STEWART FAMILY OF MELBURY ABBAS.

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Reference number	D-552
Level of description	Fonds
Date	1923 - 1965
Extent	0.01122 cu.m. [1/2 Standard Box]
Description	Letter Books of Major J M V Stewart (1923-4); Household Accounts (1923-1939, 1965); Game Book (1923-4); Records concerning work of the Women's Voluntary Service in Shaftesbury Rural District Council area (1941-45)
Language	English
Term	Family Archives Correspondence Household Accounts Hunting and Field Sports Food and Drink Societies and Associations Women's Royal Voluntary Service Shaftesbury World War Two Civilian and Home Front (post 1900) Melbury Abbas

Letter-books of Major J M V Stewart.. Household account book of Mrs J M V Stewart.. Game book.. Programmes for Dorset Retriever Field Trial Society trials. Records of Women's Voluntary Services, North Dorset: Wartime activities in Shaftesbury Rural District.. Air Raid Warden's certificate, Major J M V Stewart.. Register of equipment issued to houses requisitioned for evacuees.. Agricultural pies: receipts from parishes, 1942-5; distribution book, 1943-5.. Copy slips showing issues of equipment from Tower House Store (?Shaftesbury).. Register of persons and wartime functions in villages.. 5 bulletins written by Mrs A E Stewart, area controller, Shaftesbury, WVS for Civil Defence.. Recipes for flame-proofing thatch, woodwork, etc. List of items required during a 48-hour emergency. WVS lecture notes on civil defence in event of an H-bomb being dropped..