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UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES | UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES | ||
Mary Seacole Hall | |||
Cable And Telegraph | Cable And Telegraph | ||
"University" | "University" | ||
Phone P.B.X. 76661 | Phone P.B.X. 76661 | ||
[[seal with lion, snake, book]] Our Reference | [[seal with lion, snake, book]] Our Reference | ||
Mona, Kingston 7 | |||
Jamaica, W.I. | Jamaica, W.I. | ||
13th April, 1967 | 13th April, 1967 | ||
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For various family reasons, I did not know my father well, but am very anxious to learn | For various family reasons, I did not know my father well, but am very anxious to learn | ||
a good deal more about him, both for personal family purposes and also because some of | a good deal more about him, both for personal family purposes and also because some of | ||
my colleagues in the field of Caribbean literature have | my colleagues in the field of Caribbean literature have [[Note: letter does not continue]]. | ||
[[ From Wikipedia: Eric Derwent Walrond (18 December 1898 – 8 August 1966) was an Afro-Caribbean | |||
Harlem Renaissance writer and journalist. Born in Georgetown, British Guiana, the son of a Barbadian | |||
mother and a Guyanese father...]] | |||
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UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES Mary Seacole Hall Cable And Telegraph "University" Phone P.B.X. 76661 seal with lion, snake, book Our Reference Mona, Kingston 7 Jamaica, W.I.
13th April, 1967
Dear Mr. Conroy,
I do hope you will forgive me, a complete stranger, writing you on a personal matter. My father, the late Eric Walrond, died recently, and among his personal effects
which were sent to myself and my sister, was a copy of your book, with an inscription by yourself, which suggested that you knew him well.
For various family reasons, I did not know my father well, but am very anxious to learn
a good deal more about him, both for personal family purposes and also because some of my colleagues in the field of Caribbean literature have Note: letter does not continue.
[[ From Wikipedia: Eric Derwent Walrond (18 December 1898 – 8 August 1966) was an Afro-Caribbean
Harlem Renaissance writer and journalist. Born in Georgetown, British Guiana, the son of a Barbadian mother and a Guyanese father...]]