Letters to Anna Shipley Cox Brinton, Bi-Bu, 1921-1944
Scope and Contents
Note: A few letters in German, which have not been translated. Some letters accompanied by Anna Shipley Cox Brinton reply. Letter writers include: Moncure Biddle .Hildegarde Binder-Johnson, Birrell and Garnet, Ltd, Waltraud Bodenstein, C. Walter Borton, Minnie Bowles, Rebecca Bradbeer, Sarah Bragg, Anthony Braun, Edwin Bridges, Alvin Brinton, Edward Brinton, Eleanor Brinton, Elizabeth Brinton, Joan Brinton, Morton Brown, Eleanor Kent Brown, Mary Felice Brun, Eve Buscombe. Biddle, Moncure. Philadelphia [difference of opinion with A. Edward Newton about who was first poet laureate: Ben Johnson or Skelton], 1940 February 1; Binder-Johnson, Hildegarde. 3 items [January 1, 1939: was in England during first weeks of the war, returning on the first boat to sail after the sinking of the Athenia; assisting German prof. Leyhausen] with suggestions from Anna Shipley Cox Brinton attached, 1939-1966; Borton, C. W. Philadelphia. 2 items [1939 6/2: responds to invitation to come to Pendle Hill, along with other guests], 1939-1943; Bowles, Minnie. Honolulu, Hawaii [recommends book by Japanese author and discusses idea of books all her Meeting's members should read], 1945 April 26; Bradbeer, Rebecca. Washington, D.C [Haitian doctor to visit Pendle Hill], 1944 July 22; Bridges, Edith. Piedmont, California [glad she will be able to teach in their school (Miss Ransom and Miss Bridges' School) the following year, one course in history of painting, another in history of art.], 1929 March 22; Brinton, Alvin to Mother and family [has left Russia where he was afforded courtesies as to members of congress; had freedom of travel; appearance of cities; quality of life; factories and equipment], 1935 August 27; Brinton, Edward. West Chester Pennsylvania [happy about ensuing wedding of his son and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton and related information], 1921 May 8, June 16; Brown, Morton. C.P.S. Camp, Lapine, Oregon [explains his faith; C.P.S. is Quaker conscription], 1944 February 22
Dates
- Creation: 1921-1944
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