Papers relating to the Harvey family of Leeds
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Papers relating to the Harvey family of Leeds
Classmark: MS 1701
Creator(s): Harvey family()
Date(s): c.1830-c.1983
Language: English
Size and medium: 31 boxes, principally containing manuscript, typescript and printed items, with some photographs.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/7818
Collection group(s): Quaker Collection
Description
The Harveys were one of the prominent Quaker families in Leeds in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were related, by marriage, to several other local Quaker families, including the Fryer, Firth and Jowitt families.
Much of the collection consists of correspondence between members of the Harvey family, but it also contains material from the Hall School at Weybridge, in Surrey, a Quaker preparatory school attended by several of the Harvey children at the beginning of the twentieth century. Eva Gilpin, a Harvey cousin, who later became the second wife of Sir Michael Sadler, was the headmistress there from 1898 to 1934. The school was noted for the inclusion in the curriculum of eurythmics, the dance education system devised by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze.
Other papers include reports and photographs from a series of the International Gatherings (summer schools) held during the 1920s and 1930s.
The collection was donated to the University Library by Mrs Sarah Graham, a member of the Harvey family, from 2002 onwards.
Boxes 29-31 were added to the archive (which awaits proper sorting and listing) in 2007. Please note that the majority of William Fryer Harvey’s letters are closed to the public for the time being.
Comprises: Boxes 1-12: Harvey and Fryer family correspondence; Boxes 13-15: Miscellaneous Harvey family manuscripts; Box 16: Miscellaneous other manuscripts, notes, and fragments; Box 17: Manuscripts relating to William Fryer Harvey; Box 18: A. Miscellaneous Thomas Edmund Harvey papers; B. Miscellaneous William Fryer Harvey papers; Box 19: Fryer, Harvey, and other family photographs; Box 20: John Wilfred Harvey, printed material; Box 21: International Gatherings, reports and photographs; Boxes 22-23: Hall School, Weybridge, material; Box 24: Jigsaw puzzle-player box; Box 25: Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, printed material; Boxes 26-28: Associated books and pamphlets; Boxes 29-30: Letters from William Fryer Harvey to his wife Margaret, c. 1916-1936; Box 31: Letters, photographs, and other material relating to William Fryer Harvey's visits to Australia and New Zealand, 1905 and 1911.
Includes a jigsaw puzzle-player box.
Biography or history
The Harveys were one of the prominent Quaker families in Leeds in the 19th and early 20th centuries. They were related, by marriage, to several other local Quaker families, including the Fryer, Firth and Jowitt families. John Wilfred Harvey (son of William and Anna Maria Harvey and youngest brother of the Leeds MP, T.E.Harvey), was a poet and philosopher, and held the Chair of Philosophy at the University of Leeds from 1932 to 1954. His brother William Fryer Harvey worked in the adult education movement and established a reputation as a writer of both mystery and horror stories, and of children's stories.
System of arrangement
The MS 1701 catalogue is based on an historic inventory. The arrangement of material does not necessarily represent the original order of the archive and it is considered partly processed by an archivist. When making requests to consult, please be aware that there may be discrepancies between description and physical arrangement. The retrievable unit for this collection is file level.
Access and usage
Access
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