Key Information
Reference code
K/PP149/4/4/27
Title
Correspondence, 1960-1971, with Tom West
Date(s)
- 1960 - 1971 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3 files
Scope and content
Personal correspondence between Cicely Saunders and her friend (and future colleague) Dr Tom West (1928-2022), chiefly letters from West during his service with the Church Missionary Society (CMS), Wusasa Hospital, Zaria, northern Nigeria, on topics including: family news; West's work in the Hospital; the funding and building of a new maternity ward; Saunders' patients at St Joseph's Hospice, including Antoni Michniewicz; the death of Saunders' father; the development of St Christopher's Hospice; holidays; books; music; birdwatching.