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Ashley Cooper, Kathleen. 31 letters (1939-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Hitchin, London, England
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Ashley Cooper, Patricia. 9 letters (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, Toronto, Canada; Hitchin, England
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Patricia is the daughter of Kathleen and Patrick Ashley Cooper and was presented in 1938. A newspaper photograph of her in her presentation gown is in the file of Kathleen Ashley Cooper. She brings a group of children out of England to safety in Canada and Australia. On her return she stays with Lady Adams in Hollywood for two months and afterwards returns to Canada where she works in an airplane factory. She eventually gets a flight back to England where she enrolls at Oxford to study to be a doctor.
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Hartoz, Lady Mabel. 3 letters (1940-1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, London, England
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Lady Mabel reports on her and her family's war work. She is on the Council for East India. She heard General DeGalle speak at a Free French rally.
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Ashley Cooper, Patrick. 13 letters (1939-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams and 3 photographs, London, England
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He is Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, Director of the Bank of England and during the war, Director General of Finance to the Supply Council for Munitions Production. The letters give extensive details about war-related issues he encounters in his official duties. He mentions meeting Col. J. G. Bowell of Pasadena on board ship.
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Frankenburg, Charis. 9 letters (1941-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Lymm, England
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She was left a wealthy widow from her husband's death in WWI. She has used her money to support a hospital for deformed children. She also takes in other children during the war. She also includes excerpts of her sons' letters about their war experiences.
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[Ashley Cooper, Billy]. 1 letters (1939) to Lady Agnes Adams, Val Davide, Canada
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She is daughter of Patrick and Kathleen Ashley Cooper.
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Helm, Ida E. 6 letters (1940-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Stafford, England
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She is head-mistress of Clarendon House and tells of her life during the war. She encloses an article about that but also on the other side is an explanation of rationing as of June, 1941.
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