History (ANN/H)

This section of the archive is currently uncatalogued. Please find a summary below. 

History: Press cuttings – Albums of newspaper cuttings: 1. ‘Home-Students and St Anne’s College’ (c. 1920-1967) 2. ‘Women at the University’ (1940s-1970s); cutting from the Oxford Magazine on SOHS’s 21st anniversary (1900); article by Lucy Sutherland on 'The New Status of Women' (from an unknown publication) to mark the five women's societies becoming recognised as colleges of the University (1959); article from 'Limited Edition' (supplement to Oxford Times) 'Taking Life to the Villages' featuring C V Butler and Grace Hadow's work for the Oxfordshire Rural Community Council (Feb 1987); and correspondence re. photos of life at St Anne’s – to illustrate newspaper article (1959).

History: General – ‘Beginnings of Home-Students’ (a letter from Ruth F Butler on the history of SOHS); a description of St Anne’s College for Red Guide to Oxford (1960); paragraph for Victoria County History bringing the account of St Anne’s Society up to 1950; limerick by the Revd C C Inge (‘There was a Home-Student who dreamt’); and an envelope (quaintly addressed) delivered to the Home-Students (c. 1920s).

History: Book – Papers and notes collected by Ruth F Butler for Saint Anne's College: A History (Oxford, Privately Published, 1957).

History: Archive – ‘Historical introduction to the archives’ by Ruth F Butler with a catalogue (incomplete); letter from Ruth F Butler to Principal (Eleanor Plumer) concerning storage of the archive collection and the future composition of Governing Body (c. 1950s) and the initial plan for the archive numbering system.