Identity area
Reference code
L 1/19.
Title
Letters
Date(s)
- 1948, March 10-Dec. 28. (Creation)
Level of description
Ffeil = File
Extent and medium
1 bundle (50 items).
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters, numbered minus 1, 0-11, 13-37, 37a, 38-39, from Geoffrey Woolley, usually from Washington DC on Times correspondent paper, and postcards and telegrams. The letters include embarking on the Queen Elizabeth at Southampton (6 April), and arrival in Washington DC (15 April); taking rooms in Dr Hendry's house in Washington (20 April), later taking rooms at The Anchorage, Connecticut Avenue (8 July), and a trip around the USA via Chicago, San Francisco and New Orleans (Oct.-Nov.). Letter no. 32 encloses a tourist booklet on Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The postcards include two from Gander, Newfoundland, 21 Aug. and 6 Sept., on leaving and returning to North America.