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Adam, H. Pearl (Helen Pearl Adam), 1882-1957

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1882-04-25 - 1957-01-02

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

H. Pearl Adam to Rebecca West, 1940-10-02

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.2.001
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"Canon Dimnet asks me to send you his good wishes. I received on Sept. 23 a card from him written in Avignon on July 25. He said he was returning to Paris as soon as he could get a permit and asked me to write to him 'about mid-August' at the Chanoinesses. There was no further news - he did not say how he was..."

Dates: 1940-10-02
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Adam, H., Pearl

H. Pearl Adam to Rebecca West, 1942-11-16 - 1943-02-23

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.2.002
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"Dear Miss West, You will be glad to hear that I have had another message from the Canon. It is dated '11.16.42' which I take to be November 16, in answer to the message I sent him (of which I sent you a copy) last August. One can read between the lines of 'rheumatism and worse' but 'certitude is the best remedy' shows that his spirit is unchanged..."



Dates: 1942-11-16 - 1943-02-23
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Adam, H., Pearl

H. Pearl Adam to Rebecca West, 1942-08-24

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.2.003
Scope and Contents

"I on August 13 wrote to Canon Dimnet: Delighted have news. Barbara, Ruth, Rebecca, self, well, working; send heartiest greetings and confident hopes for happy future our countries and friends meeting. Love. Pearl Adam. Please excuse the familiar use of Christian names; 25 words is so little, and there is less danger of confusion than with surnames. Have you happened to see Thomas Kernan's 'Report on France', published by Lane this year? A friend sends me this extract..."

Dates: 1942-08-24
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Adam, H., Pearl

H. Pearl Adam to Rebecca West, 1942-08-24

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.2.004
Scope and Contents

"Dear Miss West, Please excuse the hasty method of enclsed[sic] slip - I wanted yourself and Miss Gray and Miss Anderson to know exactly the greeting sent to the Canon. Twenty-five words are a scanty ration; and when one sits down to compose a message there does not seem anything in the world which it shall be at once permissible and possible to say!..."

Dates: 1942-08-24
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Adam, H., Pearl

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