Ref NoJOH/COR/1852-2025
AltRefNoCorrespondence - Box 2
CollectionHewlett Johnson Papers
TitleCorrespondence
Date1932-1966
Extent1 folder
DescriptionThe controversy surrounding the Rev William Melish, Chairman of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. 1953; Text of an interview with Johnson on his 90th birthday. 1964.; Correpsondence with Lawrence and Wishart, publishers. 1953.; Miscellaneous correspondence with Alfred Tucker, Catherine Williamson, Colin Clark (Saltwood Castle), the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society , the Metropolitan of India, Mrs Jacob Epstein, Erwin Bossanyi, the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, The Lord Mayor of London, Sir (then Dr) Adrian Boult (about the 1933 Canterbury Festival), Gerald Knight (formerly organist at Canterbury), Andrew Rothstein. 1932-1955; Requests from China and other places for Johnson to write articles for newspapers and journals. 1954; Correspondence with the Rev Stanley Evans, Canon of Southwark and leading figure in the Christian Peace Group. 1954.
NotesPlease note: Correspondence sequence numbers 2026 - 2145 refer to Chapter Meeting Minutes; see JOH/CHAP/ for these items.
SubjectPeace movements
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship (U.S.)
Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966--90th Birthday
Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966--Writings--"Searching for Light"
Canterbury Festival
Related OrganisationNational Council of American-Soviet Friendship
Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society
publisher Lawrence and Wishart
ContentOrganisation/16
Associated PersonMorford, Richard, Revd. (executive director of National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1945-1981)
Kingsbury, John A., Mr. (officer of National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1945-1981)
Melish, W. Howard, Revd., c.1910-1986 (Episcopal priest ousted from his Brooklyn parish during the MCCarthy era because of his political views)
Tucker, Alfred, Mr.
Williamson, Catherine Ellis, Mrs., c.1887-1977 (Canterbury's first woman mayor, from 1938-1940)
Clark, Colin, Mr., 1932-2002 (son of Sir Kenneth Clark)?
Clark, Colin Grant, Mr., 1905-1989 (economist)?
Bossanyi, Erwin, Mr. (Hungarian stained glass craftsman who worked on the windows of Canterbury Cathedral)
Boult, Adrian (Cedric), Sir, 1889-1983 (music director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1930-1948)
Knight, Gerald H., Dr., 1908-79 (organist of Canterbury Cathedral from 1937-1952)
Rothstein, Andrew, Mr., 1898-1994 (writer on Communism and founder member of the British Communist Party)
Evans, Stanley George, Revd., 1912-1965 (Church of England clergyman and Christian Socialist)
CategoryCorrespondence
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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