PP/19/3/6/3/27 - [Letter, Kathleen Costello to Jack Pritchard, 16/2/46]

Reference code

PP/19/3/6/3/27

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Kathleen Costello to Jack Pritchard, 16/2/46]

Date/s

1946

Quantity & Format

2 leaves Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Giedion, Sigfried
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940
Klee, Paul 1879-1940

Subject

Unesco
Switzerland -- Social history and conditions
Switzerland -- Economic history and conditions

Creator

Costello, Kathleen.

Creator

Pritchard, John Craven,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Costello thanks Pritchard for the gift of a Klee painting and says she hopes to get a job with UNESCO and visit England soon. Refers to her travels round the poorer cantons of Switzerland and the role of the church in the country. She compares the slums of Switzerland with those in Boston, United States, and says they are completely different. Mentions Eric Gill and [Sigfried] Giedion.

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        PP/19/3/6/3/27 - [Letter, Kathleen Costello to Jack Pritchard, 16/2/46]

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