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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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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Mrs. Tandy is the wife of the British Consul in New York and writes of her husband being sent on a tour of inspection and news of their various mutual friends he encounters.
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She is daughter of Patrick and Kathleen Ashley Cooper.
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Reverend Monk was a friend of Sir John's. He philosophizes about war and evil people and his great admiration of President Roosevelt.
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They return to England when the war starts and describe the boat crossing as well as his first impressions of life in London. He gives amusing descriptions of life in a boarding house. They were eventually sent to Brazil where they describe the sights and sounds.
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Professor and Mrs. Smith lived at the Cal Tech Athenaeum while he worked at the Huntington Library. She remarks about the "toughened up" spirit of the English people but also how very hard the war is on the elderly.
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