Letters from Elspeth Huxley to Gervas Huxley, 1936-1955

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MSS. Afr. s. 2154 box 8

Letters from Elspeth Huxley to Gervas Huxley, written when one or other was travelling:

(file 1) - 16 Mar 1936-8 Apr 1938: five letters from Nairobi, New York State, and Oxford. (11 fols)
(file 2) - 21 Dec 1936-26 Mar 1937: nineteen letters from Kenya, mostly from Njoro and Murigo's Camp, Nyeri, when Elspeth Huxley was collecting material for Red Strangers. (91 fols)
(file 3) - 7 Oct 1945-3 Jan 1946: 24 letters from West Africa, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika when Elspeth Huxley was preparing a report on the establishment of the East African Literature Bureau. (42 fols)
(file 4) - 7 Nov-14 Nov 1946: three letters from Woodfolds, Oaksey, Wiltshire. (6 fols)
(file 5) - Jan-2 Jun 1947: 27 letters from Kenya and Tanganyika, during the illness and death of Josceline Huxley. (35 fols)
(file 6) - 14 Jan-18 Feb 1948 and 7 Oct 1952: twelve letters from Woodfolds, Oaksey, Wiltshire when Gervas Huxley was travelling in 1948 to Colombo, and in 1952 to Uganda. (26 fols)
(file 7) - 14 Oct-11 Dec 1953: 26 letters from Kenya where Elspeth Huxley was collecting material on Mau Mau for A Thing to Love and for articles. (35 fols)
(file 8) - May 1955: three letters from Italy, where Elspeth Huxley was touring with Nellie Grant and friends. (6 fols)