General correspondence, 1914-70

Component identifier:

Series 2

Content Summary:

Through out his life, Kent Hughes corresponded with a large number of Australian and overseas friends, including those from his years in Oxford, as well as American and Asian friends and politicians. Usually Kent Hughes kept copies of his letters. The Australian correspondents include ex-World War I soldiers and other POWs. Other correspondents include Major General Hans de Fremery, E.J. Holt, W.R. Milligan, Vernon Morgan, William J. Sebald, H.A. Stokes Hughes, Felix Stump and John Wedderburn-Maxwell.

Most of the papers had been arranged in alphabetical order, either by subjects or names of the correspondents. The remainder were grouped in chronological order. The Library has preserved this arrangement and the file titles.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was donated to the National Library, in several instalments between 1973 and 1991, by Lady Kent Hughes and her daughters, Mrs Janet Derham, Mrs Margaret Sasse and Dr Mary Lou Sheil.

Names:

Kent Hughes, Lady

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