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- c. 1967-1975 (Production)
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1 card, paper.
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Betty Sherriff nee Graham was born at the turn of the century in British India in the Himalayan foothills. She was the youngest daughter of a Scottish vicar and missionary. Dr. John Anderson Graham, who had founded the St. Andrew's Colonial Homes (now the Kalimpong Homes) on behalf of needy Indian children. She had previously been married and had a degree in Botany from Oxford.
Sources: Lost in Tibet: The Untold Story of Five American Airmen, a Doomed Plane, and the Will to Survive by Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt
Primula by John Richards
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Bi-fold Christmas card. Pre-printed card, featuring artwork by Margaret Stones. There is a handwritten message written by Betty Sherriff.
Written sometime after the death of her husband in 1967 but before "Quest for Flowers" was published in 1975.
Proceeds for card went to "Tibetan Refugee Children"
TRANSCRIPTION
printed text in bold
[INSIDE LEFT]
Alas, his [Dr. H.R. Fletcher] L v S [Ludlow and Sherriff] book
has not yet found a publisher but I don't
despair"Rhododendron wardii"
grown at Ascreavie
[INSIDE RIGHT]
A Happy Christmas
to you all
and With best wishes from
[signed] BettyThis Card, drawn by Margaret Stones,
takes with it the wish to help
TIBETAN REFUGEE CHILDREN
to find education & happiness in Dr. Graham's Homes
at Kalimpong, Bengal, India
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anglais
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latin
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printed, handwritten
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Bi-fold Christmas card. Front features artwork by Margaret Stones of Rhododendron wardii
condition: crease/fold
approx. dimensions (card folded): 96x143mm
approx. dimensions (open): 192x143mm
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- Stones, Margaret (Sujet)
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Created: 6 October 2026, C. Kemnitz
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anglais
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latin