Darbishire family papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Darbishire family papers
- Extent
- 7.5 Cubic Feet
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 62m68: [Identification of item], Darbishire family papers, 1751-1948, bulk 1883-1919, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- In 1885, Anne Steele Shelby, daughter of Isaac Shelby III, married Godfrey Darbishire of Manchester, England, the son of Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, a prominent attorney and philanthropist. Godfrey died in 1889, and Anne moved to England with her son, Robert Shelby Darbishire, to live with her late husband's family. Robert later attended Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford. At Balliol, he met and became friends with Arnold Toynbee, later to be famous as a historian. Anne and Robert returned to Kentucky in 1910, but Robert returned often to Europe, serving with the Near East Relief Expedition from 1919 until 1921, and teaching in Athens from 1926-1929. He married Ruth Whiting in 1920.
- Scope and Content
- The Darbishire family papers (dated 1751-1948, bulk 1883-1919; 7.5 cubic feet; 21 boxes) consist of correspondence, essays, articles, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and diaries from six generations of the Shelby family of Kentucky and four generations of the Darbishires of England and America. Letters written to Anne Steele Darbishire and her son, Robert Shelby Darbishire, during their residence in England and travels on the Continent constitute the bulk of the collection. Robert Shelby Darbishire's writings, including poems, articles and essays, along with other papers belonging to him, also comprise a considerable part of the collection. Also included are some earlier papers of members of the Shelby family, including Evan, Isaac, and Isaac Shelby, Jr. Letters and journals of Robert Dukinfield Darbishire and Godfrey Darbishire are also included, as are legal documents, cancelled checks, pamphlets and other papers.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Conditions Governing Access Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Correspondence, 1751-1912
Evan Shelby I in Frederick County, Maryland, 1751
Letters to Evan Shelby, Kentucky, 1772-1779
Letters between Evan Shelby and Richard Adams, near Cumberland River, 1782
Letters from Thomas Hart, Hagarstows, 1784 May 16
About Evan Shelby's estate and second wife and family register, 1794-1800
About Shelby v. Adair court case and notes about sale of Rachel after King Mountain Battle in Revolutionary War, 1794
About the capture of James Shelby by the British and the Indians and to Isaac Shelby as governor, 1801-1849
Letters to Isaac Shelby Junior during the Civil War, 1860-1865
Orders to Isaac Shelby III, Army of Tennessee, 1863
Letters to Isaac Shelby Junior from Thomas Hart Clay, 1852-1857
Letters to Godfrey Darbishire from Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, 1859
Letters from Robert Dukinfield Darbishire to Godfrey Darbishire about travels abroad, 1860-1863
Letters to Robert Dukinfield Darbishire and Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire to Godfrey Darbishire, 1863 February-June
Robert Dukinfield Darbishire letters to Godfrey Darbishire, 1864-1869
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire and Godfrey Darbishire, 1870-1876
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire and Godfrey Darbishire, 1875
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire and Godfrey Darbishire, 1878-1879
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire and Godfrey Darbishire, 1880-1881
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire, and Godfrey Darbishire, 1882
Godfrey Darbishire letters to Anna Shelby, 1883
Godfrey Darbishire letters to Anna Shelby, 1884
Godfrey Darbishire letters to Anna Shelby, undated
Robert Shelby Darbishire birth announcement and Florida indenture, 1886
Godfrey Darbishire letters to Anna Shelby Darbishire, 1887
Godfrey Darbishire letters to Anna Shelby Darbishire, 1888
Letters to Anna Shelby about Godfrey Darbishire's death, 1889 January-October
Letters to Anna Shelby Darbishire about Godfrey's death, 1889 November 1-15
Letters to Anna Shelby Darbishire with condolences, 1889 November 16-December 31
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Anna Shelby Darbishire and Isaac Shelby III about Florida estate, 1890
Letters between Isaac Shelby III to Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, 1890
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire, Anna Shelby Darbishire, and Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1892
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire, Anna Shelby Darbishire, and Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1893
Letters between Anna Shelby Darbishire and Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1894-1895
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire, Anna Shelby Darbishire, and Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1896
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire, Anna Shelby Darbishire, and Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1897
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire, Anna Shelby Darbishire, and Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1898
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire, Anna Shelby Darbishire, and Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1899
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire, Anna Shelby Darbishire, and Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1900-1904
Letters between Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire, Anna Shelby Darbishire, and Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1905
Robert Shelby Darbishire letters to Anna Shelby Darbishire, 1906
Robert Shelby Darbishire letters to Anna Shelby Darbishire, 1907 January-July
Robert Shelby Darbishire letters to Anna Shelby Darbishire, 1907 August-December
Letters to Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1908 January-October
Letters to Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1908
Letters about Robert Dukinfield Darbishire's death, 1908 November-December
Letters to Robert Shelby Darbishire, Oxford, 1909 January-May
Letters to Robert Shelby Darbishire, Oxford, 1909 June-December
Letters to Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1910
Letters to Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1911 January-June
Letters to Robert Shelby Darbishire, 1911 July-October
Letters to Robert Shelby Darbishire and Anna Shelby Darbishire, 1911 November-December
Robert Shelby Darbishire letters to Anna Shelby Darbishire, 1912 January-August
Diaries, 1863-1878
Robert Dukinfield Darbishire on Ancient Spain, 1863
Godfrey Darbishire, Victoria Park, Manchester, 1873
Godfrey Darbishire, last term at Oxford, 1873
Godfrey Darbishire, 1875
Newspaper clippings, 1842-1889
Robert Dukinfield Darbishire appointed Master Extraordinaire, 1849 July 13
Articles by Godfrey Darbishire, circa 1882
Articles by Godfrey Darbishire about civil engineering projects, 1882-1889
Miscellaneous, 1840-1942
Robert Dukinfield Darbishire sketchbook, 1840
Report upon Bishop Percy's manuscript, 1867-1868
Isaac Shelby commemorative booklets and articles, 1911-1942
Calling cards, undated
O libri greek stamp, undated
Pamphlets, 1865-1930
Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, 1865-1909
Archeology, 1912-1927
Manchester New College, 1879-1900
Whitworth Institute Memorial to Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, 1907 April 6
A Window in Manchester College, Oxford, 1898 October
In Memorial of Harriet Ann Cobb Darbishire, 1904 April
Religious, 1900-1919
Battle of Kings Mountain, 1928-1930
Printed materials, 1867, undated
Poems, 1907-1908, undated
Poems, undated
On the Marriage of Two Souls , undated
The Librarian , undated
The Notebook of a Stranger in the House of Islam , undated
The Orb of Light and Other Sonnets , undated
Book of scrap verses, 1907-1908
Essays and articles, 1907-1940
American University Extension in the Near East , undated
Arabic studies, undated
Archeology, undated
Athens College, 1931
Athens College, undated
Atiya, Aziz Suryal Crusade in the later Middle Ages , undated
Beasts and Some History in England , undated
Beginnings and Growth of Royal Power in France , 1907 September
Beyond Roncesvalles , undated
Catherine of Aragon , undated
Christian Citizenship , undated
Crusades, 1919
Education, undated
Education, 1940
Education, undated
Education of Shakespeare , undated
Effects of Weather, undated
Egypt, undated
Empirical Chemistry, undated
England at War , undated
Essay in Class IV, undated
Garden of Eden , undated
Going South , undated
Gentle Soul , circa 1912
Greece, undated
Greek related articles, undated
Heroic Muse and World Civilization , undated
Historical Interest in Vases , undated
The Honey-Hounds , undated
Houseboys , undated
Humane Archeology , undated
Intolerance, undated
International Affairs, 1918-1937
Islam, undated
Lady of Shallott, undated
Language in History and School , undated
Lady Christendom , undated
Mare Nostrum, undated
Mediterranean, undated
Metals and Metallurgy , undated
Mutual Trust in International Relations in the Recent Past , undated
Near East Relief Work , 1921
Old Retainer , undated
Opinion of Machiavelli , undated
Our Trees , undated
Poets, undated
Preparedness in 1588: The Admirals and the Coming of the Armada , 1940
Queen of the South in Jerusalem , undated
Relations of Europe and India , undated
Relativity of Perlesvaus , undated
Religious Experiences, undated
Road Not Without End , undated
Tenants , undated
To the Top , undated
Universal State , undated
Untitled fragments, undated
War Gods I Have Known , undated
Western Feudalism in the Morea , undated
Research notecards, undated
Essay on Hobbes and Rouseau, undated
Essays on English history: Wycliff to Elizabeth I, undated
Essays on English History before 1300, undated
Essays on Imperial England (foreign period), undated
An Aegean Power in the Foreign Policy of Isaiah and Ezekiel, undated
Armenian Christian Women, undated
Captain Hatkinson's Story, undated
Children of the Camel, undated
Christian Citizenship, undated
Democracy Crusade and the Near East, undated
End of the Road, undated
A Foreign Policy of Idealism, undated
Fulcherius Carnotensis, undated
Gentility for All, undated
Going South, undated
On Greek Subjects, undated
Honey Hounds, undated
Houseboys, undated
Led to the Nile and Brought Back Thirsty, undated
Muslim and Christian Influence in the Near East, undated
A Near East Synthesis, undated
On the Present Value of the Past, undated
Phallic Follies, undated
The School and the State, undated
Speeches and Documents on International Affairs, 1918-1937: Book Review in Moslem World, 1937
Tobacco Man, undated
Two Religions and One God, undated
V Stands for Victorine, undated
Weekly Essays Journal, Balliol College, Oxford, 1906
Notes on Islamic History, 1906
Untitled, 1906
Notes on Islam and Byzantium, 1906
Untitled, 1906
Diplomas and certificates, 1848-1899
Diplomas and certificates, 1848-1899
Freedom of the City of Manchester proclamation for Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, 1899
Certificate scroll of Freedom of the City of Manchester proclamation for Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, 1899 October
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