Newberry Library - Mead, Frank, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1948-1983

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Open book Mead, Frank, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1948-1983

Title Mead, Frank, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1948-1983

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date n. d., 1948-1983

Language English

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User-Contributed Transcription 3 in Canada, where she first came, and in the U.S., she'd never enjoyed such a privilege before. With a man the satisfactions thus derived would be considered those of a "nosey parker", as the English say. My wife says she's merely interested in people!! Of special delight to her still are the Christmas Trees and decorations at Holiday Time. The British take a back seat for no race when it comes to the expression of the Holiday Spirit, I do not mean so much the religious part, but the genuine feeling of good cheer, that I can recall, long ago, used to be more prevalent here. Any real British House will have fancy paper caps and favors at the festive board, you may have noticed, possibly if you saw the Noel Coward movie (really a medley, if I may use a musical phrase) called "This Happy Breed", you would have noticed this manifestation: of course, everyone worth remembering is usually given some present when finances will permit, yet going broke at Christmas is not to their liking, or their habit. Referring back to the matter of privacy, many old houses in London had 'way back, brick walls roughly 10 feet high,

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 19 Folder 1025

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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