Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
Letters to and from Patrick from over the years. I am attempting to remove last names in the interest of privacy. Many of his old letters are undated. When that happens I make an educated guess (in terms of posting dates for this web site) but I could be wildly off in some cases.
Here’s a letter from Alice Berridge to Patrick and Mari, written shortly after Kennedy was murdered. (The letter is dated 1 Dec 1963.) In it she announces the impending arrival of a second child. (I believe that would be David.) JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Here’s a long letter from Fred to Patrick and Mari after the Kennedy assassination, summing up the president’s accomplishments and how they have already been diminished to “just a man.”
Here’s a letter to Fred proposing a rendezvous in Athens or Rome and Delphi. I’ve assumed it’s 1963 but I don’t know, and all the aforementioned are dead. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
Here’s a letter from Fred to Pat and Mari talking about writing, and segregation in the south, and rejection, and travel.
Here’s an undated letter from Alice Berridge and others to Patrick and Mari. I suspect it’s from 1962 or 1963 because of the Izmir reference. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Here’s a photo of the Zambak, a newspaper clipping (incomplete) about the episode with a picture of Mari on the cover, and some e-mail exchanges explaining more of what happened. There is a fuller story he sent me on 25 Dec 2013 that you might enjoy. Patrick wrote the following back-story: Here is the boat […]
Here’s a letter from Fred to Pat and Mari. My guess is it’s from 1963 since it alludes to Greece and perhaps the Zambak. I haven’t retyped it…. hopefully the scanned pages are readable. Fred opens with “There are complications” and closes with “Men are sometimes masters of their fates — but on only the […]
Here’s a letter from Fred to Patrick from the early 1960s in New York, with a reference to Mari. I’m guessing this is early 1963 (I arbitrarily gave it a date of 3 March 1963) but I’ll need to research the timing of Patrick’s purchase (and subsequent near-demise) of the Zambak.
Here’s a letter from 10 December 1962 to Patrick about some of his stories. (I don’t know which ones.) I’m not sure who “dmy” is – can someone identify the sender for us? PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com