| Title |
Correspondence with Hella and Hermann Weyl |
| Reference |
Weyl |
| Covering Dates |
1940–1949 |
| Extent and Medium |
80 items; paper |
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| Index Terms |
| Weyl, Hermann Klaus Hugo (1885-1955) mathematician |
| St John's Library/NewmanL/Weyl contains: |
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ALS to Hermann Weyl. Thanks Hermann for looking into a term's teaching appointment in America for Max. Mentions Max's theorem which is being vetted by Alonzo Church. Expresses her gratification to hear that Lefschetz was amiable. Recommends Hardy's 'A Mathematician's Apology'.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
9 Jan. 1940 |
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ALS to Hermann Weyl. Asks urgent advice about an invitation to the States for Max in the summer term.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
6 Jan. 1940 |
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ALS to Mrs Weyl. Thanks Hella for her letter of August 1940. Describes her movements as a war-exile since then and travel plans for the near future. Refers to Hella's son's difficult return from Europe. Reports that Max's letters seem quite cheerful and do not take a black view of the raids.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
4 Sep. 1940 |
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ALS to Mrs Weyl. Looks forward to visiting the Weyls in Princeton. Details her children's requirements.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
13 Sep. 1940 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Describes incidences of her recent absentmindedness, mentioning Vera Dawmann and Simon Flexner. Thanks Hella for having her to stay. Reports that she has had a loan from her brother in Santiago. Mentions her letters from Max that are cheerful despite the bombing in London. Regrets not having seen Mrs Reifler again.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
6 Oct. 1940 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Reports that Edward has received a scholarship and a grant to keep the whole family together in New York. Describes her living arrangements at the house of Dr Richard Day and his wife. Observes that the Days' two girls mix with Edward and William much better than the 'nicer' Dawmann children. Believes that it will still be possible to visit the Weyls in the spring. Mentions Max's letters.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
3 p; paper. |
3 Nov. 1940 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Reassures Hella that she is happy with her situation despite what Hella may have heard from Margareta to the contrary. Plans to visit Hella for two nights. Decribes her domestic arrangements including her new maid, Muriel. Tells anecdotes about William. Mentions that she must visit Alonzo Church and Lefshetz when she comes to stay.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
19 Nov. 1940 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Details her childrens' illness and rearranges her travel plans accordingly. Mentions that the Tuesday she arrives in Princeton will be the anniversary of her engagement to Max.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
29 Nov. 1940 |
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9
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Enthuses about her stay with Hella. Reports that both children are ill again. Mentions doing a fresh typing of her long article. Hopes that Hella felt happier about her translation after Mrs Norton's visit. Refers to Marina Wister and Vera Dawmann.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
13 Dec. 1940 |
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10
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hermann for writing to many universities concerning Max. Reports that she and the boys have moved into a furnished flat offered by Mrs Pappenheimer, and describes their new lodgings. Mentions projects discussed with her literary agent Ann Watkins. Tells an anecdote about William asking the meaning of a hundred percent. Mentions the death of James Joyce.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
21 Jan. 1941 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Sends sympathies for Hermann's illness and their disappointing holiday. Suggests looking for an unsalaried lectureship for Max. Informs them that Lionel Penrose has created a fund to help any of his friends cross the Atlantic which would pay for Max's travel. Believes that she could support him whilst he was with her. Refers to a long paper that Max has written for The American Review of Symbolic Logic, which, Alonzo Church heard, will arrive in America in the next week. Plans to visit the Weyls. Mentions that she has asked Mary Mason to look after Edward. Anticipates a visit from Margareta.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
5 Feb. 1941 |
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12
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Encloses money as she has received $35 from the Refugee Committee. Asks if Hella thinks her cousin-in-law's sister would like to come for a walk in the park with her and William. Enquires whether she left stockings and a clothes brush behind when she visited.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
5 Mar. 1941 |
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13
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Reports that Lefschetz has failed to secure an invitation for Max to visit America. Describes her visit to Dr Gary where she received the news that one of her hips is higher than the other causing curvature of the spine. Mentions the articles she is working on. Refers to Peter Jack's curiosity about Einstein and the Institute.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
11 Mar. 1941 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Mentions the Yugoslavian revolt. Reports that Dr Pappernheimer put her in contact with Dr Frederick Smith who is treating her back. Writes that she no longer has daily help with William and does not feel comfortable letting Berenice take him out after the 'taxi incident'. Refers to Mrs Hirsch and her daughter Eveline. Informs her that the Hogarth Press claim to have only one copy of 'Ten Letter Writers' left. Tells an anecdote about Edward's use of slang. Sends Hermann one of Lionel Penrose's mathematical problems. Confirms that she has a house in Scotland (Connecticut).
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
29 Mar. 1941 |
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15
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Confirms her arrangements for visiting the Weyls and apologises for the confusion. Refers gratefully to Margareta's part in the plan.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
15 Apr. 1941 |
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16
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Refers to her visit to the Weyls. Describes the various maladies suffered by herself and Edward, mentioning Dr Pappenheimer, Dr Wood and the Flexners. Describes her new house in Scotland, Connecticut. Refers to her visits to Joan Rossetti and Clare Millikan, the daughter of George Mallory who disappeared on Mount Everest with her cousin Andrew Irvine. Refers to a conversation with Glen Millikan about Henry Whitehead and a feast at St. John's. Wonders whether their mail boy has destroyed Ann Watkins' letter.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
15 June 1941 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Reports that she is moving to a new apartment in Riverdale for which Mrs Price is raising the $50 a month rent. Writes that she met Mrs Morley who turned out to be the wife of F.V. Morley, brother of Christopher Morley and Felix Morley. He remembered Lyn from his days at Faber and Faber and hoped to arrange for her to review Virginia Woolf's 'Between the Acts' for the Nation and the Saturday Review of Literature. Asks to borrow all Virginia Woolf's previous works. Mentions Max's week in Wales and attendence at a conference in Coventry. Admits her reservations about the placements in Bermuda and Washington recommended by Keynes and Ed Earle. Sends news of William and Edward. Mentions Clare Millikan and George, Joan Rossetti, Appy Ogilvy, and Margareta.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
3 p; paper. |
10 Jul. 1941 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Reports the illnesses suffered by William, Edward and herself. Describes their succession of household helps ending with Viola Hawke, who is uncouth but very efficient. Mentions that she has had no success with the Virginia Woolf article she sent ot Anne Watkins. Asks for the Vagts' address in Connecticut. Registers a lack of response from Mr Sidney Lovett of Yale. Refers to the funding she is receiving through Mrs Ogilvy and Mrs Richard Price, and announces that she is going to look for an apartment in New York and hopes the Flexners will help her. Thanks Hella for the photograph of Margareta and Michael. Mentions the German attack on Russia and the U.S.A. occupation of Iceland.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
13 Jul. 1941 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Congratulates Hella on her grandchild. Complains about Viola Hawke and resolves to try the Friends Committee and Jeny Kirk in her search for new help. Assures Hella that she is grateful for the Flexners' financial help but resents their lack of interest in visiting her and her children. Wonders what she has done to offend them. Mentions a future visit from Mrs Morley and Mrs Price.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
16 July 1941 |
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TLS to Hella Weyl. Arranges to have some things sent from Beatrice's attic to New York. Complains about the American postal service which returned a letter to her from Leonard Woolf to England. Reports that Edward's eyes are improving.Tells anecdotes about William's 'general sophistication'.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
26 Aug. 1941 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Regrets that she can not arrange childcare from either Clare Millikan or Margareta to enable a meeting in New York. Reports that Mrs Price has offered to have the children so that Lyn can sort out her new flat in Riverdale. Mentions that Max has dismissed the idea of her going to Bermuda, and the job Maynard Keynes found for her in Washington will not pay enough to benefit her financially. Hopes that the Flexners will not be disappointed. Discusses her relationship with Bill and Magdalen Flexner. Aspires to write again and to make some new friends in New York who don't know her as a refugee. Describes her colour scheme for her new flat.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
3 p; paper. |
29 Aug. 1941 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Confirms her plan to visit the Weyls. Urges Hella to maintain her intention of coming to lunch at Lyn's new flat.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
27 Sep. 1941 |
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23
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Refers to her happy weekend spent with the Weyls and returns Hella's socks. Reports that Max cabled to ask for clarification of the Flexners intentions, but also wrote that he has clothes coupons for the children and permission to send them clothes, books and toys.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
9 Oct. 1941 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Enthuses about the thanksgiving they spent together, and informs Hella how much William misses being at the Weyl's house. Mentions a visit from Appy Ogilvy and asks if Hella will lend Appy her copy of 'Ten Letter Writers'. Urges Hella to attend Paul Robeson's concert with herself and Vera. Refers to Christine Price's plans for Christmas. Complains of the lack of letters from England.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
29 Nov. 1941 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for the Christmas presents. Invites Hella to supper with Mrs Baer. Details plans for Hella's visit including attendence of a Paul Robeson concert with Vera. Reports that her book has been on hold because William was ill and she has been working on a campaign about allowances from husband's in England as Mrs John Rathbone MP took her letter to Washington to show Lord Halifax. Refers to the situation between her and Max and the Flexners.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
25 Dec. 1941 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Details what she has bought with the $10. Wishes she could understand Hermann's discovery and Max's research. Describes Edward's writing activity.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
Jan. 1941 |
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27
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Hopes the news of Ortega is not true. Tells Hella not to dress for the Paul Robeson concert. Reports that Mrs Baer is coming to tea on Friday and William will go to Mrs Caplan. Tells an anecdote about William. Details the conflicting advice about crossing the atlantic that she received from the Inghams and from the Consulate through Miriam Green. Mentions Theo. Attached note mentions Vera's plans to take Jacqueline away without Pierre and Jean Pierre during the February half-term and explains how this impacts on Lyn's plans. Refers to Max's idea that flying is the only way to cross the Atlantic.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
Jan. 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Details the reasons why she is reluctant to visit the Weyls in Princeton during the February half term. Wishes that Vera would swap William for her Jacqueline during the holiday. Reports that the allowances have not been officially confirmed.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
Jan. 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Reports that William has been ill with bronchial asthma and pox. Mentions that Professor Burgese and Benton MacKaye have both written her encourging letters which inspired her to try and get all three of her articles reprinted in pamphlet form, about which the agent Marion Saunders is enthusiastic. Refers to Mr Norton, the possibility of moving to a new apartment, and their new kitten.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
24 Apr. 1942 |
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TLS to Hella Weyl. Accepts Hella's invitation and hopes to see her daughter and granddaughter as well. Describes her idea for a new world map and her attempts to get it published mentioning Columbia Press, Morrows, OUP, Louis Frechtling, Rand MacNally, and Hammonds.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
28 May 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Reports that Dr Bauer of the Aviation Education Research Project has asked permission to mention her map in his manual 'Globes, Maps and Skyways'. Informs Hella of her plans to travel to Chicago to find a map-maker to produce her map. Regrets that this will eat into her holiday time with the Weyls.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
11 June 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Regrets that William is too ill for her to travel immediately. Mentions a message she is expecting from Mollie Harrower. Hopes to see Hella on Friday.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
14 June 1942 |
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TLS to Hella Weyl. Describes Mrs Lamb's house at Lane's End, where she thinks Hella might like to stay. Mentions her fears about the news from Libya.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
2 July 1942 |
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TLS to Hella Weyl. Describes their new situation in Keene Valley, New York. Offers to make Hermann a balsam cushion. Mentions to Margareta. Asks Hella to find out about Castro's position concerning Vera, and to exchange her stamp coupons for airmail stamps. Informs that she has failed to get her map produced commercially and encloses a copy of her letter to Dr Bauer explaining the circumstances.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
20 July 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Sends her sympathies about Theo's predicament. Mentions Vera and Castro. Asks if Sono would come and stay with her in the capacity of hired help. Refers to Appy Ogilvy and another lodger called Parker Potter. Hopes to send 12000 words of a book she is writing to Oxford University Press. Mentions that Max has not decided whether or not to accept the war job and is going to write to her about their return.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
27 July 1942 |
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TLS to Hella Weyl. Writes that she had some news of Hella through Miss Wheeler of Bryn Mawr. Reports that she has sent off copies of part of her book to Oxford University Press and Max. Considers whether to have her tonsils out, and tries to arrange childcare from Sono. Mentions that Mrs MacIntosh wants her to stay on into September. Describes matters concerning money from her aunt's legacy. Hopes to move to the Edgehill Inn so that Mrs Breckenridge will be nearby for support. Reports that Max is set on them returning to England and has taken a secret war job in Buckinghamshire. Refers to her long conversations with Appy Ogilvy.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
17 Aug. 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Reports that she has visited Dr Wilson a throat specialist at Saranac Lake and has decided to have her tonsils out. Admits that she is nervous because Max's tonsil operation had serious complications. Mentions that her brother has sent her money and does not know about the difficulties in connection with refunding him. Regrets that she has had to impose upon Appy Ogilvy to look after her boys and leave Mairi Ann with Jane Ingham. Asks Hella to buy stamps with the coupons that Max sent when he heard about the pawning of Lyn's engagement ring.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
22 Aug. 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Reports that they have moved back to Riverdale from Keene Valley and were sorry to leave Miss MacIntosh. Describes Edgehill Inn where they plan to live for two months. Complains that she missed Jane Ingham who tried to phone her. Asks if she can visit the Weyls.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
16 Sep. 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Mentions the projects she is working on, her map and her book. Reports that Max is enjoying his new job and she has sent him a christmas parcel despite the correspondence from Churchill to Roosevelt stopping all packages. Refers to Mrs Mendelsohn.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
14 Oct. 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Feels encouraged by the good news from Africa but has received the bad news that Miss Huntingdon is closing the Edgehill Inn for Christmas and she must uproot her family again. Rejects the idea of trying to go back to England due to Max's uncertain feelings about their return and the difficulty of getting passage. Refers to the Inghams. Asks for Margareta's address. Reports that Max approved of her book and the Richards are sending a chapter to the Atlantic Monthly.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
9 Nov. 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Enthuses about having received her first cheque from Max. Mentions Dr Steiner's visit, and an invitation to stay with the Dents in Georgia. Sends Molly Harrower-Erickson's address. Asks if Hella wants to see Bobby Clark playing Bob Acres in 'The Rivals'.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
Nov. 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for the parcel. Complains that Mrs Brush her new landlady has just given her notice for January 1st.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
22 Dec. 1942 |
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TLS to Hella Weyl. Sympathises with Hermann's illness and Hella's having guests (Margareta and Michael) and no maid. Thanks Hella for the Christmas presents. Describes their Christmas day celebrations. Reports news from Max concerning their return to England. Refers to Darlan's assassination. Mentions that Edward is ill and will not go to the country with the Dammanns as planned.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
28 Dec. 1942 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Reports that she has to attend the Vandebilt clinic concerning her eyes. Tries to arrange a meeting with Hella and Mrs Baer. Mentions Max Newman. Feels hopeful despite the Japanese successes.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
1 Jan. 1943 |
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45
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Hopes to stay with Hella on the 18th. Covers Alexander's visit, William's tonsilitis, and an infestation of bed bugs.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
Jan. 1943 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Describes William playing on his bicycle in the snow drifts. Reports that she is still waiting for her allowances from Max and accepts Hella's offer of financial support in the interim. Sends her love to Sonja and Anne Marie. Mentions her land lady Mrs Peterson. Asks if Margareta will get her job.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
2 Feb. 1943 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for sending financial aid. Complains that she has not had time to write. Details the situation with her allowance. Mentions Edward's operation. Notes that Margareta and Michael are married. Refers to Anne Marie. Describes the cold conditions in which they are living. Expresses disappointment that Max has not asked her to return to England. Admires Churchill's latest speech.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
15 Feb. 1943 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Reports that William is recovering but Edward acquire skin poisoning whilst staying with the Dammanns. Mentions that she might visit the following week and stay with Hella or Appy and Dorothy. Complains that she is inspired with a new chapter but cannot find time to write. Describes her ongoing argument with Edward about 'Three Blind Mice'.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
Mar. 1943 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Mentions that the Dammanns have chicken pox. Asks if Hella will have both her boys during the holiday. Lists all the sick children that William and Edward might have been in contact with, including the Lehmann Haupts and Babara Kugelmann. Refers to correspondence with Max.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
31 Mar. 1943 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Details plans to visit Princeton. Repays loan from Hella with the money that reimbursed Edward's operation. Offers Hella food or food coupons.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
13 Apr. 1943 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for her birthday present and details what she will buy with it. Reports that Edward has measles and discusses how this will affect her plans to visit Princeton. Mentions that she is moving to Keene Valley in June to stay with Mrs MacIntosh and that she is trying to persuade Appy to come with her as David has been drafted reducing Appy's income. Observes that civilians cannot get across the Atlantic anymore. Expresses her scepticism about Sheila Corner's news that Max really wants her and the children to return. Asks if Hella can find a library that will take four volumes of her journal. Writes that she is burning everything earlier than 1928.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
4 May 1943 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Mentions Max's papers. Refers to her renewed map-making activities. Reports that William is out of plaster and she may be able to visit Princeton sometime in June. Writes that she will go to the Adirondacks if Appy does. Mentions Mrs Baer, and Carl Andrew.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
15 May 1943 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Describes the train journey back from Princeton. Writes that she has too much to pack and accepts the offer of an extra suitcase. Announces that she has officially withdrawn Edward from Fieldston school in anticipation of leaving for England.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
1 June 1943 |
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TLS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for the suitcase and for asking Mrs Frankl to contact her about crossing the Atlantic. Mentions that the New Yorker returned her 'Thursday the Eighteenth'. Describes her awful week packing to move to Keene Valley. Details their stay with Mrs MacIntosh. Refers to Appy Ogilvy, and Mabbie Schmiderer. Writes about her attempt to re-read 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
28 June 1943 |
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TLS to Hella Weyl. Covers the appearance of a lump in her groin, her attempts to get Dorothy Burlingham to offer her a post that would be recognised as war work and Lady Margaret Barry's news that only mothers without children under sixteen can count as warworkers. Mentions Max's work at Bletchley park. Refers to the arrivals of Appy and Mabbie. Offers to send a copy of the first poem she has written for a long time.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
20 July 1943 |
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TLS to Hella Weyl. Reports that Dr Ryan thinks that her lump is a hernia and is going to operate to remove it. Observes that there is no possibility of their return to England before September. Refers to the good news about Italy. Encloses her poem.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
29 July 1943 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for the present of a cross. Describes her time in hospital. Mentions Appy Ogilvy and Mabbie Schmiderer. Refers to several possible plans for when they leave Keene Valley including staying with Clare Millikan. Informs Hella that they will probably arrive in Princeton in September and she is going to ask May Mason about places to live and a school for William. Explains what she is doing to try to get passage back to England and complains that Babara Bosanquet achieved it with three children because she has influence. Responds to Hella commentary on her poem. Details what she has been reading. Worries about Max's state of health judging by the letters she has received from him.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
3 p; paper. |
17 Aug. 1943 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl written on the SS Nyassa. Explains that they are travelling back to England via Portugal and without Max's consent as he did not reply to her cable. Hopes that Hermann can keep Fanny Kemble's letters for her. Describes her voyage. Asks Hella to write to her c/o Max at St John's College.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
18 Sep. 1943 |
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TLS to Hella Weyl. Complains of her situation in Buckinghamshire with no schools for the children, hardly any contact with the outside world, and a lot of housework to do for Max. Describes wartime England. Replies that she did not see Mrs Aydelotte on board the Nyassa. Hopes that Patrick Blackett will visit Princeton whilst he is in the U.S.A. Asks for the address of the Saturday Review so that she can write to them about her poem. Sends a puzzle about goldfish with the answer on a separate sheet of paper. Postscript with an anecdote about the accidental breakage of Lyn's birthday present from Max.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
11 Dec. 1943 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for the Christmas parcel. Mentions that her last news from America came in December when Vera Dammann and Mabbie Schmiderer wrote. Hopes to see Nancy Raphael's brother who has news of her American friends. Details Max's illnesses. Mentions that Yda and Jonathan are staying with her. Plans to return to Cross Farm in May. Describes her life in Buckinghamshire including chicken keeping. Mentions that Babara Whitehead has lent them a piano and Edward is having lessons. Describes a plane crash [the letter has been censored here].
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
16 Feb. 1944 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Describes her domestic situation. Mentions visitors including Gorley Putt, Jim Rose, Pat Blackett, Max's mother, the Whiteheads, and Elsa. Details her plans for living at Cross Farm with Yda and Babara Whitehead, including schooling for their children.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
3 p; paper. |
3 May 1944 |
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ALS to Hellla Weyl. Mentions seeing Appy Ogilvy on her return to England. Refers to Hermann's artistic talent. Thanks Hella for the clothes. Enthuses over the progress of the war. Mentions the business of the pilotless plane [here the letter is censored]. Reports that she met the Goldstein family, Sidney and Rosa and their children, and heard that their flat had been destroyed. Describes the filthy state in which she found Cross Farm on her return. Mentions Max.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
3 p; paper. |
19 July 1944 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Informs Hella that Yda's husband Peter was killed in Holland on 22 September and discusses Yda's future. Mentions that Appy Ogilvy is not happy and Antonia is a problem. Covers the drought, Edwards's new school, William's development, sources of food, the difficulty of acquiring sufficient clothing for winter, Max's stay with the Blacketts, the bombing, the lifting of the blackout, the progress of the clean up on Cross Farm, a visit from Felix Gilbert and his sister and Bill Flexner's presence in London.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
11 p; paper. |
24 Oct. 1944 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for the Christmas parcel. Announces that Max has accepted a chair at Manchester University. Discusses her feelings about this news. Mentions that she has not seen Yda and Jonathan since November. Reports on life at Cross Farm and her attempts to find schooling for William. Refers to the news from the continent. Mentions Appy Ogilvy.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
5 p; paper. |
12 Mar. 1945 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for the 'little Owen Wister story'. Expresses her happiness that Margareta is expecting a baby. Asks if the Achim's baby has arrived and whether Michael has returned home. Envies Max's ability to return to a pre-war state so quickly when she has to cope with lack of help, food and clothes. Details the outcome of her search for somewhere to live in Manchester. Sends news of Yda, Elsa and her parents, and Max's mother. Enthuses about her geese. Mentions Appy's house worries. Asks Hella to look out for stockings for her. Asks after Mrs Panofsky.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
9 p; paper. |
17 July 1945 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for the letter and the photograph of Margareta. Reports that the Whiteheads are coming for Christmas. Describes her preparations for moving to Manchester and letting Cross Farm. Gives details of the house in Manchester which is near her cousin Hugh Irvine. Sends news of her parents, Yda, and Appy.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
17 Dec. 1945 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for the parcels. Complains of food shortages. Describes her evening routine and writes that the fears that made her argue with Max and Patrick Blackett the year before have been realised. Registers her disappointment with the boys' new schools. Reports the death of Professor Black.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
4 p; paper. |
12 Feb. 1946 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Suggests that Max could collect the Fanny Kemble letters when he visits Princeton. Mentions Lady Butler. Writes that Max will also reimburse the cost of posting her journals and letters back to England. Reveals her plan to let the house in Manchester and return to Cambridge whilst Max is in America. Reports that she is continuing her attempt to publish her world map. Sends news of Appy Ogilvy, and Henry Whitehead. Describes the schooling of Edward and William. Asks after Margareta. Sends her sympathies about Maynard Keynes.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
4 p; paper. |
6 May 1946 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for the parcel of food and clothes. Describes their clothing ration and the improvement in quality and availability of goods. Covers Max's plans to travel to America, a grant he is receiving for his project, Lyn's plans to move back to Cambridge, and William's bicycle accident. Mentions Appy Ogilvy, Elsa and Yda. Complains about the lack of social contact caused by the difficulty of entertaining on rations. Describes her garden. Asks after Hella's sister, and their plans for the summer.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
4 p; paper. |
7 June 1946 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Asks urgently for news of the Weyls. Details her arrangements for living in Cambridge whilst Max is in America. Reports that William is enjoying the Byron House School and Edward is having lessons privately including music with Mrs Ellis. Describes Appy's daughter Mairi Ann. Mentions her letters from Mag Flexner, whose broken marriage reminds her of Appy's, and refers to Cyril Connolly's "The Unquiet Grave". Covers Nancy Raphael's troubles, a picnic with the Inghams, and Max's movements between visiting Turing at the Nat. Physical Laboratory and visiting the Blacketts in Manchester. Suggest that Mabbie Schmiderer might house her journals and MSS. Expresses her sadness that they left Cross Farm to be neglected by tenants.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
3 p; paper. |
4 Oct. 1946 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Asks if Mrs Panofsky's illness is serious. Enquires about the Weyls plan to go to China and reveals her own hopes to take her children to Switzerland in 1948. Reports that Max seems happy in Princeton but worries that he is not making the most of his opportunities for talk about his project with other academics. Hopes to get her map made by Paul and Marjorie Abbatt. Repeats the information about 'Ten Letter Writers' that she acquired from Leonard Woolf. Describes her trip to the Observatory and King's College Chapel. Mentions Michael and Margareta and Hella's sister. Refers to the transportation of the Fanny Kemble letters.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
4 p; paper. |
29 Nov. 1946 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Sympathises with Hella about her illness. Expresses her relief that Hella is able to travel to Zurich. Regrets that she will not be able to meet the Weyls in Switzerland and wonders if they could return to America via England. Complains about the state of the country. Describes her charwomen. Questions the competancy of the Labour Government. Refers to Stephen Spender's 'European Witness'. Thanks Hella for sending her MSS with Henry. Discusses how to educate William and Edward. Observes the feminism in Appy Ogilvy that annoyed Francis, Appy's husband. Reports the death of Max's mother. Mentions that she is writing about her childhood in Berwick-on-Tweed.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
6 p; paper. |
4 Apr. 1947 |
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ALS to Lyn Newman. Annouces that she has signed up for a round trip to New York on the Queen Elizabeth. Hopes to visit Vera Dammann, Mabbie Schmiderer, Christine Price and most of all Hella. Anticipates that Yda will travel with her. Mentions William, Edward and Max.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
2 p; paper. |
12 Dec. 1947 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Makes plans to see Hella if she visits England in June. Hopes for a reunion of the Weyls, Newmans and Whiteheads. Wonders if she could fly over to Switzerland to have more time with Hella when Max and the boys are at Borth-y-Gest and looked after by Miss Jones. Sends her sympathy about Margareta's miscarriage. Describes her boys reactions to their schools. Mentions her writing about her childhood. Refers to Max's 'Third Programme appreciation of Hardy'.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
4 p; paper. |
29 Jan. 1948 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Thanks Hella for the parcel. Details what she has been listening to on the Third Programme.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
10 Feb. 1948 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Discusses plans for Hella's visit to England.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
1 p; paper. |
5 May 1948 |
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ALS to Hella Weyl. Expresses her sadness that Hella cannot visit England due to illness. Explains why she could not visit them in Switzerland. Describes Cross Farm when she visited to supervise a change of tenants. Mentions the Garrett Birkhoffs. Sends news of Appy and Mairi-Ann, Christine Price and Mag Flexner.
Creator: Lyn Newman.
5 p; paper. |
26 May 1948 |
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Autograph note. A modified version of the goldfish puzzle. The name Teresa Kennedy appended to the bottom.
Creator: Lyn Newman?.
1 p; paper. |
1943 |
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Portrait photograph. Hermann Weyl.
Creator: Hella Weyl.
1; photograph. |
1945 |
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Lid of a box addressed to Lyn Newman. Contained 'old letters (1940/48)'.
Creator: H. Weyl.
1 item. |
1949 |
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