Lady Adams Letters

Letters addressed to Lady Adams deal chiefly with life in England during World War II. Written by her friends and family, the letters contain detailed, personal reactions of living in a war-torn country. Correspondents include John William Adamson and Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. Boxes 1-4 contain 488 pieces dating from 1938 to the middle of 1942. Box 5 dates from 1911-1939 and consists of 60 items of correspondence between Sir John and Lady Adams and Cornelius Van Hemert Engert and his family.