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ABSI - Jesuits in Britain Archives
SJ - Members of the Society (Cataloguing in progress)
2 - Fr Henry Davis SJ (1886-1952)
1 - Biographical Memoir of Fr Cuthbert Cary-Elwes SJ
Repository
Jesuits in Britain Archives
Ref No
ABSI/SJ/2/1/5
Title
Correspondence
Date
[1945-1952]
Level
File
Description
Bundle of correspondence primarily relating to Davis' proposed memoir of Fr Cary-Elwes SJ. Includes letters from various correspondents, giving anecdotes of their meetings with Fr Cary-Elwes, his childhood, breakdown in Guyana and subsequent treatment, and of his final days and death. Correspondents include Cary-Elwes' sister and brother, Fr Andria SJ, and Fr Keary SJ. Also includes two letters, dated 1923 and 1926, from Fr C Galton SJ to Cary-Elwes' brother describing his health, and comments, by Fr Keary, on initial drafts of the memoir. Three letters from Cary-Elwes are also included, dated 1941 and 1945, along with two copy letters, dated 1947, from Fr Keary and Fr J L Morrison SJ to their respective Superiors which comment on Cary-Elwes' break-down in health.
Admin_History
Fr Henry Davis SJ published a letter in the Catholic Standard c1945 in which he asks readers to send, or let him see, any letters sent to them by Cary-Elwes for use in the memoir
Related Material
See SJ/1/2/4 for published copy of the play "Betty: A True Story Dramatised" to which letter, dated 12 November 1945, refers.
Format
Printed document
Manuscript
Language
English
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