| Description | Correspondence and autobiographical writings of Spanish composer Gustavo Duran. Letters record his activities and marriage (in Totnes) to Bonte Rommily Crompton, at the conclusion of the Spanish Civil War, and interest in him expressed by the Ministry of Labour and National Service in 1940; also an essay by Duran, 'Experiences in the Spanish War. How An Army Was Improvised' (c1939); and press cuttings about their marriage. The folder also contains money, specifically 2,830 Republican pesetas in mixed bank notes. Bonte Duran's letters to Dorothy Elmhirst discuss her husband's activities; liberalism and local opposition to America's entry into World War II; children and family matters; Gustavo's career as a lecturer and music critic; American political elections; Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Later correspondence is from their daughters, Janey and Cheli, to the Elmhirsts. |