Reference No:

L WH/5/5.23/07/05a

Dates:

26 Aug 1935

Description:

Letter from Winifred Holtby to Phyllis Bentley - confirming planning top go to West not South Africa; Liberian Government invitation on the strength of 'Mandoa, Mandoa!', official guest, write a confidential report; will go to Gold Coast and Nigeria first, study conditions for comparisons; will start in November; Vera Brittain, John and Shirley Catlin, Edith and Margaret de Counderoff holiday in France; Malvern; Hilda Reid; Gordon Catlin in Cambridge; on 2 August Mr Brittain walked out of house in night, lost; contacted police, etc. body found August 6 in Thames at Twickenham; suicide; Gordon ill with septic fever; Russia, better but delicate; Peter Morrison Tolmie left daughters with Alice Holtby, married matron at hospital, on honeymoon; no political news

Format:

Archive Item

Extent:

1 item

Access Conditions:

Access will be granted to any accredited reader

Repository:

Hull Local Studies Library

Collection:

Winifred Holtby Collection