PP/1/1/2/1 - [Letter, Ethel Spiller to Miriam Pritchard, 13/6/29]

Reference code

PP/1/1/2/1

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Ethel Spiller to Miriam Pritchard, 13/6/29]

Date/s

1929

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (MS)

Personal name

Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867

Subject

Royal Institution of Great Britain

Creator

Spiller, Ethel M.

Creator

Pritchard, Miriam.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Ethel Spiller [Jack Pritchard's aunt] encloses Barton's buttons from Andrew Pritchard's coat [not included]. The buttons' design represents "The scientific splitting up of rays of light into colours of the spectrum". Ethel Spiller believes Miriam Pritchard should have the items as a reminder of Andrew Pritchard, "a prominent member of the Royal Institution in Faraday's time".

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/1 - Biographical Papers of Jack Pritchard
  - PP/1/1 - [Jack Pritchard's Ancestry]
    - PP/1/1/2 - [Papers relating to Andrew Pritchard]
      - PP/1/1/2/1 - [Letter, Ethel Spiller to Miriam Pritchard, 13/6/29]

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