| Ref No | JOH/COR/1852-2025 |
| AltRefNo | Correspondence - Box 2 |
| Collection | Hewlett Johnson Papers |
| Title | Correspondence |
| Date | 1932-1966 |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| Description | The 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. |
| Notes | Please note: Correspondence sequence numbers 2026 - 2145 refer to Chapter Meeting Minutes; see JOH/CHAP/ for these items. |
| Subject | Peace 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 Organisation | National Council of American-Soviet Friendship |
| Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society |
| publisher Lawrence and Wishart |
| ContentOrganisation/16 |
| Associated Person | Morford, 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) |
| Category | Correspondence
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