MS 710 01 04
Reference code
MS 710 01 04
Title
Hardy-Sparks archive: Papers of Nat Sparks
Level
File
Date
[1880-1956]
Extent & medium
1 box, 7 family trees, 1 map and 1 certificate
Content description
One box containing Nat Sparks' diary from 1940 in which he recounts the death of Kate Hardy (Hardy's sister), extracts from diaries, a folder of notes on pedigrees and tombstones, a certificate of membership of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, a handwritten copy of Nat Sparks' apprenticeship agreement, an account entitled 'The Pydle Legend' in Nat Sparks' hand, handwritten instructions in the event of his death, a copy of his will, a handbound book and other manuscript notes.
There is also a hand-drawn map of Puddletown by Nat Sparks (this is accompanied by the handbound book already mentioned) and a collection of six family trees drawn by him.
Arrangement
The material is boxed and arranged as chronologically as possible. As oversize items the handdrawn map, membership certificate and family trees are separated from the rest of the material and are in Y.4.
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