[Typed letter signed], 1944 July 30, London [to] Viola, Tenafly, New Jersey
- Creator:
- H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961
- Published/Created:
- London
1944 July 30 - Physical Description:
- [2] p. + envelope
32 cm. - Notes:
- Signed: ""Hilda""
Return address: ""H. Aldington / + W. Macpherson, (English)""
Envelope dated 1944 July 8; cut open - Abstract:
- Discusses St. Therese ""the little flower,"" fairy tales, cathedrals, suggests ""Passion and Society"" by de Rougemont, references mail censors, mentions air raids and describes destruction of London, believes the dead visit the living through dreams, invokes the Mary and Martha biblical story to describe Viola, asks Viola for confidentiality
- Topics:
- Apparitions
Bombing, Aerial
Cathedrals
Confidential communications
Dreams
Fairy tales
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to
Postal service--Censorship
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives - Topics:
- London (England)
- Topics:
- Bryher, 1894-1983
H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961
Jordan, Viola Baxter, 1887-1973
Rougemont, Denis de, 1906-1985
Therese, de Lisieux, Saint, 1873-1897 - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Correspondence
Envelopes
Typescripts - Format:
- Text
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- 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 38
- Orbis Record:
- 6296696
- Finding Aid:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.jordan
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- Yale Collection of American Literature
- oid pointer:
- 1132853
- OID:
- 2037216
- PID:
- digcoll:3469737
