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Guilbert, Giles and Claire. 1 letter (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, Paris, France

Description: Claire explains about her life during the occupation. She escaped to Cannes to check on her mother and brother and sent copies of this letter to many friends. She planned to return to Paris by the same route.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1929-1944.
Call number: mssAdams
Creator: Adams (1869-1942)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Correspondents include John William Adamson and Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell.
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. R. A. Milikan, June 29, 1946.; Gift of Roderick Engert, 1993-2000.
Associated people: Adamson, John William, (1857-1947.); Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (1866-1948.)

Walker, Margaret. 2 letters (1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Peterborough, England

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She is a long-time friend and explains her particular pattern of writing letters to friends and family.

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O'Connor, Irma. 1 letter (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams. 1 letter (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, Kohimararna, Auckland, New Zealand

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Miss 0'Connor, editor, refuses to accept Lady Adams' article for print since the "Weekly News" has had to cut back the size of their publication. She has been dismissed from her position by the Herald because she is the highest paid.

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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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Kennedy, Kate. 1 letter (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, Inverness, Scotland

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She thanks Lady Adams for sending her a copy of Sir John's book. She expresses pride in the people of England.

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Boak, Moya. 1 letter (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

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After her stay with Lady Adams, she waited four weeks for a ship to take her to Falkland Islands to be married. She has interesting tales to relate due to war restrictions.

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Frankenburg, Charis. 9 letters (1941-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Lymm, England

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She was left a wealthy widow from her husband's death in WWI. She has used her money to support a hospital for deformed children. She also takes in other children during the war. She also includes excerpts of her sons' letters about their war experiences.

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Guilbert, Giles and Claire. 1 letter (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, Paris, France

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Frankenburg, Charis. 9 letters (1941-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Lymm, England