Correspondence regarding the estate of Marmaduke Charles Alexander Bell, son of Marmaduke Bell and Agnes Emily Sipper St. Leger (nee Burckhardt). MCA Bell died in 1942.

Handwritten letters, most are addressed to 'My dear Collie' and signed 'your affectionate Mother, Margaret M. Bell'. There are two letters to Lady Bell from W. L. T Drew [?] regarding her financial situation.

Photocopies of letters from the Bell family, 1880 to 1907 [provided by Anita O’Connor, descendant of Sarah Bell (nee Alexander) and son, John Alexander Bell]

Copies of outgoing correspondence from Marmaduke Alexander Thomas Bell (Duke),
• To his Uncle Marmaduke, 23 May 1896
• To his Uncle Marmaduke, 23 May 1896 (duplicate)
• To his Uncle Marmaduke, 28 Aug 1896
• To his Uncle Marmaduke, 10 Sept 1896
• To his brother in law Percy Kelly, 9 Jul 1899
• To his mother Frances Georgina Bell (nee Armstrong), 16 Oct 1905

Letters to Colin Basil Peter Bell (on death of brother Joey (Joshua Thomas Bell)), legal battle, Ossie Bell (Oswald Marmaduke Dorsey Bell), 38 letters, 1881 to 1933 [very fragile]. Order of Service for commemoration of the life of The Hon. Joshua Thomas Bell, 19 Mar 1911. Address to his Excellency Major-General Sir Herbert Charles Chermside, 19 May 1903

Bell family correspondence, 27 letters, 1897 to 1923.

Photocopies of Bell family correspondence, 27 letters, 1897 to 1923.

Correspondence to Colin Basil Peter Bell regarding Joshua Thomas Bell’s (Joey) death, 28 letters, 1910 to 1911. Correspondence to Colin Basil Peter Bell regarding Joshua Thomas Bell’s (Joey) death, 12 telegrams, 1911.

Photocopies of correspondence to Colin Basil Peter Bell regarding Joshua Thomas Bell’s (Joey) death, 28 letters, 1910 to 1911. Correspondence to Colin Basil Peter Bell regarding Joshua Thomas Bell’s (Joey) death, 12 telegrams, 1911.

Letters to Colin Basil Peter Bell from men who had worked at Westland, during their World War I service, 13 letters, 1915 to 1918. Correspondents include: Bob Thompson Cowlishaw and Harold E. Lawrence. Photocopies maps and newspaper cuttings related to World War I battle sites accompany the letters.