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Ewan Phillips, recipient: Betsy Phillips

Letter from Ewan Phillips to Betsy Phillips

2–3 September 1939

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Ewan Phillips
Recipient
Betsy Phillips
Date
2 September 1939
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Created by
Ewan Phillips
Recipient
Betsy Phillips
Title
Letter from Ewan Phillips to Betsy Phillips
Date
2–3 September 1939
Description
Letter in two parts describing London at the start of the war - including the introduction of the blackout - and Phillips's enrolment in the Auxiliary Fire Service.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by the executors of Ewan Phillips, 1996.
Reference
TGA 9610/1/1/25/3

Archive context

  • Personal papers of Ewan Phillips TGA 9610 (237)
    • Correspondence TGA 9610/1 (46)
      • General correspondence: 1920s-1940s TGA 9610/1/1 (14)
        • Letters from Ewan Phillips to Betsy Phillips TGA 9610/1/1/25 (3)
          • Letter from Ewan Phillips to Betsy Phillips TGA 9610/1/1/25/3
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