Correspondence from Ernest Raik Riddall Altounyan to Joan Robinson, 1936 - 1961
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
- From the Fonds: Robinson, Joan Violet, 1903 - 1983 (née Maurice, economist) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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
Repository Details
Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository
Archivist
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