Letters - Winifred Holtby to Vera Brittain

Reference No:
L WH/6/6.1/07/03d
Dates:
18 Feb 1926
Description:
Letter from Winifred Holtby to Vera Brittain - South African Trip - describes the train journey to Durban; Bridgewater; Kimberley; Cobham; Pavlova; visit to the De Beer diamond works; League of Remembrance; League of Nations; Rhodes; telling a story of Rhodes, Flynn and the Matabele rising; describe visit to De Beer's compound for native employees; League of Nations Union; Orange Free State; Natal; Ladysmith; Maritzberg; Hottentots; Vera's appendix; Sarah Gertrude Millin; Ethelreda Lewis; Labour Party; millitant League of Nations Union; the Indian Question; HM Brailsford's friend wrote about the colour question in the New Leader; visit to an Indian Conference to meet Indian and English Trades Union Leaders; problems with someone called Colin wanting to marry Edith de Coundouroff, refused because of Margaret, he started drinking again and is being sent back to South Africa; the Navy League;
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