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Correspondence, writings, printed ephemera, and photographs related to Annie Schletter and her family. Correspondence consists of letters to Annie Schletter, Pauline Schletter, Percy Schletter, and others, including Adrian Boult and Rosetta Phillips. Letters to Annie Schletter, many brief notes, largely relate to theater in London. Her correspondents include Margot Asquith, Adrian Boult, Ernest Coquelin, F. Paolo Tosti, Oscar Wilde, and Charles Wyndham. Correspondence also includes two letters from Georgina Weldon to Pauline Schletter, one written from Halloway Gaol and another enclosing 12 photographs taken in South Africa.
Writings include several manuscript poems addressed to Rosetta Phillips, a typescript poem, "National Rat Week," by Osbert Sitwell, and a typescript essay by Margot Asquith describing a visit to Spain. Printed ephemera includes theater programs for performances at the Reform Club, Savoy Theatre, Windsor Castle, and other venues, as well as an invitation and prayer from "Her Majesty's Jubilee Thanksgiving Service." Photographs include portraits of Anthony Asquith, H. H. Asquith, Margot Asquith, Pamela Lytton, and F. Paolo Tosti.