THINGS PAST

• Published in: Lady in the Dark p. 369
• Main Author: Sitton, Robert
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States Columbia University Press 01.04.2014
• Subjects: Affidavits; Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Archival science; Archives; Archiving; Art history; Art periods; Arts; Audiovisual archives; Audiovisual archiving; Behavioral sciences; Cognitive psychology; Communism; Communist; Communist parties; Consulates; Cultural anthropology; Cultural institutions; Cultural studies; Documentary films; Embassies; Emotion; Emotional states; Empathy; Film archives; Film archiving; Film studies; Foreign affairs; George Eastman House; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Information science; International Federation of Film Archives; International politics; International relations; James Card; Judicial system; Language; Law; Legal evidence; Legal proceedings; Library science; Linguistics; McCarthyism; Memoirs; Modern art; Movies; Moving image archives; Orthographies; Political ideologies; Political organizations; Political parties; Political philosophy; Political science; Politics; Psychology; State Department; Sworn statements; Sympathy; Trial court proceedings; Typographic fonts; Typographies
• ISBN: 9780231165785; 0231165781
• DOI: 10.7312/columbia/9780231165785.003.0037

It seems that no matter how far from her old environments Iris traveled, recollections of the past seemed to follow her. She was in Fayence when Dick Abbott died in a hotel in New York on the morning of February 5, 1952. He was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Milford, Delaware on February 9, 1952, his forty-fourth birthday.¹ Iris was notified of Abbott’s death via cable from his brother Charles. The notice came at the same time she heard from her son about her mother’s death. The line of support between Abbott and her mother ended with both