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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Lady Adams Letters
Creator:
Adams, Lady (Agnes Anne), 1869-1942
Identifier/Call Number: mssAdams
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1929-1944
Date (bulk): 1940-1942
Abstract: This collection contains letters addressed to Lady Agnes Anne Adams (1869-1942), wife of English education professor Sir John
Adams (1857-1934). The letters deal chiefly with life in England during World War II. Written by her friends and family, the
letters contain detailed, personal reactions of living in a war-torn country.
Language of Material: English.
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[Identification of item]. Lady Adams Letters, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Boxes 1-4, gift of Mrs. R. A. Milikan, June 29, 1946. Box 5, gift of Roderick Engert, 1993-2000.
Lady Agnes Anne Adams, daughter of John Cook of Ashley and wife of Sir John Adams (1857-1934), a professor of education at
the University of London in 1902-1922 and author of books on theory and psychology of education. After retiring in the late
1920s, Sir John came to the United States with Lady Adams, where he continued to teach and give lectures until his death in
1934. After his death, Lady Adams lived in Hollywood and helped organize the Los Angeles chapter of the English-Speaking Union.
She communicated with friends and relatives in England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand during World War II until her
death in 1942. She also wrote articles for a column in the London
Daily Chronicle, as well as other publications.
Letters addressed to Lady Adams deal chiefly with life in England during World War II. Written by her friends and family,
the letters contain detailed, personal reactions of living in a war-torn country. Correspondents include John William Adamson
and Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. Boxes 1-4 contain 488 pieces dating from 1938 to the middle of 1942. Box 5 dates from 1911-1939
and consists of 60 items of correspondence between Sir John and Lady Adams and Cornelius Van Hemert Engert and his family.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent in Boxes 1-4, with additional Engert family correspondence in Box 5.
Former call number: mssAdams letters.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
British Americans -- California -- Archives
Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 20th century
Adamson, John William, 1857-1947
Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948