MS 685 01 21 04 11
Reference code
MS 685 01 21 04 11
Title
E.A. Craig collection: Booklets and pamphlets relating to Ellen Terry’s house, Smallhythe, Kent
Level
File
Date
1948-1989
Extent & medium
7 items
Content description
Mainly consisting of house guidebooks for Ellen Terry’s house and the Ellen Terry memorial. The house was first opened to the public by Terry's daughter Edith Craig in 1929, as a memorial to her mother. The National Trust supported Craig in her running of the museum from 1939, and took over the property when she died in 1947
The file includes:
‘Ellen Terry Memorial, Smallhythe, Kent’ a booklet guide to the property (published by Country Life, for the National Trust, 1948)
‘Catalogue of the Working Library of Ellen Terry at Smallhythe Place’ (published by the National Trust, 1977)
‘Ellen Terry’s House, Smallhythe’ a booklet to the property (published by the National Trust, 1979)
‘Ellen Terry’s House, Smallhythe’ a booklet to the property (published by the National Trust, 1981)
‘The Story of the Barn Theatre, 1929-1989, The Ellen Terry Memorial, Smallhythe, Kent’ by Anthony Thomas with a foreword by John Gielgud (published by the author, 1989) enclosed in the volume is a letter from Anthony Thomas
Two copies of a leaflet for the ‘Twenty-Seventh Ellen Terry Anniversary Performance’, held 17 July 1955 at the Barn Theatre, Smallhythe
The file includes:
‘Ellen Terry Memorial, Smallhythe, Kent’ a booklet guide to the property (published by Country Life, for the National Trust, 1948)
‘Catalogue of the Working Library of Ellen Terry at Smallhythe Place’ (published by the National Trust, 1977)
‘Ellen Terry’s House, Smallhythe’ a booklet to the property (published by the National Trust, 1979)
‘Ellen Terry’s House, Smallhythe’ a booklet to the property (published by the National Trust, 1981)
‘The Story of the Barn Theatre, 1929-1989, The Ellen Terry Memorial, Smallhythe, Kent’ by Anthony Thomas with a foreword by John Gielgud (published by the author, 1989) enclosed in the volume is a letter from Anthony Thomas
Two copies of a leaflet for the ‘Twenty-Seventh Ellen Terry Anniversary Performance’, held 17 July 1955 at the Barn Theatre, Smallhythe
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