Donated by Mr D.W. Edgerley.
Letters to parents, 1945-1991.
Box 1 – Letters to parents, 1945-1953. Written from London, Bristol and Alberta, Canada to parents who lived in Burma and Mauritius.
Box 2 – Letters to parents in Mauritius (some written by Shirley-Anne, DWE’s wife). Written from Edmonton and Calgary, with a selection also written from Rio de Janeiro.
Box 3 – Letters to parents in Mauritius (some written by Shirley-Anne, DWE’s wife). Written from Edmonton. 1963-1969.
Box 4 – Letters to parents, written from Australia and Holland, 1970 – 1974.
Box 5 – Letters to parents, written from Australia and Holland, 1975 – 1981.
Box 6 – Letters to parents, written from Indonesia, the UK and Australia, 1982-1991.
Boxes 7-8 – Research papers, pamphlets, journals and notes in preparation for trips to Burma [Myanmar], 1990s.
Box 9 – Letter from D. Edgerley’s mother on the eve of evacuation from Burma; memoirs of evacuation, 1942.
Box 10 – Commemorative volume on the centenary of Myanmar Forest School; photograph books of Burma, 1923-1942, and Naini Tal, 1850-2005.
Box 11 – Letters written by DWE’s parents and family, 1936-1967.
Box 12 – Letters received from family, 1968-1974.