Private Papers of Mrs R Ridge

22 ms letters (127pp) written between January 1942 - October 1947, mostly by a Canadian woman living in Toronto to a London family; the correspondence resulted from her participation in a scheme to send dolls and sweets to children in wartime Britain, and in addition to references to this activity there are also frequent comments on the domestic situation in Canada, especially food and petrol rationing and the increasing scarcity of goods in the shops, also the concern felt for Canadian servicemen abroad and the deteriorating job prospects of those who return home; together with an album of photographs showing individuals mentioned in the letters.

Cataloguer SWW

Catalogue date 1992-09