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MCPP/GM/3/2/1918/30
Title
Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, 22 October 1918
Date(s)
- 22 October 1918 (Creation)
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1 item, paper
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(18 June 1886 - 1924)
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Asks him if he would like enlarged photographs of herself and Clare and tells him about the parcel she is packing for him. Informs him that a former maid of theirs has heard that her husband is a prisoner of war and brings her news of the Spanish Flu in Portsmouth that has taken 150 lives so far. Discusses her father's and Mr Pilcher's ideas of Mr Clutton-Brock's book. Discusses the progress of the war. Tells him she intends to stay in London to visit two Montessori schools and her plans for visiting Doris and the British Library.
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Former reference
F/GM/VI/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)
- Clutton-Brock, Arthur (1868-1924), essayist and journalist (Subject)
- Turner, Hugh Thackeray (1853-1937), architect and amateur china painter, father of Ruth Mallory (Subject)
- Turner, Marjorie May (1889-1972), sister of Ruth Mallory (Subject)