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Elizabeth Leah Manning DBE (née Perrett; 14 April 1886 – 15 September 1977) was a British educationalist, social reformer, and Labour Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1930s and 1940s. She organised the evacuation of orphaned or at risk Basque children during the Spanish Civil War. She was a student at Homerton between 1906 and 1908.

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Letters mainly relating to John Julius's evacuation to the United States and Canada during the early part of the war. Also includes letters from friends of Lady Diana in the United States, particularly Dorothy Paley and William Paley and "Kaetchen", or Rudolf Kommer [John Julius's guardian], letting her know about John Julius's progress, and one letter from Duff Cooper to his son (with pieces cut away by the censor).

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Letters written during John Julius's evacuation to the United States and Canada during the early part of the war. Also includes letters from friends of Lady Diana in the United States, particularly Dorothy Paley and William Paley and "Kaetchen", or Rudolf Kommer [John Julius's guardian], letting her know about John Julius's progress.

Scope and Contents Letters written after John Julius had been evacuated to the United States and Canada, on subjects including: living in London during the Blitz; interned Germans; press hostility against Duff Cooper; reaction to John Julius being sent to the United States; dinner with Rex Whistler; air raids; a broadcast by Lady Diana, Aug 1940; the effect of the war on Bognor [Sussex]; a weekend at Ditchley Park [Oxfordshire] with Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, Feb 1941; keeping livestock at Bognor. ...