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1 - Typed copies of letters from John M Image to W F Smith.
2 - Typed copies of letters from John M Image to W F Smith, with notes by Florence.
3 - Diary of Sydney Spencer, including newspaper cuttings and monthly accounts.
4 - Typed extracts from D/EX801/4 with notes.
5 - Carbon copy of D/EX 801/4.
6 - Diary of Sydney Spencer), 1912.
7 - Typed extracts from D/EX801/6 with notes.
8 - Carbon copy of D/EX 801/7.
9 - Diary of Sydney Spencer , including monthly accounts.
10 - Typed extracts from D/EX801/9, with notes.
11 - Carbon copy of D/EX 801/10.
12 - Diary of Sydney Spencer, 1914.
13 - Carbon copy of D/EX801/12.
14 - Diary of Sydney Spencer, including monthly accounts and notes on his training for the army, such as trench warfare, etc.
15 - Typed extracts from D/EX 801/12 and 14, with notes.
16 - Typed extracts from the above diaries with notes, 1911-1915.
17 - Typed copies of Sydney's letters when on active service, and copies of letters to Florence on Sydney's death, including accounts of it, 1918.
18 - Typed copies of Sydney's war letters, including the letters to Florence and Sydney's account of his war experiences.
19 - Typed copies of Sydney's war letters including the letters to Florence, 1918.
20 - Typed copies of Stanley Spencer's letters to his family, particularly to Florence and Sydney, 1911-1921, 1932-1937.
21 - Typed copies of Stanley Spencer's letters to his family.
22 - Typed copies of Stanley Spencer's letters to his family.
23 - Typed copies of Percy Julius Spencer's war letters to his family, in particular to his sister, Florence.
24 - Typed copies of Percy Julius Spencer's war letters, including extracts from letters to Percy and a copy of Florence's letter to Kitchener, as above, 1914-1918.
25 - Typed copies of Percy Julius Spencer's war letters including extracts from letters to Percy and a copy of Florence's letter to Kitchener.
26 - Diary of William Spencer.
27 - Diary of William Spencer.
28 - Diary of William Spencer.
29 - Diary of William Spencer.
30 - Typescript copy of a work entitled 'Cookham and All That. A Mosaic of the War'.
31 - Typescript copy of a work entitled 'Cookham and All That. A Mosaic of the War'.
32 - Typescript copy of a work entitled 'Cookham and All That. A Mosaic of the War'.
33 - Manuscript verses on 'Spring', by W[illiam] Spencer, Fernley [sic], Cookham.
34 - Mounted photograph of William Spencer.
35 - Mounted photograph of William Spencer junior as a young man.
36 - Manuscript sheet music for a setting of Robert Burns's 'My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose', by W[illiam] G[eorge] Spencer.
37 - Papers collected following the death of William Spencer in Switzerland.
38 - Sheet music for 'Christ Is Risen', an anthem for Eastertide based on 1 Corinthians 15.20-22, composed by Harold Spencer, LRAM.
39 - Death certificate of Annie Spencer, with biographical note.
40 - Copy birth certificate of Florence Spencer, 1883.
41 - Photograph of drawing by Stanley Spencer of the Revd Mr Newton, the curate at Cookham who prepared Florence for confirmation.
42 - Photograph of [Florence Image, nee Spencer].
43 - Pages from an album kept by Florence Image, nee Spencer.
44 - Small card with print of the Great Court, Trinity College, Cambridge.
45 - Love letters from John M Image to Florence, one written on the eve of their wedding, the other just before his death.
46 - Copy letters from John Image to his brother Selwyn concerning the young Stanley Spencer (described as 'dreamy, but ... thoroughly unmercenary' and possessing a 'flame within').
47 - Letters of condolence to Florence on the death of her husband.
48 - Correspondence of Florence Image with the family solicitors concening investments made without permission.
49 - Correspondence relating to Florence's will.
50 - Letter from the Society of Authors asking Florence if she wished to apply for assistance from a trust fund for 'impoverished authors' and others.
51 - Extracts of letters to Florence from her brother Stanley Spencer, 1917-1918.
52 - Draft of article [by Florence] entitled 'Forty Years After', concerning undergraduates' use of bicycles in Cambridge.
53 - Draft of book chapter on 'Odney Common' [probably by Florence Image].
54 - Cut-out paper 'nuns', one made by Stanley Spencer for his sister Florence, the other by Florence herself.
56 - Miscellaneous notes of Florence Image nee Spencer.
57 - Copy will of Ann Hinds of Barbados, widow of the Hon Benjamin Hinds [grandmother of John M Image], 1828.
58 - Abstract of marriage settlement of the Revd John Image and Mary Maxwell Hinds of Dulwich, Surrey [John M Image's parents], 1841.
59 - Page torn from a book with inscription from MMI [Mary Margaret Image] to her son [John].
60 - Papers relating to the will of the Revd John Image of Brighton.
61 - Will of John Maxwell Image, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
62 - Schedule of mortgage securities held on behalf of John M Image.
63 - Bill of sale to John M Image of the ship 'Sylvia'.
64 - Photograph of John M Image asleep in his armchair.
65 - Copy will of John Maxwell Image, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, with covering letter from solicitor.
66 - Birth, marriage and death certificates of Percy Julius Spencer.
67 - Diary of Percy J Spencer, relating to his period at the Front.
68 - Photograph of Percy J Spencer.
69 - Letter from William G Spencer to his brother Percy.
70 - Miscellaneous correspondence of Percy J Spencer, 1955 and n.d.
71 - Copy birth certificate of Hilda Thomas [later wife of Percy J Spencer], 1896.
72 - Letter to [Hilda?] Spencer from her old friend Myfanwy, daughter of the poet Edward Thomas, with brochure concerning the memorial engraved glass window to Edward and his wife Helen in Eastbury Church.
73 - Probate valuation of silver belonging to Hilda Spencer.
74 - Photograph of Horace Spencer.
75 - Fragments from diaries of Sydney Spencer, 1908-1909, with notes by [Florence].
76 - Letters to 'Syd' from his father [William Spencer senior], mostly relating to the natural world.
77 - Pressed copy letters from John Maxwell Image relating to his future brother-in-law Sydney Spencer's preparation for admission to Oxford, with one original letter to Sydney.
78 - War correspondence and papers of Sydney Spencer, mostly 1918.
79 - Sydney Spencer's regimental badge (The Norfolk Regiment).
80 - Pressed flowers gathered by Sydney Spencer in Oxford in [1914] and France, 1918.
81 - Correspondence of Florence Image relating to Sydney's death
82 - Typescript extract from memoir [possibly by Sir John Rothenstein] relating to Stanley Spencer as a young artist.
83 - Prints and reproductions of some of Stanley Spencer's paintings.
84 - Rough biographical notes on Gilbert Spencer.
85 - Photograph of Gilbert Spencer.
86 - Photograph of pencil sketch of a small child [a family member?] by Gilbert Spencer.
87 - Christmas card coloured by Gilbert, with note [by Florence Image] to that effect.
88 - Birth certificate of Pamela Mary Spencer, daughter of Percy and Hilda.
89 - Pam Spencer's notes on her maternal ancestors, the Thomas family.
90 - Text of speech given by Pam at the wedding of Gilbert's daughter Gillian.
91 - Letter from [Florence Image] to her niece Pam Spencer.
92 - Invoices for paintings bought by Pam Spencer.
93 - Spencer family genealogical notes and partial pedigree.
94 - Copy will of George Slack of Cookham Rise, gentleman.
95 - Photographs of Fernlea/Fernley, the family home in Cookham High Street, and the adjacent house, Belmont.
96 - Bullet dug out of Cookham firing range and scented rush from Cookham, given to [Florence] by Stanley.
97 - Coloured print of a river scene at Cookham, with the church in the rear.
98 - Postcard showing Cookham High Street (including Fernlea).
99 - Postcards showing Cookham Church and village in the winter, under snow.
101 - Reproduction of photograph of the River Thames at Cliveden Woods, seen from Cookham Lock Cut.
103 - Press cutting with photograph of Hedsor parish church.
104 - Guide to Holy Trinity Church, Cookham, by R Clare Martin (3rd edition).
105 - Notes from Chapters in the History of Cookham by Stephen Darby (1909).
106 - Article from Country Life, 28 January 1939, on murals at Bulford Camp, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, by Alfred Overton, inspired by the work of Stanley and Gilbert Spencer.
107 - Press cutting: cartoon by Frederick Walker of 'Captain Jinks (of the "Selfish") and his friends enjoying themselves on the river', from Punch, 21 August 1869.
108 - Pages from [Florence's] autograph book, bearing the signatures of John Maxwell Image, 1901, and Robert Brown of Banbury, n.d.
109 - Letter from John Maxwell Image to his brother Selwyn Image, 16 June 1910; with extract from a later letter.
110 - Image family correspondence relating to Stanley Spencer.
111 - Letter from Cecilia, Lady Boston, to Florence Image, reminiscing about Stanley's first signs of artistic talent, and concerning his early drawing of the Cookham Fire Brigade, 1932; with a note concerning Stanley's gift of that picture to Lady Boston, 1955.
112 - Copy letter from Florence Image to the publisher (Unwin) complaining about John Rothenstein having failed to consult her when writing a preface to the Phaidon Press's 'Stanley Spencer's Works' (1945).
113 - Letter from G Fuller to 'Myfs' [Hilda Spencer's friend Myfanwy Thomas?] concerning the public exhibition of Stanley's painting 'The Resurrection, Cookham'.
114 - Valuations of paintings (including works by Stanley and Gilbert Spencer) owned by Percy Spencer, 1941 and 1966.
115 - Reproduction of self-portrait of Stanley Spencer, owned by Sir Edward Marsh.
116 - Reproduction of painting of 'Geese in Cookham Village Street' by Fred Walker (1840-1875).

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