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• Private Papers of Miss C Horwitz

  (private papers) Made by: Horwitz, C

  Postcards and letters (circa 90pp ms/ts), mostly in German, written to her between 1939 and 1946 after she had left Germany for England in December 1938 on the `Kindertransport' scheme, mainly from her parents who remained in Hamburg, her brother Max,...

• Second World War Album Recording the Evacuation of a Kent School to Pembrokeshire

  (private papers)

  Album (41pp) compiled by Miss K Wheeler, the headmistress of Hythe Senior Girls School during the school's evacuation to Pembrokeshire, including photographs and press cuttings, together with a ts pass (1p) permitting Miss Wheeler to take up residence at...

• Private Papers of Miss E Warren

  (private papers) Made by: Warren, E

  Ms exercise book (135pp) containing entries for the period 3 September 1939 - May 1941 concerned primarily with war news but with a few useful references to the outbreak of the war, her employment at Ealing Auxiliary Fire Service station, civilian...

• Two Luftwaffe Flying Log Books, Second World War

  (private papers)

  Two Luftwaffe Flying Log Books (78pp), one each for operations/flights over land and sea, covering the period May 1938 - March 1941, kept by a wireless operator (?), mainly in He 111s and Ju 88s, including entries for bombing raids on London, Plymouth,...

• Private Papers of Miss P M Donald

  (private papers) Made by: Donald, P M

  An ms diary (29pp), with ts transcript (9pp), written by a thirteen year old schoolgirl evacuated to Tunbridge Wells, 13 August - 14 September 1940, recording her experiences during the Blitz including the effects of the German air raids on and around...

• Private Papers of Mrs J Anderson

  (private papers) Made by: Anderson, J

  Interesting word processed account (22pp) of her experiences as an evacuee from Battersea, south London to Eastbourne (September - December 1939), then to Landrake, Cornwall (June 1940 - 1945) where her parents later joined her, including details about...

• Private Papers of W G Chapman

  (private papers) Made by: Chapman, W Gordon

  Ts memoir (19pp) of his service with the RAF (1940-1945) covering his initial training as a Ground Gunner at Blackpool and at the No. 2 School of Army Co-operation at Andover (May - September 1940), his posting, after remustering as a Flight Sergeant (...

• Private Papers of Miss D M F Byrne

  (private papers) Made by: Byrne, D M F

  Ms journal (39pp) kept by a member of the Women's Land Army January 1944 - December 1945 (with non contemporary alterations and marginalia) recording her farming activities on the Surrey/Sussex border, her daily routine and off duty recreation with good...

• Private Papers of Major P J Hurman

  (private papers) Made by: Hurman, P J

  Interesting ts memoir (55pp) of his service with the RASC, September 1939 - May 1945, including: joining the RASC with 5 friends, September 1939; training in Woolwich and Dulwich and officer training at OCTU, St Lawrence College, Ramsgate, September 1939...

• London Blitz Letter, circa 1941

  (private papers)

  Ts letter (2pp) written by Mrs M Fawcett-Barry to her mother while she was working for the BBC as secretary to the editor of THE LISTENER during a period of heavy air raids on London and possibly dated 17 April 1941. The letter describes a raid the...