Items (596 total)
Airgraph dated 9 October 1942: draft of poem 'Bivouac'
Manuscript letter including a draft of the poem 'Bivouac'.
Letter dated 28 September 1942
Manuscript letter including references to everyday life in the army, including meals, flies, in the desert near Cairo and Alexandria.
Aerogram dated 28 September 1942
Manuscript lettercard including references to everyday life in the army in the desert near Cairo.
Aerogram dated 25 September 1942
Manuscript lettercard including references to everyday life in the army camps in the desert near Cairo.
Letter dated 14-15 September 1942
Manuscript letter including references to everyday life in the army camps and the difficulty of describing it to people in England, the desert near Cairo and dust storms. Also mentioning the regret of missing out the early time with his newly born…
Airgraph dated 12 September 1942
Manuscript letter mentioning the difficulties of writing letters during war in the desert.
Letter dated 29 August 1942
Manuscript letter including references to everyday life in the army camps and three South African coins. Also mentioning receiving a cable or cablegram with news of his daughter's birth and wandering how the baby looks like.
Airgraph dated 29 August 1942
Manuscript letter mentioning his daughter.
Letter dated 21 August 1942
Manuscript letter including references to everyday life in the army training camps in the desert, flies, heat, lack of privacy and then life in the local villages, Cairo, a military parade for Wiston Churchill and a sketch.
Airgraph dated 19 August 1942
Manuscript letter depicting life in a transit camp in the desert where the soldiers are learning the desert ways. Also including references to the food rations.
Undated letter
Manuscript letter from a port providing an insight into aspect of his life in the army, censorship and how the British empire was perceived by the local population. Also mentioning the distance and the difficulties of communication by letter with his…
Letter dated 21 July 1942: draft of poems 'Sleeping on Deck', 'Flying Fishes' and 'Yone May'
Manuscript letter including the poems 'Sleeping on Deck', 'Flying Fishes' and 'Yone May' and references to his life in the army and Capetown.
Airgraph dated 20 July 1942
Manuscript letter. The British airgraph service was used during the war for delivering messages between servicemen and civilians.
Letter dated 18 July 1942
Manuscript letter providing an insight into aspects of his life on board of the troopship.
Letter dated 17 June
Manuscript letter describing Jarmain’s train journey from Aldershot to Liverpool Docks and his embarkation on the liner SS Duchess of Richmond in the 242 Anti-Tank battery, 61st Anti-Tank Regiment.
Bomb damaged Registry building, University College of the South West
Photograph of the exterior of the Registry of the University College of the South West, damaged in the Exeter Blitz in May 1942. Most of the college records were also destroyed.
External view of the front of Washington Singer
The building was named after a College benefactor who was a member of the Singer sewing machine family.
Ronald Duncan's maternal grandfather
Sepia toned studio portrait of Ronald Duncan's maternal grandfather. Labelled on reverse in two hands 'To Pat with fondest love from Dad', and 'Mole's father RD's grand father'.
Roger Duncan, studio portrait
Sepia-toned studio mounted photographic portrait of Roger Duncan as a toddler. Inscribed under photograph in a juvenile hand, 'Jan 25 Roger D 6'
Rose Marie Duncan with Briony as toddler
Sepia-toned photograph showing Rose Marie Duncan with Briony as a toddler outdoors.