Public and Political: General: Patronage: Correspondence, British Academy - Business Speaks., Sep 1956 - Dec 1964
Scope and Contents
Correspondents concerning honours to be given to WSC, or tributes made to him or requesting support from WSC include: Edward Dawson-Moray, British Consul Casablanca [Morocco] concerning the re-naming of the British Club; A Hayhurst, Secretary-Treasurer of the British Deaf and Dumb Association (9); Adrian Samuel, Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary on the 'Churchill Corner' at the British Exhibition in New York [United States]; "Nicko" [John Nicholas] Henderson [Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary] and Israel Brodie, Chief Rabbi, on the establishment of a Winston Churchill chair at Bar-Ilan University [Israel]; Sir Alan Burns on the British Honduras [later Belize] hurricane relief fund; Leonard Figg of the Foreign Office on British Jewry Day; Barnett Janner, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews; David Coffer, General Secretary of the British Legion, on the position of farmer settlers in Kenya; Ronald Cull, Secretary of the Westerham [Kent] branch of the British Legion (4); Mrs Frankland Moore, Appeal Secretary (4) and Leslie Lever, Secretary of the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association; Sir Neville Gass, Chairman (4) and A Chisholm (6) of British Petroleum Company Limited on the company's 50th anniversary and the published history of the company; Nicholas Fenn, Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary on the British Universities North America Club; and J Gowring Middleton, President of the Institute of Builders (6).Also includes: copies of correspondence from WSC to the individuals mentioned above; notes and copies of correspondence from Doreen Pugh, Catherine Snelling, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford] and Gillian Maturin [Secretaries to WSC] and Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC]; newspaper cuttings; pamphlets and information about the 1960 British Exhibition in New York, the British Legion, British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association Scottish Home, the British Home and Hospital for Incurables, the British Society for International Understanding, the British Universities North America Club, and the Institute of Builders; receipts for donations from WSC.
Dates
- Creation: Sep 1956 - Dec 1964
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
2 file(s) (2 files (219 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
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Repository Details
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