Incoming correspondence, c. 1910-1960.

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Incoming correspondence, c. 1910-1960.

Several hundred letters written to Roberts, over more than half a century, from 100 correspondents, primarily British literary and religious figures committed to the cause of world peace. Among the correspondents are Sylvia Pankhurst, 1938, Sylvia O'Malley, 1918-1934, Maude Royden, 1918-1953, K.D. Courtney, 1935, Susan Stebbing, 1922-1938, Anna Barlow, 1938, Dorothy Plowman, 1930s-1945, Max Plowman, 1937-1938.

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