1 Linda Lear/Beatrix Potter—Folder Inventory Series 1. Chapter Research Materials Prologue, "Ownership" Box 0 Folder 1 Beatrix Potter letter to Amelia (Millie) Warne regarding her lost ring 1918 November 8 Folder 2 Physical description of Beatrix Potter, age 39 2003, undated Folder 3 Sawrey and the Lake District 1900, 2003-2004, undated Folder 4 Deeds and maps for Beatrix Potter's properties in the Lake District 1905, 2002-2004, undated Folder 5 Death of Henry Preston of Hill Top Farm and sale of livestock 1905, 2003 Folder 6 Hill Top Farm purchase and deeds 2002-2004, undated Folder 7 Braikenridge & Edwards, Rupert Potter's solicitors 2002 Folder 8 Castle Farm purchase and deeds 1995, 2002, undated Folder 9 National Trust properties once owned by Beatrix Potter 1989 June Chapter 1, "Roots" Box 1A/1B Folder 1 Leech, Crompton, and Potter family trees 1845, 1966-2007, undated 2 Folder 2 Beatrix Potter's views on her relatives 1890-1895, 2003, undated Folder 3 Crompton family undated Folder 4 Beatrix Potter notes and correspondence to Fanny Cooper regarding her Crompton ancestors 1911, undated Folder 5 Jessy (Crompton) Potter undated Folder 6 “A North Country Lass: Beatrix Potter's Roots in the Millscapes of the North West,” lecture by Glynis Reeve 2000 October 21 Folder 7 Edmund Potter (1802-1883) 1948-2003, undated Folder 8 Photographs of Queen’s Gate, South Kensington, London circa 2000 Folder 9 Edmund Potter and Dinting Vale, by J.G. Hurst 1948-2001, undated Folder 10 Dinting & the Potters, Glossop & District Heritage Trust 2002, undated Folder 11 "Beatrix Potter's Glossop Connections," by Janette Sykes 2000-2001, undated Folder 12 Beatrix Potter's Manchester Roots and Armitt Connection, by Eileen Jay 1994, undated Folder 13 Picture of a Manufacturing District, by Edmund Potter 1856, 1997 Folder 14 “Calico Printing as an Art Manufacture: A Lecture Read Before the Society of Arts, April 22, 1852,” by Edmund Potter 1852, undated Folder 15 Manuscript of "A Genial Man: Edmund Potter and His Calico Printing Work," by Rowena Godfrey circa 2005, undated 3 Folder 16 Corn laws and calico tax 1952, undated Folder 17 Inquirer and New York Times articles on Unitarians 1875-1900, undated Folder 18 Lists of published works by Edmund Potter and Rupert Potter 2000, undated Folder 19 Potter and Leech families and the art establishment undated Folder 20 "The Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, 1857," by Suzanne Fagence Cooper 2001 June Folder 21 Obituaries and wills of Potter and Leech family members 1861-1932, 2001, undated Folder 22 Leech family history 1861-1884, undated Folder 23 The Foundation of the Stalybridge Unitarian Church and Sunday School and the Connection of Their Origins with the Leech Family, by Jack Bredbury 2001-2003, undated Folder 24 Gorse Hall, Stalybridge, the Leech family home 2000-2004, undated Folder 25 Photographs of Stalybridge Unitarian Church and excavations of Gorse Hall circa 1999 Folder 26 Potter family history 2003, undated Folder 27 Rupert Potter (1832-1914) 1846-1914, 2003-2005, undated Folder 28 Rupert Potter at Manchester College 1932, undated Folder 29 Royal Manchester Institution 1977, undated 4 Folder 30 Synopsis and chapters one and two of Michael Harvey's unpublished manuscript Rupert Potter, a Victorian Amateur Photographer 2003, undated Folder 31 Rupert Potter and Lincoln's Inn 1858-1896, 1968-2003 Folder 32 Law report on case Rupert Potter argued before the House of Lords 1869 Folder 33 Rupert Potter's social clubs 1874, 1996-2003, undated Folder 34 Helen (Leech) Potter (1839-1932) 1929-1938, undated Folder 35 Photograph of Helen (Leech) Potter 1885 Folder 36 Helen (Leech) Potter artwork circa 1850 Folder 37 Leech-Potter wedding quilt (1863 August 8) 2002 Folder 38 Photographs of Bolton Gardens, London circa 2005 Folder 39 Servants at Bolton Gardens, London 2006 Folder 40 John Clegg interview of Louisa Rhodes, cook for Helen (Leech) Potter from 1928 to 1933 1985 August Folder 41 Potter family favorites album 2001, undated Folder 42 Photographs and description of the Potter family favorites album circa 2000 5 Folder 43 Photographs of Hyde Chapel, Gee Cross, and Potter family tombstone circa 1999 Chapter 2, "Exposures" Box 2A/2B Folder 1 "Americans Look at Beatrix Potter," by Elaine R. Jacobsen 1996, undated Folder 2 Lucy Roscoe 1840-1910, by Dora Roscoe 1911 Folder 3 Dalguise House, Scotland 1874, 2001-2003, undated Folder 4 Chronologies, 1874 and 1875 undated Folder 5 Beatrix Potter in Scotland, by Deborah Rolland 1981 Folder 6 Beatrix Potter's childhood correspondence 1874, undated Folder 7 Beatrix Potter description of John Bright 1933 Folder 8 Photograph of John Bright and Beatrix Potter, age 8 or 9 circa 1875 Folder 9 "John Bright in the Highlands," in the Pall Mall Gazette 1889, 2004 Folder 10 William Gaskell letter to Beatrix Potter 1877 August 23, undated Folder 11 Photographs of Bertram Potter’s natural history specimens chest undated Folder 12 Influences on Beatrix Potter's art 1942, 2002, undated 6 Folder 13 Excerpts from Learning to Draw: Studies in the Cultural History of a Polite and Useful Art, by Ann Bermingham 2000 Folder 14 Introduction to Beatrix Potter's Art, edited by Anne Stevenson Hobbs 1989 Folder 15 Vere Foster drawing books and Beatrix Potter drawings circa 1875-1882, 1997-2002, undated Folder 16 Thumbnail images and records of Beatrix Potter’s drawing book 1874-1875 Folder 17 Thumbnail images of Beatrix Potter drawings of flowers 1875-1876 Folder 18 Beatrix Potter drawing of trees circa 1879 Folder 19 Randolph Caldecott 1983-1996 Folder 20 Excerpts from Children's Books in England: Five Centuries of Social Life, by F.J. Harvey Darton 1982 Folder 21 "The New World of Children in Eighteenth-century England," in The Birth of a Consumer Society: The Commercialization of Eighteenth-Century England, by Neil McKendrick, John Brewer, and J.H. Plumb 1982 Folder 22 Literary influences on Beatrix Potter 1946-2005, undated Folder 23 Beatrix Potter correspondence regarding books she read as a child 1912-1942, undated Folder 24 Beatrix Potter correspondence to the Denver Public Library 1930-1936 Folder 25 Beatrix Potter and Lewis Carroll 1892-1934, 1998, undated 7 Folder 26 Excerpts from Victorian Horizons: The Reception of the Picture Books of Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, by Anne Lundin 2001 Folder 27 Anna Barbauld 1997, undated Folder 28 Maria Edgeworth 1894, 1972, undated Folder 29 "How Beatrix Potter's Childhood Reading Influenced Her Writing Style," by Dale Schafer 1999 Folder 30 Peter Rabbit and the Child Psychologist: Some Further Adventures, by Nicholas Tucker 1989 Folder 31 "Beatrix Potter and the Illustration of Children's Books," by Joyce Irene Whalley 1999, undated Folder 32 "Women Writers and Writing for Children: From Sarah Fielding to E. Nesbit," by Julia Briggs 1989 Folder 33 Excerpts from Opening the Nursery Door: Reading, Writing and Childhood 1600-1900, edited by Mary Hilton, Morag Styles, and Victor Watson 1997 Folder 34 Excerpts from Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings, by Joel Chandler Harris 1921, undated Folder 35 Fanny Burney 2003, undated Folder 36 Lady Florence Dixie 2003 Folder 37 "Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott," in The House of Warne, edited by Arthur King and A. F. Stuart 1965 8 Folder 38 Books in Victorian Elementary Schools, by Alec Ellis 1971, 2001 Folder 39 Chapter three of Michael Harvey's unpublished manuscript Rupert Potter, a Victorian Amateur Photographer 2003, undated Folder 40 Letters to Bertram Potter from Helen (Leech) Potter, Rupert Potter, and Jane (Ashton) Leech 1877, undated Folder 41 London neighbors of the Potters 1977-2003, undated Folder 42 "Beatrix Potter's London,” Beatrix Potter Society 2000-2009 Folder 43 Ordnance survey maps of Chelsea and Kensington, 1865-1894 1998-2000 Folder 44 Beatrix Potter map of Queen Victoria Street, London 1872 Folder 45 Paintings from Bolton Gardens, London circa 1880 Folder 46 Menus from Bolton Gardens, London 1875, 1886 Folder 47 John Charles Wilson of Oxford, Potter family friend circa 1880, 2003, undated Folder 48 Beatrix Potter's Christmas and Valentine's Day cards, 1872- 1878 2003, undated Folder 49 Beatrix Potter's art examination results and student certificate 1880-1881, undated Folder 50 Beatrix Potter letter regarding her pet mouse 1920 Folder 51 Sir John Everett Millais 1926, 2002-2004, undated 9 Chapter 3, “Transitions” Box 3A/3B Folder 1 Leslie Linder 1966-1973 Folder 2 Leslie Linder and Beatrix Potter's art and journal 1955-1966, undated Folder 3 Offending passages in Beatrix Potter's journal 1963, 2003 Folder 4 "The Unknown Beatrix Potter," by Edwin Mullins 1966, undated Folder 5 Unpublished excerpt from Beatrix Potter's journal undated Folder 6 Beatrix Potter poems and fragments circa 1880 Folder 7 Beatrix Potter's journal and French copybook circa 1890-1895 Folder 8 Chronology and excerpts from Beatrix Potter's journal, 1881 1881, undated Folder 9 Chronology and excerpts from Beatrix Potter's journal, 1882 1882, undated Folder 10 Wray Castle, summer 1882 1882, 1951-1987, undated Folder 11 Bertram Potter's schools and clubs 1900-1918, 2003, undated Folder 12 Beatrix Potter's governesses 2003-2005, undated Folder 13 Ilfracombe, 1882 and 1883 1882-1883 10 Folder 14 Chronology and excerpts from Beatrix Potter's journal and correspondence, 1883 1883, 2007, undated Folder 15 Beatrix Potter letter to Rupert Potter regarding Ilfracombe 1883 April 3 Folder 16 Edmund Crompton Potter (1830-1883) 1883, undated Folder 17 Edmund Crompton Potter's will 1883, undated