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Add MS 88931/11/1
- Record Id:
- 040-001101543
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x0003c4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/11/1
- Title:
- Letters From Family and Maeve Gilmore
- Scope & Content:
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Contains the following autograph letters:
- Postcard from Mervyn Peake to his brother E L Peake [Ernest Leslie Peake] interned as prisoner of war in Singapore, postmarked 28 April 1945, stamped: 'returned in undelivered [illeg] from territory formerly [occupied] by Japanese forces'.
- Airmail letter from Lonnie [Ernest Leslie Peake] in Calcutta to Mervyn and his wife Maeve, 18 September 1945.
- Letter from Lonnie in the USA to Mervyn and Maeve, 3 December 1945 (3 leaves).
- Letter from Lonnie in the USA to Mervyn and Maeve, 17 January 1946 (1 leaf and envelope).
- Letter from Lonnie in the USA to Mervyn and Maeve, 26 February 1946 (2 leaves and envelope).
- Letter from Lonnie in the USA to Mervyn and Maeve, 1 March 1946, with copy letter of the same date to 'The Agent' of 94 Wepham (3 leaves).
- Letter from Doc [Ernest Cromwell Peake - known as Doc, Dok or Dokkie] on board SS Menelaus to his son Mervyn and daughter-in-law Maeve, 14 December 1945 (1 leaf and envelope).
- Letter from Dok in Hong Kong to Mervyn and Maeve, 7 February 1946 (1 leaf and envelope).
- Letter from Dokkie in Hong Kong to Mervyn and Maeve, 15 February 1946 (2 leaves and envelope).
- Letter from Maeve to Mervyn, undated [probably dates between late 1942 and 1944 as it is sent from 94 Wepham] (1 leaf).
- Letter from Maeve to Mervyn, undated [probably dates somewhere between 1943-1945 as Maeve Gilmore addresses Mervyn as her 'dearest companion of 7 years' - the couple met in 1936 and married in December 1937] (1 leaf).
- Postcard from Maeve to Mervyn at the Convalescent Home for Officers, Brighton, 29 April 1962.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-001101542
040-001101543 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/11 : Letters to Mervyn Peake
Add MS 88931/11/1 : Letters From Family and Maeve Gilmore - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0011]/036-001101542[0001]/040-001101543
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1942
- End Date:
- 1962
- Date Range:
- 1943?-1962
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Arrangement:
- By correspondent, then chronologically
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)