Box 9

Scope and Contents Approximately 150 letters written by Patricia “Pat” Colquhoun (née Rawson) to her fiance and subsequently husband, Lieutenant Duncan L. Colquhoun of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 154 Infantry Brigade during the Second World War. The letters begin prior to their marriage in March of 1944 and continue until just a few days before his death in February of 1945. The letters, at times written almost daily, document Pat’s life as a nurse during wartime and express her anxieties, hopes,...

Scope and Contents Approximately 60 items including letters, manuscripts, and other ephemera sent to and created by British treasury official and diplomat Sir Wilfried Eady. The collection includes correspondence from prominent political figures including British politician Richard Austen "Rab" Butler, Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet, and British civil servant and businessman Robert Henry Brand, 1st Baron Brand; letters, news clippings, and a typescript of Eady’s BBC radio tribute to economist and...