100th Anniversary, 1839-1939, 1939

File — Box: BER 69

Identifier: IOLM/BER/15/1/3

Scope and Contents

The 1939 celebrations were cancelled due to the outbreak of the Second World War (1939-1945) on 1st September. Letters and telegrams were received from Sisters of Mercy and other well wishers, containing messages of support and greeting. Those received from Sisters came from: Abingdon, Alnwick, Bournemouth, Brentwood, Brighton, Clifford, Gravesend, Guernsey, Handsworth, Hull, Hunslet, Liverpool, London (Harewood Avenue and Grove End Road NW8), Midhurst, Nottingham, Shanklin, Sunderland, Twickenham, Wigton, Whitstable, Dundee and Edinburgh in Scotland, Baggot Street and Carysford Park in Ireland, and Grafton, Australia. The file also contains two centenary souvenir cards and two poems about the jubilee.

Dates

Creation: 1939

Conditions Governing Access note

As a private archive, access to the Institute of Our Lady of Mercy Archive requires application to the Archivist and approval by the Institute's Leadership Team. Where items are closed for access, this is indicated at the appropriate level.