Ian, one of our brilliant volunteers is still working away on the Butterfield Archive, and found a rather intriguing (and entertaining) newspaper cutting that the family had saved…
We came across a fascinating set of travel diaries by Mrs Smith, a relative of the Butterfields – let us use her own words to tell the story
examining the long-standing links that the building, the family and the collections have to music,
This latest blog from our volunteer Ian looks at the Butterfield Brothers as business men – which isn’t a story we’ve told before.
One of our wonderful volunteers, Ian, has been busy reading and transcribing elements of the Butterfield archive – most recently he’s been piecing together some of the stories that the receipts and other documents can tell us. Here’s a timely one for the festive period…
Ian, our ‘Butterfield’ Volunteer spent much of 2020 researching some of the background to the history of the Butterfields.
Although Ian, our ‘Butterfield’ Volunteer has been unable to come in, he’s been busy doing some background research to give context to some of the family history.
Heather’s been meaning to write up the story behind the painting of Pauline Viardot at Cliffe Castle for some time….
Ian, our wonderful Butterfield archive volunteer has been trawling the family letters to find some seasonally appropriate extracts to share with you all.
You may have noticed recently a rather large change to the window on the Grand Staircase at Cliffe Castle
