Major personal correspondence, 1937-1991

Component identifier:

Series 1

Content Summary:

Letters received from friends and colleagues, designated by Fitzpatrick's children as ‘major correspondence' and arranged alphabetically by correspondent. They date principally from the 1960s to the1980s, but there are some earlier letters as indicated.

Correspondents include Alex Bruce, Barbara Brooks, William McMahon Ball, Stuart and Margaret Broadhead, Clem Christesen, Judith Clark, Manning Clark, Eleanor and Eric Dark (1941-1980), Frank and Marie Davison, Louis Green, Job Hawkes, Bill Kent, Geoffrey Leeper, Margaret Lettice/Hamerseley, Gladys Leisenring (1937 and 1974-89), Gwenda and Sonia Milston, Elijah Moshinsky, Drury Oeser (1951, 1960s-1980s), Nettie Palmer (c1945-1958), P.H. Partridge (1948, 1949 and undated), Michael and Faye Roberts/Dunlop, Katy and Mark Richmond, Margaret Roff/Clark, Joan Sewell/Cunning/Boyce, Pat Uberoy/Houson and Jitsingh Uberoy, Don Watson, and Richard White.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were received from Dorothy's son and daughter, Professor David Fitzpatrick and Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick, in December 2001 (Acc01/304), with a further small addition in May 2002 (Acc02/112). The donation included papers of both Dorothy and Brian Fitzpatrick. Dorothy Fitzpatrick's papers about Brian Fitzpatrick and the administration of his affairs after his death have been retained with her papers (Series 8). Brian Fitzpatrick's own correspondence and writings have been added to his papers at MS 4965: a list can be found in Series 8 File 7 in Dorothy Fitzpatrick's papers.

Names:

Dorothy Fitzpatrick

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