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Issue 4 2009
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Photograph of Wallis Spencer by photographer Coronado/San Diego society photographer Lou Bigelow, circa 1920, from the collection of Mark Gaulding. The photo was sold in the Sotheby's 1998 auction of the Windsor's personal possessions. The drawing of the Windsor Cottage at Hotel del Coronado is by Society Member and artist, Sue Brucks. (IN). This organization is founded upon member participation and interest, which is collectively focused in a quarterly journal. You can receive this journal either via a printed version or an electronic version pdf file that you may download and print from your own computer. [To Order]
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| Photograph of Wallis Spencer by photographer Coronado/San Diego society photographer Lou Bigelow, circa 1920, from the collection of Mark Gaulding. The photo was sold in the Sotheby's 1998 auction of the Windsor's personal possessions. The drawing of the Windsor Cottage at Hotel del Coronado is by Society Member and artist, Sue Brucks. (IN). | , | |
| Editor's Column | Mark Gaulding (CA) | A review of this issue as well as topical commentary on current stories that are in the headlines |
| Editor's ColumThe Windsors I Knew: An American Private Secretary's Personal Account Nassau, Bahamas, 1940-1944n | by |
Jean Wallace Drewes was private secretary to the Windsors. She wrote a lengthy manuscript of her time in the Windsors employ. Her eldest son tells us how the job came about for Drewes. Excerpts from Mrs. Drewes manuscript are included here and will be featured in future Society journal issues by Michael Hardcastle-Taylor. Includes numerous original photographs |
| COVER article: San Diego: An Introduction Wallis Spencer's San Diego |
by Mark Gaulding (CA) | San Diego: A Society Introduction to the City: An overview of the history of San Diego and a look at the city today by Mark Gaulding (CA); Wallis Spencer's San Diego: A comprehensive look at the homes that the Spencers lived in during their San Diego residency from November 1917 to late 1920. Includes contemporary and current photos as well as a look at San Diego and Coronado at the time. |
| The Duchess of Windsor, the Prince of Wales and the Coronado Legend (Part 2) |
by Benjamin Sacks, PhD | Dr. Benjamin Sacks investigates the long held legend that Edward Prince of Wales and Wallis Warfield Spencer met originally in 1920 in San Diego when Edward made a two-day visit while on his Australian world tour. For years, this legend added even more mystery surrounding the Windsors. This two-part article originally appeared in The Journal of San Diego History Fall 1987 and is reprinted here with permissino of the family of Professor Sacks who passed away in 2007 at the age of 104. Second of two part installment |
| Upcoming Windsor Jewelry Ayuction Gardiner Houlgate in UK | by Mark Gaulding (CA) |
Upcoming Auction by UK auctioneer house Gardiner Houlgate in March 2010 of four items which originally were sold in the 1987 Sotheby's Geneva auction of the Jewels for the Duchess of Windsor--Gardiner Houlgate will sell four exquisite items that once belonged to the Duchess of Windsor. The sale is set for Thursday, March 25, 2010 at the Bath Auction Rooms in England. |
| North Air Base: Birthplace of US Naval Aviation | by Mark Gaulding (CA) |
Wallis's first husband, Lt. Comdr. Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr. can be called the "father" of the Birthplace of Naval Aviation. Spencer was sent in late 1917 to establish a new air base at North Island on the Coronado Peninsula. This is a brief article about Spencer's work as well as an overview of the history of the airbase. Includes photographs. |
| The Prince of Wales Visits San Diego: A Study in Perception | by Richard G. Kurial, PhD | This article originally was published in The Journal of San Diego History and is reprinted in its entirety with permission of the author. It provides an indepth analysis of the Prince of Wales visit to San Diego in 1920 on his Australian world tour, the second of his empire tours. |
| Duke & Duchess of Windsor Society: Member Profile | Jean Braxton (Canada) |
An interview with Society Member Jean Braxton |
| The Windsor Collection of John Makepeace (VA) | by John Makepeace (VA) | A look at his large Windsor Collection which includes exquisite King Edward VIII coronation commemoratives, faux jewelry, books and more | .
| First International Duke & Duchess of Windsor Society Conference, San Diego, October 2009 | by Mark Gaulding (CA) | Photographs and article from the wonderful weekend at Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, October 2009. Featuring Society Members Featuring Hugo Vickers (UK), Dean James Leo (OH), Richard Rene Silvin (GA/FL), Lena Farugia (South Africa), J. Scott Watkins (MD). The weekend included a tour of North Island Air Base; tour of Wallis' homes in San Diego; a visit to the Society-sponsored Duke & Duchess of Windsor exhibition at the Coronado Library; a tour the Windsor Cottage on the grounds of the Hotel del Coronado with hotel historian Chris Donovan; A Windsor Gala evening which recreated the exact menu served to the Prince of Wales during his 1920 visit to San Diego. The 5-course gourmet meal was served in the same location where the Prince's banquet was held, The Coronet Room. The evening included a special one-act performance of Lena Farugia's play WE & Them (aka UNTITLED) by Lena and her husband, Robert Davies. Also a performance of select songs from a new WE musical Wallis & Edward: The Love Story of the Century by Irv Raible; Screening of the 2002 documentary byChristine Carter (Edward on Edward) titled The Demonized Duchess. An overnight excursion for several members to Long Beach to visit the Windsors Suite at the Hotel Queen Mary. |
| Society sponsors a two-month Duke & Duchess of Windsor exhibition at the Coronado Library (October-November 2009) | by Mark Gaulding (CA) | Society Members contribute items to an exhibition at the Coronado Public Library which coincided with the Society's first conference in October. The exhibition include a comprehensive photo biography of the Windsors life, with a brief narrative. Additional focus on King Edward VIII abdication memorabilia, the two Sotheby's auctions of the Duchess Jewelry and their personal collection in 1987 and 1998 respectively. Numerous pieces of faux Wallis jewelry, items that were sold in the 1998 auction in New York. The exhibit was one of the most visited, according to the library's Director, Christian Esquiven. |
| WE: cuisine-wise | June Gaulding (CA) | Wallis's Spencer's very first dinner party menu which she had in San Diego in 1917-1918. The recipes are from Fanny Farmer's Boston Cooking School Cook Book. |
| WE: Sightings | Society Members | Newspaper articles, magazines, book sightings with Windsor references |
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