KP/AK/2/BLA/4 - Letter, Mary Blathwayt to Annie Kenney including tree clippings, 25-26 February 1951

Reference code

KP/AK/2/BLA/4

Level of description

Item

Title

Letter, Mary Blathwayt to Annie Kenney including tree clippings, 25-26 February 1951

Date/s

25-26 February 1951

Quantity & Format

1 Letters (MS)
4 Botanical specimens

Personal name

Lytton, Constance, Lady
Pankhurst, Christabel, Dame, 1880-1958
Howey, Mary

Subject

Arboretums

Creator

Blathwayt, Mary, 1879-1961

Creator

Kenney, Annie, 1879-1953

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Annie’s Arboretum is a plantation of trees planted by suffragettes who had undergone imprisonment to mark their sacrifice for the Votes for Women cause. It was located at Eagle House in Batheaston, the home of the Blathwayt family. Over 60 trees were planted during the militant campaign (1905-1914), but were later destroyed in the 1960s to make way for a housing estate. Writing to Annie Kenney (1879-1953), between 25-26 February 1951, Mary Blathwayt (1879-1961) encloses tree leaves from the arboretum, including clippings from trees planted by Lady Constance Lytton (1869-1923) and Annie on 23/4/1909; Mary Howey on 2/9/1910; and Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) on 6/11/1910. These clippings and a tree that was left on site are the only (known) remaining biomatter from Annie’s Arboretum.

Conditions governing reproduction

Existence and location of copies

A digital copy may be viewed at Suffragette Stories: https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/39

KP - The Kenney Papers
- KP/AK - Annie Kenney
  - KP/AK/2 - Correspondence
    - KP/AK/2/BLA - Correspondence with the Blathwayt family
      - KP/AK/2/BLA/4 - Letter, Mary Blathwayt to Annie Kenney including tree clippings, 25-26 February 1951

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