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BJB/1
Title
Letters to Joan Abse
Date(s)
- 1997 (Creation)
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1 envelope
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(1923-2014)
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Scope and content
Correspondence addressed to Joan Abse, comprising postcard signed 'Peter', postmark 18 September 1995; letter from psychiatric researcher and academic Norman Kreitman (1997); and undated card from author and editor Tony Whittome.
A substantial number of letters are addressed to both Joan and Dannie Abse under heading Correspondence of Dannie Abse: Letters to Dannie Abse.
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- English
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Joan Abse, author and art historian, was the wife of Dannie Abse. She was killed in a car accident in Bridgend in June 2005. See, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Abse.
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- Kreitman, Norman, 1927-2012 (Subject)
- Whittome, Tony (Subject)
- Abse, Joan, 1926-2005 (Subject)