DAME RACHEL CROWDY
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DAME RACHEL CROWDY
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| Box 1 | FF 1 | Christmas 1909 - November 1919 - Contains thank you letters from Marg, an invitation to help organize a V. A. D. Club, an invitation to several people of title to visit signed "D," a letter to Dame Katharine about a passage aboard a ship, and a page of signatures written on paper from Government House, Calcutta, Christmas 1909. |
| Box 1 | FF 2 | January 1920 - February1924 - Contains seven letters concerning thank you notes, an invitation to take a position on The Girl Guides Council, Robert Cecil has two letters, and Dorothy Yorke (?) thanks Dame Rachel for her congratulations for the Royal baby. |
| Box 1 | FF 3 | January 14, 1925 - April 16, 1926 - Contains four letters including one which is a personal letter from Karen Jeppe, an invitation to lunch from Duchesse De Hamilton, and a letter from Edward Naughton (?). |
| Box 1 | FF 4 | January 16, 1928 - August 22, 1928 - Contains four personal letters: Fridtj (?) of Nansen, suggests Jane Addams should be given the Nobel Peace Prize; Dame Rachel is asked to complete the articles for The Encyclopedia Britannica; Margaret Bonfield writes about a resolution from Women's Freedom League; and Lady Cynthia Colville asks Dame Rachel to be vice-president of the Townswomen's Guilds Appeal. |
| Box 1 | FF 5 | January 16, 1930 - April 28, 1937 - Contains 11 letters including one concerning politics during Roosevelt period, one written in French, three letters from Sir Alfred Knox to Col. Thornhill. Also includes personal letters, one of which is from Princess Mary. |
| Box 1 | FF 6 | January 15, 1938 - August 11, 1941 - Contains 14 letters, one from Henni Forchhammer concerning the Red Cross, thank you notes, Lady Diana Duff-Cooper has two letters concerning a project they are working on, Malcolm McDonald writes about unorganized evacuees, and Duff Cooper and Brendan Bracken have letters. |
| Box 1 | FF 7 | February 10, 1942 - November 4, 1942 - Contains 13 letters: Helena Likorskr (?) thanks Dame Rachel for her work with the Polish Relief Fund; personal letters from Sir C. Stewart Wilson concerning a friend, an invitation to a luncheon; and one mentions the forming of the Women's Home Defence, and arrangements for assisting people who need help since the Japanese occupation of Malaya, called the Far Eastern Relief Fund. |
| Box 1 | FF 8 | November 4, 1942 - December 16, 1942 - Contains 13 letters concerning the luncheon for Mr. Roosevelt, the death of Mr. Thornhill's father; Philip Noel-Baker writes concerning "Free Siamese;" and several personal letters. |
| Box 1 | FF 9 | January 1, 1943 - December 8, 1943 - Contains fifteen letters most of which are personal. Also includes invitations to dine. Some of the people who wrote are Brendan Bracken, Dorsey Gassaway Fisher, and Harold Butler. |
| Box 1 | FF 10 | March 2, 1944 - July 18, 1944 - Contains nine letters from friends concerning plans for meeting, thank you notes. One letter written to a Colonel from Lt. Colonel Count De Salis about his movement in the army. Katharine Seymour, Lady-in-Waiting, writes concerning Princess Elizabeth. |
| Box 1 | FF 11 | January 1, 1945 - December 21, 1945 - Contains ten letters, most of them personal. One letter asks Dame Rachel to write something about Karen Jeppe for a book to be published. |
| Box 1 | FF 12 | January 4, 1946 - August 21, 1952 - Contains nine letters: letters of appreciation, personal letters from Gilbert Murray, more about the book on Karen Jeppe, a letter of sympathy from Lord Oliver Baldwin, and two letters from Queen Mary. |
| Box 1 | FF 13 | April 9, 1953 - October 13, 1959 - Contains 12 letters one of which is from Queen Mary. There are three Christmas greetings from Queen Mary and one thank you note from Harold McMillian. |