BIB_ID
426274
Accession number
MA 4499.1-10
Creator
Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979.
Display Date
England and the United States, 1936-1948.
Credit line
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund, 1988.
Description
1 item (11 pages) ; various sizes
Notes
Barrow was a sports journalist on the staff of the magazine The Tatler. He wrote under the pseudonym of "Sabretache."
One letter (MA 4499.3) is written on the stationery of the White House in Washington, one (MA 4499.4) on the stationery of the Combined Operations Headquarters, War Cabinet Annexe, in Whitehall, and five (MA 4499.5-9) on the stationery of the Southeast Asia Command Headquarters. One of the latter group is a printed holiday greeting card containing a map of Europe with a map of India superimposed in red on it.
See the Collection File for additional information.
One letter (MA 4499.3) is written on the stationery of the White House in Washington, one (MA 4499.4) on the stationery of the Combined Operations Headquarters, War Cabinet Annexe, in Whitehall, and five (MA 4499.5-9) on the stationery of the Southeast Asia Command Headquarters. One of the latter group is a printed holiday greeting card containing a map of Europe with a map of India superimposed in red on it.
See the Collection File for additional information.
Provenance
Purchased from Roger A. Caras, East Hampton, NY, 1988.
Summary
Concerning Mountbatten's activities in India, his role as Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command during World War II, and developments in the world of polo; references are also made to King Edward VIII and the naturalization of his nephew, Prince Philip.
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