BIB_ID
192975
Accession number
MA 9026
Creator
Boland, Judy, 1908-2002.
Display Date
[1956-1961].
Credit line
Bequest of Margaret Kelly Hughes (Mrs. John C. Hughes), 1980.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.7 x 16.2 cm
Notes
Written on stationery engraved "The Representative of Ireland / to the United Nations."
Judy Boland was the professional name used by Frances J. Kelly. She has signed this letter "Judy." She was the wife of Frederick H. Boland, Ireland's first Ambassador to the United Nations and later the Secretary General of the United Nations, 1960-1961.
Margaret Kelly Hughes, known as "Mardi", was the wife of John Chambers Hughes (1891-1971), the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO from 1953-1955. Margaret Hughes lived in France during World War II and volunteered to help French prisoners of war held in Meaux. She was decorated three times by the French Government for her service to the country and wrote "Les Lauriers sont Coupés" about her experiences during the war
This item was erroneously assigned the accession number MA 4399, then accessioned as 4260 and reaccessioned in 2017 as MA 9026.
Judy Boland was the professional name used by Frances J. Kelly. She has signed this letter "Judy." She was the wife of Frederick H. Boland, Ireland's first Ambassador to the United Nations and later the Secretary General of the United Nations, 1960-1961.
Margaret Kelly Hughes, known as "Mardi", was the wife of John Chambers Hughes (1891-1971), the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO from 1953-1955. Margaret Hughes lived in France during World War II and volunteered to help French prisoners of war held in Meaux. She was decorated three times by the French Government for her service to the country and wrote "Les Lauriers sont Coupés" about her experiences during the war
This item was erroneously assigned the accession number MA 4399, then accessioned as 4260 and reaccessioned in 2017 as MA 9026.
Provenance
Bequest of Margaret Kelly Hughes, 1980.
Summary
Thanking her for lunch with a quote from Shelley's "To a Skylark;" saying " 'Like a cloud of fire / The blue deep thou wingest / And singing still does soar, / and soaring ever singest' - A good ready made portrait of thee / Thank you [for a] lovely lunch darling Mardi."
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