[Typed letter signed], 1944 July 5, London [to] Viola

Creator:
Bryher, 1894-1983
Published/Created:
London
1944 July 5
Physical Description:
[2] p.
26 cm.
Notes:
At head: ""W. Macpherson, English""
Signed: ""Bryher""
On lower right corner of verso: holographed ""env[elope] / HD / 8 Jul 44"" in pencil
Abstract:
Thanks for previous letter, congratulates Viola's son on oak leaf cluster award, discusses Egyptian tomb painting and painting from Southern Italy, clarifies earlier statement [in letter of 1944 May 21] about Hindus and Muslims in India, reiterates the Islamic prohibition against figural representation, references mail censors, relays humorous anecdote
Topics:
India--Religion
Islam and art
Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian
Painting, Italian
Postal service--Censorship
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
Topics:
Bryher, 1894-1983
H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961
Jordan, Viola Baxter, 1887-1973
Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944
Language:
English
Genre:
Correspondence
Typescripts
Format:
Text
Rights:
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Access Restrictions:
Public
Digital:
Viola Baxter Jordan
Source Creator:
Jordan, Viola Baxter, 1887-1973
Source Title:
Viola Baxter Jordan Papers
Source Created:
1905-1951
Source Note:
Series I. Correspondence. Viola Baxter Jordan correspondence
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 175
Box:
Box 1
Folder:
Folder 10
Orbis Record:
6296696
Orbis Barcode:
39002099319825
Finding Aid:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.jordan
Yale Collection:
Beinecke Library
Digital Collection:
Yale Collection of American Literature
oid pointer:
1132437
OID:
2036391
PID:
digcoll:3467091