MS 677 02 01
Reference code
MS 677 02 01
Title
Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive: Letters and papers relating to Frank Ashton-Gwatkin and Nancy
Level
Sub-series
Administrative / Biographical history
Nancy Violet Ashton-Gwatkin (née Butler) was a ballet dancer from Australia and travelled herself before her marriage to Frank Ashton-Gwatkin. They met in 1912 and were married on 1 April 1915 at the British Consulate in Yokohama, Japan. The marriage was solemnized in Christ Church Yokohama two days later.
Nancy died on 17 June 1953 in London.
Nancy died on 17 June 1953 in London.
Date
1912-1949
Extent & medium
10 files
Content description
This sub-series comprises letters and postcards written before their marriage while Frank Ashton-Gwatkin was in Japan and Nancy was in England or travelling in New York or Canada.
Arrangement
This sub-series has been kept separately from the rest of the correspondence and has been catalogued accordingly
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Beneath this record in the archive hierarchy
- Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive: Letters from Frank Ashton-Gwatkin to Nancy, MS 677 02 01 01, (1912)
- Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive: Letters from Frank Ashton-Gwatkin to Nancy, MS 677 02 01 02, (1913)
- Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive: Letters from Frank Ashton-Gwatkin to Nancy, MS 677 02 01 03, (1913-1914)
- Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive: Letters from Frank Ashton-Gwatkin to Nancy, MS 677 02 01 04, (1913-1914)
- Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive: Letters from Nancy to Frank Ashton-Gwatkin, MS 677 02 01 05, (1913-1914)
- Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive: Postcards from Nancy to Frank Ashton-Gwatkin, MS 677 02 01 06, (1912-1914)
- Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive: Papers relating to Nancy and Frank Ashton-Gwatkin, MS 677 02 01 07, (1915-1953)
- Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive: Frank and Nancy Ashton-Gwatkin's passports, MS 677 02 01 08, (1918-1949)
- Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive: Letters written to Frank Ashton-Gwatkin in 1953 after Nancy’s death, MS 677 02 01 09, (17 June 1953-26 July 1953)