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Correspondence from Ernest Raik Riddall Altounyan to Joan Robinson, 1936 - 1961

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JVR/7/30

Scope and Contents

This sub-series comprises five files, four containing correspondence and the fifth consisting of articles by Ernest Altounyan. The sub-series contains about 80 letters in all and about 100,000 words of text discussing the psychological lives of Ernest Altounyan and Joan Robinson, and touching frequently on literature, friends, politics, surgery and T.E. Lawrence.
This sub-series also contains 1 letter to Joan Robinson from Ernest Altyounyan's daughter, Brigit, and 1 letter to Ernest Altounyan from Margaret Dalgliesh (both 1937); a letter from Ernest Altounyan to Geoffrey and Doit Garratt, 1941, and a copy of an early article by Geoffrey Garratt.

Dates

  • Creation: 1936 - 1961

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Series:

Note that reserved items in this series have been removed from the numerical sequence and stored separately in a box with JVR/16.

Biographical / Historical

Ernest Raik Riddall Altounyan, M.D., of Aleppo, Cambridge and Coniston, matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1924.

Extent

5 envelope(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: 1936-40 and 1961.

Originator(s)

Altounyan, Ernest Raik Riddall, M.D. (1889-1962), surgeon and poet

Finding aid date

2003-03-21 10:41:16+00:00

Genre / Form

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

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