| Description | 1) Letter from Alvin Gerlack, chief of staff of the office of the San Francisco Chapter of the Military Order of the World War to Vice-Admiral, Sir William Pakenham, San Francisco, enclosing his certificate and membership card as an honorary member, 7 Feb 1922
2) Two letters from Katsuko Seki to Vice-Admiral William Pakenham, Admiralty House, Bermuda, Mar 1921 and Feb 1922 thanking him for his gift of a watch, has sent him her portrait and hopes to visit him (addresses him as 'godfather') mentions that her uncle left Yokohama with the Crown Prince.
3) Letters from Curzon (copy letter) and W Hodges regarding William Pakenham's valuable service in the North American Command, Jun 1923 with an extract of Sir Auckland Geddes' letter to Lord Curzon, Jun 1923
4) Letter from Charles Walker, Admiralty, to William Pakenham thanking him for his service in the North American Command, Mar 1923
5) Photographs and menu cards some of which have cartoons of William Pakenham and 'Colonel W Coello'. Christmas card from Walter Cowan, 1919 with a photograph of HMS Delhi and a card from 'The Warrant Officers' to William Pakenham showing HMS Calcutta near an iceberg 1922.
6) Post card of Budleigh Salterton 'From Admiral Tudors letter of 19.8.21', stating that the proof that Walter Raleigh lived here has only just been found in a letter. Also Admiralty House at Bermuda, ships and a postcard of Admiralty House from Oliver Tennyson Porter, Mar 1921.
7) Letter from J Kennedy, Scotland, to Admiral Pakenham which discusses his life since Armistice Day. Has spent a year with Denikin's and Wrangel's armies and criticises the half-hearted policy supporting the anti-Bolsheviks. Mentions travelling over Russia, the Crimea, Constantinople in the Allied Commission of Control and warns of the Near East as being inflammatory. Is now studying for a course, 21 Dec 1920
8) Envelope with 17 photographs of various groups, many of which include William Pakenham including a wreath-laying ceremony. Some are described on the reverse - at Lady Taylor's at Nassau, Jul 1923. Also includes the programme for the annual dinner of the Louisiana Historical Society at the Patio Royal, New Orleans, 20 Jan 1923 |