Correspondence with Buxton, Dorothy Francis

Identifier
3000/9/1/247
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
File
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

18 letters

Biographical History

Dorothy Francis Buxton (nee Jebb, 1881-1963) was a British Christian humanitarian and social activist. In the aftermath of World War I she and her sister Eglantyne Jebb founded the Save the Children Fund - today one of the biggest NGOs to promote children’s rights. During the Second World War Buxton had campaigned for refugees from Germany. See Mulley, C., , Oneworld publications, 2010.

Scope and Content

The hand- and typewritten letters concern Buxton’s offer to provide The Wiener Library with selected books and material from her private collection. She further claimed to have met and briefly interviewed Hermann Göring in Germany on March 26, 1935. Beside letters, the correspondence contains a memo about a meeting with Buxton as well as a clipping of her obituary published in .

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