Carol Weld papers, 1904-1979.

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Carol Weld papers, 1904-1979.

The Carol Weld papers contain papers and artifacts relating to the life and journalistic career of Carol Weld. Significant materials include various writings by Weld, correspondence (approximately half of which is in French), scrapbooks, photographs, and a French papier-mâché mask collection.

6.7 cubic ft. (11 boxes + oversized folder)

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British American Ambulance Corps

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Weld, Carol.

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Carol Weld (named Florence Carol Greene), was born in 1904. During her childhood she was the stepdaughter of writer H.P. Lovecraft due to his marriage to her mother, Sonia Greene. As a journalist, she served as a foreign press correspondent in France during the 1930s and 1940s, and claimed to be the first American to report on the abdication of British King Edward VIII in 1936. During World War II Weld worked for the British American Ambulance Corp as the organizer and co-chairman of the West Co...