Public and Political: General: Patronage: Correspondence, W-Z., Sep 1959 - May 1965
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from various organisations and individuals informing WSC of tributes paid to him or requesting his support for various projects. Correspondents include: A Bond of the Rotary Club of Cheshunt and Waltham Abbey [Hertfordshire] (4); 3rd Lord Forteriot [earlier Henry Dewar] and Brigadier Bernard Fergusson [later Lord Ballantrae] on the Black Watch-Wavell appeal; representatives of the Westerham [Kent] Cricket Club including William Sandall, Honorary Treasurer (3) and Alexander Meikle, Chairman (3); Richard Payne, Honorary Secretary of the Westerham Miniature Rifle Club (6); Alan Dawntry, Town Clerk of Westminster [London] (3); Christopher Everett on the proclamation of 'Sir Winston Churchill Day' in the United States; Bertram Webster, Town Clerk of Worcester (3); Rear-Admiral Cecil Parry and Peter Scott on the World Wildlife Fund; and Nicholas Fenn, Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary on the Zionist Organisation of America.Also includes: notes and copies of correspondence from CSC, Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC], Catherine Snelling [Secretary to WSC] and Doreen Pugh [Secretary to WSC]; messages of support from WSC; details of charitable donations made by WSC; information about Waltham Abbey and the Wolfe Society; menu cards for dinners for those who worked in the Cabinet War Rooms and for the Zionist Organisation of America; a copy of the proclamation made by Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States, on 'Sir Winston Churchill Day'; and an order of service for a memorial service to WSC held in New York [United States] at the church of St John the Divine.
Dates
- Creation: Sep 1959 - May 1965
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 item(s) (1 file (157 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
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