Sub-series 1 - Kathleen Drake's early correspondence

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Thirty four letters sent and received by Kathleen Drake as part of the Guardian Weekly's international correspondence scheme. Kathleen's outgoing letters are carbon copies of the originals or typescript transcriptions of postcards etc.

Correspondents include people based in the United States, Austria, Germany, Canada, Australia and elsewhere. Subjects covered include: America, New England, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, American Elections, baseball, apartment buildings, Prohibition, skating and sleighing, maple syrup, molasses, baked beans, walking in the Lake District , holidays in Blackpool, bicycling, learning to drive, Whit Sunday, Rush bearing, gardens, evening classes, clothes, the weather and Kathleen's engagement.

Of particular note is Kathleen's correspondence with Virginia Remington of Newtown Centre, Massachusetts, USA who paid a visit to Brighouse in the late 1930s. Both women were secretaries in their late teens / early 20s. The majority of correspondence in the file dates from 1932-33, but correspondence with Virginia dates up to 1936.

By correspondence