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Envelope containing two letters from Hella in Binz, Rügen. In the first letter, Hella is having a lovely holiday sunbathing and wishes Günther could also be there. The journey there had a few difficulties. They were at the station three hours before departure and so got good seats. She was impressed by the journey over the Rügendamm and the view from there of Stralsand. On arrival they found they could not all stay together at the place they had originally booked so they booked into another place. It is lovely but the neighbours are not. On one side there is a KLV [Kinderlandverschickung] home [for evacuated children] and on the other is an SS recreational home. However, they are out all day every day so this is not really a problem. They nearly had to go home on the second day as they did not have a ‘holiday certificate’. Hella had to write to the Kreigseinsatzstelle (War Office) to ask for a statement assuring their importance to the war effort. She is certain this will come through. In the second letter, Hella has an upset tummy from drinking too much buttermilk and followed by a lot of swimming. At 2 am last night she went for a walk in her dressing gown with a friend. She has been here for 14 days and the time has flown as she has really enjoyed in. She learnt from his mother that Günther has been stationed in Mecklenburg for four weeks and hopes that soon he will be able to return to Holland as he wants. She is sorry to have missed his short visit to Berlin. Yesterday she received not only a letter from him, but also a letter Hella had sent to Ingolstadt. She will send it on to Günther with this letter. In the bad weather they go walking. Recently they went on a walk towards Sellin but had to turn back as there were so many SS. Today they have been forbidden to go on the beach because of the threat of planes.

Two letters in one envelope from Hella in Crimmitschau. They are confined to the camp for eight days due to an outbreak of diphtheria. The teachers can’t enter the house and so there are no lessons. Final exams will now still be taking place in February. She asks when Günther will get leave and hopes to visit him in March. She really wants to see him, especially after they were able to speak on the phone a few times. It is now five months since they saw each other. Hella sympathises with the fact that he cannot get much sleep. She describes her struggle to get up in the mornings. She asks if he would be able to get hold of a comb for her. Her last one broke and is in a terrible state. It is impossible to buy one where Hella is. The envelope with its contents was returned to Hella’s Berlin address with the words Gefallen für Grossdeutschland (Fallen for Greater Germany) written across it.

Envelope containing two letters from Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. In the first letter, Hella wishes Günther a happy birthday. She would have preferred to have been able to congratulate him in person. She is sending him a Pix [pen?]. She has the same one and will think of him whenever she uses it. She suggests he does the same. In the second letter, Hella hasn’t heard from Günther and hopes he is not still angry with her. However, she does not think he is and surmises that he may not be writing as he is busy with duties. She was very disappointed to learn that her class’s redeployment had been postponed but after reflection thinks it is more important that they have time to learn. She then goes on to describe a way in which she is managing to miss classes, and says that this is common. Hella has joined the Charlottenburg Sport Club in preparation for the Athletic Leaving Certificate. Hella hopes to do the Reichssportabzeichen (Sports Badge). You need to be 18 to do this, but she can start in the autumn. She has air raid duty tonight. Her meal before she goes will be frugal, but her parents go to a poultry farm in Fürstenberg today, so hopefully there will be plenty to eat tomorrow. Hella sends Günther a photo of her taken on New Year’s day.

This sub-series contains letters from Hella Scholz's love interest Hans Bratengeier.

Letters from Hanna Curtin, Tullaleague, Glin, county Limerick giving words of support to Dore during his imprisonment in Frongoch. The reverse of one of the letters contains a note from Michael Staines.

Five letters from Sister Alphonsus Mary [Grace O’Malley] to her brother Charles Vincent O’Malley discussing her illness and approaching death from tuberculosis and offering devotional guidance; also a prayer card, and an in memoriam card issued on her death on 20 April 1928.

Letters from Gobnait Uí Bhruadair, Castle Cove, Killarney, county Kerry to Madge Daly relating to efforts to keep St Ita’s School in Cork open and to ongoing fundraising for and care of republican prisoners.

Eight letters from Blacket Gill & Small, Solicitors, 9 Staple Inn, Holborn, London, W.C. 1, to Kate O’Brien, 39 Steele’s Road, London, N.W.3, regarding the purchase of the Boughton property noting the need to find a mortgage, inspecting the roof, report by Rentokil, exchange of contracts, the deposit, death of Mrs. Miles (property owner), fire insurance, and title deeds. Letter dated 16 April notes ‘We are sorry to say that… Mrs. Miles died early today. We have, of course, exchanged Contracts so this will not affect your purchase of the cottage… Tassell & Son feel sure that the Executrices will be agreeable to your moving in on the 15th May’.

Letters from Fourfront Poets, 1 Cathedral Villas, Limerick, relating to the inclusion of Lysaght’s poems in the Limerick Anthology On the Counterscarp. Correspondents include Ciaran O’Driscoll and Jo Slade.