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Loan 96 RLF 1/3274
Vera Murdoch Jervis (or Vera Stuart Davies; pseudonyms: Jane England, Christine Ferrars, Delia Brown, Caroline Comstock, Ann Makepeace)

Vera Murdoch Jervis

Applications

7 (6 successful)

Date period

21 Jul 1926-17 Oct 1959

Awards

  • 22 Jul 1926 (£150)
  • 25 Jan 1931 (£25)
  • 8 Jul 1933 (not of extreme gravity)
  • 26 Jun 1934 (£50)
  • 6 Nov 1953 (£150)
  • 23 Apr 1956 (£150)
  • 3 Oct 1959 (£150)

Other author name(s)

(aka) Vera Stuart Davies
(pseudonym) Delia Brown
(pseudonym) Caroline Comstock
(pseudonym) Jane England
(pseudonym) Christine Ferrars
(pseudonym) Ann Makepeace

Author's career

 - 

Author's works published

Fiction : Novels, Stories

Also named in file

 - 

Timeline

1926

Application Form, Vera Murdoch Jervis

22 Jul 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/1
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

22 Jul 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/2
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

22 Jul 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/3
 

Ruth Anderson to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

21 Jul 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/4
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

25 Jul 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/5
 

Graham Murdoch to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

23 Jul 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/6
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

31 Jul 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/7
 

J W [C?] to the [sec](Secretary of the Literary Fund)

3 Aug 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/8
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Vera Murdoch Jervis

4 Aug 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/9
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

10 Aug 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/10
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

Aug 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/11
 

C R Killick, for N R Pearn of Curtis Brown, to Vera Murdoch Jervis, enclosing a letter with a cover that was previously sent to the wrong address

29 Jul 1926-3 Aug 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/12
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

17 Aug 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/13
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

5 Sep 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/14
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Bruce Lyttelton Richmond

28 Sep 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/15
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall, with note by Marshall on his reply on reverse

6 Aug 1926
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Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

8 Oct 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/17
 

Bruce Lyttelton Richmond to Hugh John Cole Marshall, reporting on a book by Vera Murdoch Jervis

12 Oct 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/18
 

Review from the Times Literary Supplement of Red Earth, by Jane England (Vera Murdoch Jervis)

10 Jun 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/19
 

Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Vera Murdoch Jervis

Oct 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/20
 

Receipt, signed Vera Murdoch Jervis

14 Oct 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/21
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

14 Oct 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/22
1931

Application Form, Vera Murdoch Jervis

25 Jan 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/23
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

25 Jan 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/24
 

Margery Lawrence to the Committee of the Literary Fund

26 Jan 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/25
 

W M Hill to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

27 Jan 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/26
 

H G Vincent, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Vera Murdoch Jervis

4 Feb 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/27
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to H G Vincent

9 Feb 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/28
 

D E Stuart Jervis to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

2 Mar 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/29
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

2 Mar 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/30
 

Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the finances of Vera Murdoch Jervis

4 Mar 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/31
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Mar 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/32
 

D E Stuart Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall, with financial details

8 Mar 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/33
 

Norman Haire to D E Stuart Jervis

9 Mar 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/34
 

Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Vera Murdoch Jervis

Mar 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/35
 

Receipt, signed Vera Murdoch Jervis

16 Mar 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/36
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

16 Mar 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/37
1933

Application Form, Vera Murdoch Jervis

8 Jul 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/38
 

Note by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the address of Jane England (Vera Murdoch Jervis)

4 Jul 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/39
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

8 Jul 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/40
 

Peter Cheyney to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

8 Jul 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/41
 

Kathleen Walter to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

9 Jul 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/42
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

15 Jul 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/43
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Vera Murdoch Jervis

18 Jul 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/44
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

27 Jul 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/45
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

30 Jul 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/46
 

Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Vera Murdoch Jervis

Aug 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/47
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Vera Murdoch Jervis

2 Aug 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/48
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

3 Aug 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/49
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

8 Aug 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/50
1934

Application Form, Vera Murdoch Jervis

26 Jun 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/51
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

19 Jun 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/52
 

Page from Country Life featuring a poem by D E Stuart Jervis

9 Jun 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/53
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

28 Jun 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/54
 

Harold Child to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

26 Jun 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/55
 

Monica Shortland-Jones to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

26 Jun 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/56
 

George Geoffrey Dawson to Hugh John Cole Marshall

5 Jul 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/57
 

George Geoffrey Dawson to Hugh John Cole Marshall

6 Jul 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/58
 

Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Vera Murdoch Jervis

Jul 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/59
 

Receipt, signed Vera Murdoch Jervis

12 Jul 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/60
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

13 Jul 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/61
1936

Vera Murdoch Jervis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

26 May 1936
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/62
 

Emanuel Miller to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

2 Jun 1936
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/63
1926

Draft of a letter from Hugh John Cole Marshall to E B B Speed, at 10 Downing Street, concerning Vera Murdoch Jervis

30 Jun 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/64
 

Two copies of a letter from Hugh John Cole Marshall to E B B Speed, at 10 Downing Street, concerning Vera Murdoch Jervis

30 Jun 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/65
1936

E B B Speed, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall

1 Jul 1936
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/66
 

E B B Speed, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, with second copy

20 Jul 1936
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/67
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to E B B Speed

22 Jul 1936
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/68
1953

Application Form, Vera Murdoch Jervis

6 Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/69
 

Jane England (Vera Murdoch Jervis) to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

26 Oct 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/70
 

Jane England (Vera Murdoch Jervis) to John G Broadbent

29 Oct 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/71
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

5 Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/72
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

6 Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/73
 

G Alec MacMunn to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

31 Oct 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/74
 

Ruth McDougall to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

6 Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/75
 

W Edmund Cook, of Hughes Massie & Co, to John G Broadbent

6 Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/76
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

8 Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/77
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

9 Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/78
 

R V Farr to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/79
 

Notes by John G Broadbent on the case of Vera Murdoch Jervis

Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/80
 

John G Broadbent to Vera Murdoch Jervis

12 Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/81
1956

Application Form, Vera Murdoch Jervis

23 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/82
 

Jane England (Vera Murdoch Jervis) to John G Broadbent

17 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/83
 

Notes by John G Broadbent on an interview with Vera Murdoch Jervis

20 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/84
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

22 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/85
 

John Clement Scott to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

22 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/86
 

M [F?] to the [sec](Secretary of the Literary Fund)

23 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/87
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

24 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/88
 

M D King to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

24 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/89
 

Typewritten Order of the Day for a meeting of the Committee of the Literary Fund

25 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/90
 

John G Broadbent to Vera Murdoch Jervis

25 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/91
 

W Edmund Cook, of Hughes Massie & Co, to John G Broadbent

25 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/92
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

26 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/93
 

John G Broadbent to Vera Murdoch Jervis

27 Apr 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/94
1958

David Stephens, at 10 Downing Street, to John G Broadbent, enquiring about Vera Murdoch Jervis

20 May 1958
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/95
1959

Application Form, Vera Murdoch Jervis

3 Oct 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/96
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

31 Aug 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/97
 

The Assistant to the Secretary of the Literary Fund to Vera Murdoch Jervis

4 Sep 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/98
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to the Assistant to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

16 Sep 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/99
 

John G Broadbent to Vera Murdoch Jervis

19 Sep 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/100
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

24 Sep 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/101
 

The Assistant to the Secretary of the Literary Fund to Vera Murdoch Jervis

25 Sep 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/102
 

The Assistant to the Secretary of the Literary Fund to Vera Murdoch Jervis

29 Sep 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/103
 

Notes by John G Broadbent on an interview with Vera Murdoch Jervis, with details of previous grants made to her

30 Sep 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/104
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

3 Oct 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/105
 

Huthi Singh to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

3 Oct 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/106
 

David Thomas to Vera Murdoch Jervis

8 Oct 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/107
 

David Thomas to the Committee of the Literary Fund

8 Oct 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/108
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

9 Oct 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/109
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

10 Oct 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/110
 

Joan Clement Scott to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

9 Oct 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/111
 

John G Broadbent to Vera Murdoch Jervis

14 Oct 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/112
 

Royal Literary Fund compliment slip for a cheque sent to Vera Murdoch Jervis

16 Oct 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/113
 

Vera Murdoch Jervis to John G Broadbent

17 Oct 1959
Loan 96 RLF 1/3274/114
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