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Box 8

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Contains 3 Results:

Silvia Brandon Thomas' desk journals, 1979 - 1983

 File — Box: 8
Scope and Contents A seven-volume series of desk journals detailing the personal and professional life of Silvia Brandon Thomas, the happenings of the Thomas-Leverson family, and life in 20th century Britain at large. The journal entries are often prosaic in content, logging events such as those of Silvia attending a play, family get-togethers, and bouts of illness. The greater English zeitgeist can be percieved in mentions of air raids during WWI and occasional mentions of contemporary events. Some...
Dates: 1979 - 1983

Financial notebook for execution of the will of Mrs. Alma Benvenuta Foa, 1978

 File — Box: 8
Scope and Contents

Silvia Brandon Thomas and Guido Coen were named the executors of Foa's will upon her passing on September 2, 1975. Alma Benvenuta Foa was the mother of Silvia's friends George and Joan Foa. The journal lists events from 1975-1978, but had been started in 1978 according to the seller's description written by daiad fine books.

Dates: 1978

Journal of Marguerite A. Lubi, 1939 - 1940

 File — Box: 8
Scope and Contents

A 130-paged journal kept by Marguerite A. Lubi (her mother was a Leverson) detailing a romantic affair during the early stages of WWI. It is unclear how this journal came to be a part of the archive.

Dates: 1939 - 1940