Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surname O

Reference

MCC/AAL/2/TEMP81

Date:

1944-06-20 - 1958-09-15

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

department correspondence and papers (MCC/AAL/2)

Scope and Content

MCC [Colonel Rait Kerr, Secretary; Ronald Aird, Secretary] and Curator's [Diana Rait Kerr] correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC. Subjects include:
Bat used on Victor Trumper's last tour of England, donated by Colonel Rex Osborne.
Acquisition of sets of cricketing cigarette cards with the assistance of The Cartophilic Society of Great Britain
Book "Le Jeu de Paume" donated by Mrs Grant Oliver
Offer of print "England v Australia 1886" from Colonel R B Oram, which was declined
Books of cricket cuttings of the period 1841-1845, books "With bat and ball : twenty-five years reminiscences of Australian and Anglo-Australian cricket" and "Jerks in from short-leg", scrapbook of Ferozepur Cricket Club, 5 scrapbooks of Indian cricket press cuttings c1846 and 14 volumes of "Scores & Biographies" donated by Major E F Oakley
Book "Ireland v M.C.C., 1858-1958: centenary year" donated by Conor O'Brien

Associations

Colonel Rowan Scrope Rait Kerr
Diana Mary Rait Kerr
Colonel Rex Osborne
Major E F Oakley
The Cartophilic Society of Great Britain

Subject

gifts, donations

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English, French

Size

1 folder

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