Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/A/A1/95/7
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/95/7
Title
Autograph letter signed to Beaton
Date(s)
- 20 Aug. 1944 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1883-1966)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Wonders where Beaton is. Discusses Beaton's writing and photographs of his travels. Describes her journey and encounter with the clerk at the book stall. Praises the 'courage and good temper of the station people'. The children have been evacuated from London and many people have gone to Bath. Writes that the news is very wonderful but 'we must never forget the casualities'. Noel Coward has published his Near East diary. Their best critic has been 'scathing' about it.