Viscount and Viscountess Halifax photographs of Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn
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Abstract
A set of black-and-white publicity-style photographs of Viscount and Viscountess Halifax during two visits to the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn in 1943 as well as related correspondence, ephemera and news coverage.
Biographical note
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and his wife Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow were known as the Viscount and Viscountess Halifax from 1934 to 1944, and later styled as the Earl and Lady of Halifax from 1944 to 1959. Viscount Halifax served as the British Ambassador to the United States during World War II. The couple's middle son, Major Hon. Francis Hugh Peter Courtenay Wood, was killed in 1942 during combat in Egypt. In 1943, the Viscount and Viscountess visited Brooklyn and dedicated the "Alice in Wonderland" room of the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn's pediatric ward in memory of their son.
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- "Halifax Chooses Memorial to Son." New York Times, January 20, 1943, 40.
Arrangement
The set of photographs in their custom box is housed in one folder and the related materials are housed separately in a second folder.
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed primarily of 43 black-and-white publicity-style photographs of Viscount and Viscountess Halifax during two visits to the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn in 1943. Photographs show the couple posing with pediatric patients, hospital staff, and the room dedicated to their late son, as well as a banquet attended by the Viscount and Viscountess. Photographs in the collection were taken by Larry Gordon for the New York Times; a small number of these photographs were published in New York Times articles dated January 20, 1943 and March 20, 1943. The set of photographs is housed in a custom-built box.
Additionally, the collection includes some related correspondence, ephemera, and news coverage.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
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Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Viscount and Viscountess Halifax photographs of Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, V1974.017, Box number, Object ID number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer from Brooklyn College library, 1979.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The collection's digital surrogates should be used in place of the originals whenever possible.
Existence and Location of Copies
Item-level description and digital versions of images from the collection are available for searching via the image database in the library under the object ID prefix V1974.17.
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Processing Information
This collection was originally processed as just the set of photographs. In 2026, the additional correspondence, ephemera, and news coverage was found in the collection's accession file and added to the collection by Dee Bowers. At that time, the Trinidad Guardian news clipping was photocopied and the original discarded.
