| Description | Much of the content of these letters is concerned with Doris Welles' interest in English politics.
/1 is written from the 1917 Club, Gerrard Street, London, a club for left wing intellectuals, while Doris was waiting for Malcolm MacDonald, son of Ramsay MacDonald. This letter also refers to conversations relating to politics that Doris has had with 'Bob'.
/3 also makes reference to discussions with Malcolm MacDonald, while /4 mentions meetings with Cynthia's 'friends' [Beatrice] Webb and Bertrand Russell
/2 is written from Milwaukee and dated 1928. It refers to John Strachey, but mainly discusses Doris's personal, and domestic life and includes a set of black and white photographs of her 'farm, a young child and a woman, possibly Doris and her child. The letter refers to time spent with Cynthia and Oswald Mosley at Manderston, with Cynthia's Curzon relatives, and at Kedleston. |