Box CLX-A-378

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Printed letter from Ann and Andrew Waugh dated 2 May 2005, describing seeing Irene J. Young at the Minto Hotel, expressing being "so touched" by her son's (Iain Gordon Brown) "most kind remarks" and expressing that it had been a "pleasure" to work with them both.

Scope and Contents This is a file of correspondence between 1977 and 2009, with Katharine Anne (Kitty) MacSween, fiancée of Iain Gordon Brown (1979-80) but with whom Irene J. Young and Iain Gordon Brown remained in close friendship. In the letters, mostly sent to Irene J. Young, Reginald Brown and Iain Gordon Brown ("Mr. and Mrs. Brown and Iain"), Katharine expresses her thanks for various visits, meals and invitations to stay with the family as well as sending some photographs and gifts; she gives updates...

Scope and Contents This folder contains seven hand-written letters on faith and spirituality from Dr William J. Abel (Edin. Graduate?, 1916-2010) to Irene J. Young and one typed letter sent from Irene J. Young to Dr William J. Abel, between 1995 and 1999. In the first letter, William discusses a war commemoration and Second World War-related book, other books he has read including a selection of poems by Kipling, friends that he has visited in Edinburgh, and reflections on the Christian faith - including...

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This folder contains letters and postcards to Irene J. Young and Reginald Brown, sent from various friends and acquaintances, including Janet Beaton (romantic novelist), Nicky Walls (son of Ronald Walls, former Church of Scotland minister turned Roman Catholic, and Helen Macleod), Leslie K. Watson MBE, Catherine Alexander, Freda Pollock and Jan Harrison.

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Correspondence. From file: 'Letters of Wendy Munro, nee Anderson (MA, St Andrews), who was a contemporary and friend of Irene's at Bletchley Park and who shared lodging with her. Wendy also went to South Africa and married a South African'.

Scope and Contents Correspondence. From file (extract): "Dr Dorothy Smith, née White (1919-2017), was Irene's closest friend from Esdaile. She was bridesmaid at Irene's wedding to Leslie Cairns in December 1943. After a time in general practice in Kent she met Ronald Smith and went out to Tanganyika to marry him: he was in the Colonial Service in East Africa and before that in Malaya. Their only son David was Irene's godson."Also includes correspondence between David Smith and Iain Gordon Brown on...

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Correspondence. From file (extract): 'Letters of Gertrude Seidmann (1919-2013) who had been Irene's… room-mate at Crosby Hall, London, in 1946-47. Born in Vienna, Seidmann fled to England after the Anschluss in 1938. Taught German at Battersea County School, at the Institute of Educational Studies in Oxford, at the Language Centre at Southampton University and the Institute of Archaeology in Oxford. Became distinguished scholar of jewellery and engraved gems....'

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Correspondence. From file: 'Letters of Hanna Kohlbrugge (1911-1999) whom Irene met at Crosby Hall, London, in 1946-47. She was later Professor of Persian and Islamic studies at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Her sister Hebe (1914-2016), a theologian, had been a important figure in the Dutch resistance.'

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Correspondence. From file (extract): 'Letters of Edith Murray (MA St Andrews) who was a contemporary of Irene's at Bletchley Park.'

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Correspondence relating to the pastel portrait of Irene Young by John Dudley, now at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.