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Letters from Margaret Anderson to her sister Betty Browning: File 7, 1935-07 - 1936-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Anderson 1/6/7

Scope and Contents

This file includes a press cutting concerning a 15 minute radio talk given by Margaret Anderson on the birds of Barbados. In a letter of 6 November M A talks of her sister Betty’s VAD exams and hospital work. A letter of 24 November mentions that ‘the Barbados Publicity Committee has - - - commissioned me to do them a road map of the Island, based on the original Admiralty Chart - - - hope to get most of the spadework done before Anita arrives’. A letter of 17 December includes a paragraph written by Anita. In her letter of 24 January 1936 M A says: ‘I have duly received my £50 for the Road Map!’. On 7 April 1936 M A writes ‘this is the last letter I shall be able to write to you from here!’ and outlines plans for her return to England.

Dates

  • Creation: 1935-07 - 1936-04

Creator

Extent

1 file(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: July - December 1935; and 24 January and 7 April [1936].

Originator(s)

Anderson, Margaret

Finding aid date

2013-07-03 12:00:36+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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