Unmounted slide of Beatrix Havergal, Sybil Kreutzberger and Pamela Schwerdt

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Title: Unmounted slide of Beatrix Havergal, Sybil Kreutzberger and Pamela Schwerdt

Scope & content: Unmounted medium format colour slide (from left to right) of head gardeners Sybil Kreutzberger [Sibylle] (b. c.1931) and Pamela Schwerdt (1931-2009) with plantswoman and Waterperry Horticultural School principal Beatrix Havergal (1901-1980) at Sissinghurst Castle garden. Ink inscription on sleeve on recto: 'Miss B Havergal'; 'Pam & Sybil'; 'Sissinghurst'; '155'. Address supplied. Full name: Grace Beatrix Helen Havergal. Sibylle is an alternative spelling for Sybil. Beatrix Havergal took over the lease of Waterperry estate from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1932, and eventually bought it in 1948. She ran the estate as the Waterperry Horticultural School for ladies as headmistress until her retirement in 1971. Valerie Finnis attended as a student from 1942 and stayed on to teach until her marriage to Sir David Scott in 1970. The school closed and the estate was purchased by the School of Philosophy and Economic Science who continue to run it today as a retreat for student residential courses. The gardens are also open to visitors and Waterperry is known for its five orchards, broad variety of snowdrops and two collections of saxifrages accredited with Plant Heritage

Physical description: 60 (h) mm x 60 (w) mm, (medium format); 88 (h) mm x 67 (h) mm (sleeve). Image: Square. acetate film. transparency