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[Ashley Cooper, Billy]. 1 letters (1939) to Lady Agnes Adams, Val Davide, Canada
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Ashley Cooper, Patricia. 9 letters (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, Toronto, Canada; Hitchin, England
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Patricia is the daughter of Kathleen and Patrick Ashley Cooper and was presented in 1938. A newspaper photograph of her in her presentation gown is in the file of Kathleen Ashley Cooper. She brings a group of children out of England to safety in Canada and Australia. On her return she stays with Lady Adams in Hollywood for two months and afterwards returns to Canada where she works in an airplane factory. She eventually gets a flight back to England where she enrolls at Oxford to study to be a doctor.
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Ashley Cooper, Kathleen. 31 letters (1939-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Hitchin, London, England
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Kathleen is wife of Lady Adams' nephew Patrick and an active volunteer at the Beaver Club which supports the troops. She gives great detail about wartime in London living at Claridges with her husband. She regrets she cannot speak of the many details she knows about because of her husband's position in the government.
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Cooper, John Russell. 1 letters (1940) to Lady Agnes Adams, Aberdeen, Scotland
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John works at Patrick Ashley-Cooper's business and gives details of PAC's busy schedule. His father uses the Dewey system for his own library.
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Dawson, Belinda. 4 letters (1941-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Settle, England
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Belinda helped Patricia Ashley-Cooper take 34 children to Vancouver and Australia. She stayed with Lady Adams for eight weeks before returning to England. Her father is Geoffry Dawson, editor of The Times.
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Adams, Lady Agnes. 1 letter (1921) to Cornelius Van Hemert Engert, London, England
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Lady Agnes finally received a letter from Mr. Engert. Lady Agnes' nephew, Patrick Cooper, is going to United States. An article by Lady Agnes published in Daily Chronicle enclosed.
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Munroe, Norval M. 1 letter (1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Vancouver, Canada
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She is visiting her sister and reports war preparations are everywhere. She is knitting turtleneck tuck-ins for the English navy.
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