Add. MS a/664
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8 Sept. 1939-16 Dec. 1945
Part of Additional Manuscripts a
Copies of the 70 typescript 'Letters from Cambridge' sent to correspondents, mostly former pupils, serving abroad during World War II (see O.11.26). Personal salutations and valedictions to Warren Pollock added to almost all letters in Gow's hand. Letters sewn together by academic year: 1-12 bear dates of 18 Sept. 1939-19 Aug 1940.; 13-24, 5 Sept. 1940-16 Aug. 1941; 25-36, 29 Aug. 1941- [15 Aug. 1942 -added by hand]; 37-48, 30 Aug. 1942-12 Aug. 1943; 49-60, 11 Sept. 1943-12 Aug. 1944; the final ten letters, 61-70, date from 15 Sept. 1944 to 16 Dec. 1945 and are unsewn.
Gow, Andrew Sydenham Farrar (1886-1978), classical scholar