Scope and Contents This correspondence was included in the Pedlar Finlay Archive but apparently the card was never published by Finlay nor is there any correspondence from Finlay about this project. The photograph of the Aurora was printed in Leningrad. Wikipedia: "Aurora (Russian: Авро́ра, tr. Avrora; IPA: [ɐˈvrorə]) is a 1900 Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in St. Petersburg. Aurora was one of three Pallada-class cruisers, built in St. Petersburg for service in the Pacific Far East. During World War I Aurora operated in the Baltic Sea performing patrols and shore bombardment tasks. In 1915, her armament was changed to fourteen 152 mm (6 in) guns. At the end of 1916, she was moved to Petrograd (the renamed St Petersburg) for a major repair. The city was brimming with revolutionary ferment and part of her crew joined the 1917 February Revolution. A revolutionary committee was created on the ship, with Aleksandr Belyshev elected as captain. Most of the crew...

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Houedard is concerned about sending his reversals and reflecting poems to Ugo Carrega for an exhibition in Italy "but he prefers something more general - a bit of a retrospective - which puts me [Houedard] in a quandry as my stuff gets so scattered i never know where anything is & having had two retrospectives already (the V-&-A in london: the ceolgrith in newcastle at the laing) i cant start assembling stuff all over again - however i shall suggest he writes to the british council to see if they can help - also to the V-&-A which has a travelling show of some of my work (tho whether their travelling shows go abroad i am not certain." The envelope is addressed to Richard Aaron in Switzerland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.