Brenda Hopkins Correspondence., 09/01/1944-11/30/1945

File — Box: 5, Folder: 21

Identifier: 28531

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

The first part of this series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and includes letters from members of the Hopkins family and relatives. Included also is one folder containing correspondence to HLH concerning the search for a summer cottage. (Box 4, Folders 19-27) The second part of the series consists of correspondence between HLH and his son Robert. Letters cover the war years during which RH participated as a combat cameraman in the US Army Signal Corps. Other correspondence, which has been maintained in its provenance among the correspondence received or retained by RH, relates to his mother Ethel Gross Hopkins, his wife Brenda, and to the death of Stephen. Included is correspondence to and by HLH about RH, related to his wartime work, as well as to early applications to college and for employment. Arrangement is chronological with letters usually preceding telegrams. Note: some correspondence may be addressed to or cosigned by RH and Stephen Hopkins - they lived with their mother Ethel Gross in Northfield, Massachussetts after her formal divorce from HLH in 1931. (Box 5, Folders 1-26)

Dates

09/01/1944-11/30/1945

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 3.5 Linear Feet (6 Hollinger Document Cases, 1 Record Storage box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Correspondence to/from/about Brenda Hopkins, maintained here in original provenance among RH's correspondence. Arranged and listed as follows: 1 ALS to HLH from Brenda Hopkins, 1/4/1945. 1 TLS from HLH to Brenda Hopkins, includes carbon with TL carbon note to John G. Winant, 12/11/1944. 2 TLS from HLH to Ethel Gross Hopkins re: Brenda Hopkins. Includes description by Winant of RH's announcement of proposed marriage to Brenda (see TL carbon, 9/1/1944 attached). Correspondence about Brenda Hopkins to HLH includes 1 TLS from John G. Winant, 1 TLS from William L. Batt (with news clipping attached), 1 telegram from Max Beaverbrook. Correspondence to HLH concerning transfer of Brenda Hopkins to USA includes Max Beaverbrook (telegram), and Lord Halifax (aka Edward Frederick Lindley Wood)(1 TLS). 2 b/w photos of Brenda Hopkins and RH.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

HOPKINS, BRENDA - TO HLH: Autographed Letter

HOPKINS, BRENDA - CORRESPONDENCE RE. TRANSPORT TO USA: Typed Letter Signed

HOPKINS, HARRY L. - TO HOPKINS, BRENDA: Typed Letter Signed

HOPKINS, HARRY L. - TO HOPKINS, ETHEL GROSS RE. BRENDA HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

WINANT, JOHN G. - TO HLH RE. MARRIAGE OF RH AND BRENDA HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

BATT, WILLIAM L. - TO HLH RE. BRENDA HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

BEAVERBROOK, MAX - TO HLH RE. BRENDA HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

HALIFAX, LORD - TO HLH RE. BRENDA HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

HOPKINS, BRENDA - PHOTO (B/W, PASSPORT SIZE): Photograph

HOPKINS, BRENDA AND ROBERT - PHOTO (B/W): Photograph