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Scope and Contents note A member of the Crimean War Research Society, David Williams met Marion McCarthy RSM at the National Army Museum and kindly assisted her by researching whether the graves of M. Winifred Spry RSM and M. Elizabeth Butler RSM (from Liverpool) were still extant in Balaclava, where they died in 1855 and 1856. The file includes photographs of his trip to the Crimea in 2005, lists of graves in the Crimea and Scutari as of 1873, a medal of 89th Regiment of Foot and some regimental details, a...

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Correspondence relating to the creation of archival accommodation at Bermondsey Convent of Mercy. Includes a feasibility report, design considerations, plans of the proposed archive space, specifications of works, electrical services and rewiring specifications, an air conditioning manual, and associated project correspondence.

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Marion McCarthy RSM's correspondence with JTS Partnership and building contractor JP Quinn about works carried out and secondary glazing installation.

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A questionnaire, created by the design company Event Communication Ltd, was sent out to all Institute houses asking for a brief history up to the present day with photographs covering ministry, Sisters in community and a timeline of the house. The file contains the returns sent to Marion McCarthy RSM.

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Duplicates of two photographs from Bernard Hanrahan of Bury St Edmund's via a letter from his sister Mrs Mary Joyce of Woking. The photographs feature their Uncle Walter Nice in Mark Vice's Yard, off Abbey Street, circa 1963.

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A digital print of the portrait of M. Gonzaga Barrie RSM wearing the cross of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. Duplicated photographs of M. Anastasia Kelly RSM and M. Stanislaus Jones RSM wearing the Royal Red Cross as presented to them by Queen Victoria in 1896. The original photograph of M. Stanislaus Jones RSM was taken by Elliott & Fry, 55 Baker Street, London. Courtesy of the Archives of the Union of the Sisters of Mercy UK.