Notebook kept by Irene J. Young containing things said by Leslie Cairns, and newspaper cutting, 1937-1938
Scope and Contents
1 diary/notebook: Notes, manuscript, kept by Irene J. Young, containing things said by Cairns, from Summer 1938 to Spring 1940.
The notebook is a record of things said by Leslie G. Cairns to Irene J. Young during their relationship between the summer of 1938 and the spring of 1940 when he joined the army. Irene J. Young evidently wrote down these verbal expressions of love and devotions. The two poems by Irene J. Young at the beginning of the notebook are among those of hers published in The Student.
The folder also contains a newspaper cutting of piece by Leslie George Cairns aged 17, on seeing Coronation Procession, 1937.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1938
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
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Full Extent
1 notebook
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Originally from accession: SC-Acc-2016-0052
Genre / Form
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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