official Mentioned in Despatches certificates from 1917-1918. Printed material consists of A Study of Sir Henry Irving by Aubrey Beardsley given to "Aunt Alice and Christopher, with love from John [Carter]." There are two photo albums, one of them a scrapbook from his service in World War I, with photographs of regiments, documents, letters, printed ephemera and drawings by Richard T. Cooper. The other photo album documents Christopher's life up to the First World War.
An additional box of material relating to Christopher Stone was given at a later date. It includes:
Correspondence and papers relating to his career as a braodcaster
Manuscripts and typescripts
Printed material
Photographs
School papers
There are also photocopies of four letters from Christopher Stone, three to his father and one to Ruth Boswell Stone. Writings include notebooks with autograph manuscript poems and notes on classical subjects, a copy of The Eton Glossary with a notebook with revisions for the fifth edition published in 1923, with related letters from J. W. Carter, Arthur Ainger, C. R. L. Fletcher, H. E. Luxmoore, and E. L. Vaughan; notebook with draft of Garibaldi (an entry for the Newdigate Prize in 1904), and later typescript, and a diary for 1944. Documents include Christopher's DSO certificate, dated 1918 and two official Mentioned in Despatches certificates from 1917-1918. Printed material consists of A Study of Sir Henry Irving by Aubrey Beardsley given to "Aunt Alice and Christopher, with love from John [Carter]." There are two photo albums, one of them a scrapbook from his service in World War I, with photographs of regiments, documents, letters, printed ephemera and drawings by Richard T. Cooper. The other photo album documents Christopher's life up to the First World War.
An additional box of material relating to Christopher Stone was given at a later date. It includes:
Correspondence and papers relating to his career as a braodcaster
Manuscripts and typescripts
Printed material
Photographs
School papers
Existence and location of originals
The originals of the photocopied letters from Christopher to his father and to Ruth Boswell are owned by Anthea Secker.
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