Correspondence

Containers:

Box 10 (MS 3656)

Component identifier:

Series 10

Content Summary:

This series contains a file of family correspondence containing four letters from Wheen to his mother, written between 1924 and 1953. Accompanying one of these is a letter from his wife and seven letters to his sister Lilly (Mrs R. Tebbutt) written between 1960 and 1967. There is a second file of correspondence relating to Wheen's translation work arranged as follows - firstly letters from publishers in chronological order, accompanying one of these (3/7/29 - Pegasus Press, Paris) a copy of the contract for the translation of 'Bushmen Drawings'; secondly letters from Remarque (often undated); finally a letter from the writer E. Johanssen and two from C.E, (Eiserstein?). There is also an undated letter from the British Embassy Berlin addressed to "Dear Constance" with illegible signature. (Files 1-2)

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