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MCPP/GM/3/2/1916/91
Title
Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, 14 August 1916
Date(s)
- 14 August 1916 (Creation)
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1 Item, paper
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(18 June 1886 - 1924)
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Describes playing with Clare. Discusses the weather. Informs him that she will send him her Aldeburgh address when she arrives. Expresses her feelings about prayer and how the war has made her more grateful. Asks him if he would like book catalogues. Describes Clare’s appearance. Discusses her father and Mr Cockerell’s opinion of Mr Clutton-Brock’s book. Discusses the relationship between her father and Mr Clutton-Brock. Hopes to have their friends to stay after the war.
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Former reference
F/GM/IV/4
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Name access points
- Mallory [née Turner], Ruth (1892-1942), wife of mountaineer George Mallory (Subject)
- Millikan [née Mallory], Frances Clare (1915-2001), daughter of George Mallory (Subject)
- Turner, Hugh Thackeray (1853-1937), architect and amateur china painter, father of Ruth Mallory (Subject)
- Clutton-Brock, Arthur (1868-1924), essayist and journalist (Subject)
- Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle (1867–1962), museum director and book collector (Subject)