Letters to Elspeth Huxley with reminiscences, and other material, 1973-1988

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Comprises:

(fols 1-9) - Joy Adamson, five letters dated from 30 Dec 1977-28 May 1979, and a cutting from the Sunday Nation [Kenya], reporting her death, 20 Jan 1980.
(fol 10) - J. de V. Allen, with anecdotes of Lamu, 22 Mar 1988.
(fols 11-12) - Irene Glennie (née Birdsey) enclosing letter from her sister Maisie Leete, referring to a typescript [not included] of her early days in Kenya, 12 Jun 1973.
(fol 13) - photocopy of obituary of Dorothy Hughes, 1987.
(fols 14-19) - Michael Macoun, enclosing an account by Margarete Trappe, Tanganyika [died 1957], Jun 1982; and a copy of a letter written to her by Mrs Macoun, 2 May 1957.
(fols 20-21) - Daniel P. Mannix, with anecdotes of John Boyes, 6 Apr and 14 May 1987.
(fols 22-25) - two letters from A.T. Mason, 3 Jun 1982 and 3 Jun 1987, with views on Meinertzhagen and the Nandi campaigns; and on rubber in the Nandi country.
(fol 26) - Audrey Richards, 23 Feb 1982.
(fol 27) - E. Rodwell, 6 Mar 1978, with reminiscences stimulated by the publication of Nellie.