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- 1946-2005 (Creation)
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1 folder + 1 over-sized wallet
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Miscellaneous material relating to Joan Abse, wife of Dannie Abse, comprising: material relating to memorial event for Joan (18 November [2005]); London School of Economics and University of London Courtauld Institute of Art degree certificates (1946, 1970, 1971, 1972); certificate of the West London Synagogue of British Jews admitting Joan Abse into the Jewish faith (1 October 1952) (see also Dannie and Joan Abse's marriage certificate under Miscellanea: Miscellanea relating to Dannie Abse); passports (1982, 1992); and certificate noting that a tree was planted in Joan Abse's memory in the Forest of Peace, Jerusalem, with covering note to Dannie Abse from Italian-Jewish actor, playwright and translator Robert Rietti.
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- English
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Note
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 under heading The Presence (Hutchinson, 2007), also, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Abse.
Note
For the West London Synagogue see, for example: https://www.wls.org.uk/.
For the London School of Economics see, for example: https://www.lse.ac.uk/.
For the Courtauld Institute of Art see, for example: https://courtauld.ac.uk/
For the Peace (HaShalom) Forest, Jerusalem see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Forest.
For Robert Rietti see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rietti
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- Abse, Joan, 1926-2005 (Subject)
- West London Synagogue (London, England) (Subject)
- London School of Economics (London, England) (Subject)
- Courtauld Institute of Art (London, England) (Subject)
- Peace (HaShalom) Forest (Jerusalem, Israel) (Subject)
- Rietti, Robert, 1923-2015 (Subject)