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Correspondence between Lady Diana and her son John Julius Cooper [later 2nd Lord Norwich], 1929 - 1986

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/6

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Includes: a long correspondence with Conrad Russell (many of Lady Diana's letters being in diary form); love letters between her and Windham Baldwin; letters from Lady Diana to her family; general correspondence, particularly with Duff Cooper's nephew Rupert Hart-Davis; letters of condolence on Duff's death; correspondence between Lady Diana and her son John Julius Cooper (her letters frequently turning into diary entries, taking up from where the diary letters to Conrad Russell leave off in 1947).

Dates

  • Creation: 1929 - 1986

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

13 archive box(es)

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

See also Lady Diana's travel diaries, at DIAC 2/1, some of which are taken from her letters to her son.

Bibliography

An edition of the letters was published by John Julius Norwich, as "Darling Monster: The Letters of Lady Diana Cooper to her Son John Julius Norwich 1939-1952" (Chatto & Windus, 2013).

Finding aid date

2017-09-27 10:20:09.480000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087