BRACERS Record Detail for 21819

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
425
Source if not BR
Halpern, Barbara
Recipient(s)
Russell, Alys
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1949/06/12
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
FFE
Notes and topics

"Dearest Alys Thank thee most warmly for thy very kind letter. I have listened sometimes to thy broadcasts about old friends...."

Transcription

BR TO ALYS RUSSELL, 12 JUNE 1949
BRACERS 21819. ALS(X). Barbara Halpern. SLBR 2: #490
Edited by N. Griffin. Proofread by K. Blackwell

<letterhead>
Penralligoch
Llan Festiniog
Merioneth
June 12, 1949

Dearest Alys

Thank thee most warmly for thy very kind letter. I have listened sometimes to thy broadcasts about old friends,1 and thought of writing, but I hesitated until thy letter came. Yes, I too miss Lucy Donnelly’s letters.2 I had not heard about the scholarship, which is good.

Thine
B.

  • 1

    thy broadcasts about old friends She had recently given several such broadcasts on the BBC.

  • 2

    I too miss Lucy Donnelly’s letters Lucy Donnelly had died in 1948. A scholarship at Bryn Mawr had been endowed in her memory.

Publication
SLBR 2: #490
Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
21819
Record created
Jan 24, 2006
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
blackwk