Correspondence to Peter Opie from friends
MS. Opie 250
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Correspondence to Peter Opie from friends
Shelfmark
MS. Opie 250
Summary
Letters, cards and telegrams to Peter Opie from friends, including school friends, army friends, girlfriends, arranged by correspondents' names A-Z, some with draft replies by Peter Opie, mainly late 1930s to 1940s:
Folder 1: A-K, including Audrey [Anson], Grace Balfour, James Biggans, Felicity Boon, Doreen Brabooken, Denis Burn [or Burr?], Joan Banks, Charles Cockroft, Geoffrey Dormer, G.E. 'Doug' Douglas-Kerr, Michael Evans, Yvonne 'Eve' Cliff, Anthony Goldschmidt, Richard Greene, Hugh C. Hughes, David Humphreys, Cynthia Greenwood, Leslie Joseph, Pat Lockwood, Jessie Knight, H.F. Knight, Joan Knowles, Jill Lawson.
Folder 2: M-P, including Angus Maclean, Anne and Barbara Martin, Joan Morris, John Peacock, Myrtle Moss, Peter 'Minnie' Meinertzhagen, Adrian Pryce-Jones.
Folder 3: R-W, including Peggy Russell, Betty Stokes later Eking, Arthur Rydow, Kenneth Simonds, Anne Somerset, D.E. 'Steve' Stevens, John Toogood, H.H. Prince Vsevolode of Russia, James Warr, David [Gilson Watt], Helen [Stuart Wein], John [Weller Poby], Jess [Wilkes].
Date
1936-1948, 1967
Bulk, 1938-1948
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (3 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Iona and Peter Opie
Personal papers
Personal papers, correspondence and memorabilia
Correspondence to Peter Opie from friends
