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StorageSiteUCL Institute of Education
LevelFile
Reference Number FC/2/28
Title[Letters to Edith Clarke]
Date1921
DescriptionDated 5 May-8 December, sent from South Africa.
Letters cover various subjects including family matters, health, weather, financial matters, his work, meeting with the 'Round Table', and gaining influence in political circles in South Africa in order that he can make a difference.
Clarke also comments on; the miner's strike of 1921; talks about how he nearly breaks down when he visits "Parson's" grave; the marriage of "Father Norton"; translating Greek texts; "the Irish situation"; the Juvenile Advisory Board; a house [possibly that the family were to move into]. The folder includes a photograph of a an interior, probably a dining room, with a brick chimney breast and a piano.
Extent1 folder
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