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NewmanL/A/A2/Tapper/2
Unique identifier
GB 275 NewmanL/A/A2/Tapper/2
Title
ALS to Elsa Irvine
Date(s)
- 26 May 1960 (Creation)
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1 p paper
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Scope and content
Shares Elsa's grief about Alison's death but had no strength for writing earlier due to illness. Discusses her beliefs about existence after death. Recalls her time with Alison in Venice and Edinburgh. Requests the obituary Lyn wrote for the Times. Offers her assistance to Lyn with her project to write a biography of Alison Cairns. Sympathises with Elsa's dental problems.