Letters from Anthony Brooke to Kathleen Brooke and draft of cable from her to him, 1969-1978

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Comprises:

(fol. 1) letter from Phoenix, Arizona, about the 'educational aspect' of his life, with much lecturing at schools and colleges, 7 Apr 1969
(fol. 2) letter from Forres, Scotland, about his work at Findhorn College, and his hopes of visiting her in London, 12 Jan 1972
(fol. 3) letter from Helsinki, and a telegram asking for a Sarawak flag to be sent to him, 8 Aug 1973
(fol. 4) letter from Helsinki, replying to her enquiry concerning the use of his letters about Sarawak and the writing of her memoirs, leaving all to her discretion; his reaction to her remark 'I owe it to you (and to our children) to explain how you were victimized from the moment you were born', 14 Sep 1973
(fol. 5) letter from Gövik, Sweden, referring to Kathleen Brooke's memoirs as 'a noble undertaking', 30 Sep 1973
(fol. 6) letter from Helsinki, about conditions in Finland and in England, and his view of 'the need to live a different kind of life with different attitudes to one another, so as to avoid destroying one another in the end', 18 Dec 1973
(fols. 7-8) draft of cable from Kathleen Brooke to Anthony Brooke about the discovery of his Cession papers at Weybridge (see MSS. Pac. s. 83/19-26), and requesting his permission concerning their use and also the return to her of her personal letters to him (see MSS. Pac. s. 83/34, folders 1, 2, 6, and 7); and a postcard from Anthony Brooke in Santa Fe giving her 'full discretion', 11 Jul 1978.

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8 Leaves

MSS. Pac. s. 83/34, folder 13

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