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John Christie Correspondence, Letters from John Christie to Audrey Christie, 1943

Reference code: G/CC/1/1/11
Level: File
Title: John Christie Correspondence, Letters from John Christie to Audrey Christie, 1943
Date: 1943
Quantity & Format: 112 letters
Repository: Glyndebourne Archive
Creator(s): Christie, John (Author)
Mildmay, Audrey (Recipient)
Scope and content: File includes -
A redacted letter to Audrey, 17 January 1943
A redacted letter to Audrey, 20 October 1943
A redacted letter to Audrey, 07 November 1943
Letter to Audrey, 11 February 1943, contains a sketch of a concert set drawn by John Christie

Includes copies of letters to-
Lieut Colonel C H N Adams, 14 January 1943 (about a scheme to save Glyndebourne after the War), followed by a memo by John Christie about preparations for Peace

William CXXXXX at Lambeth Palace, 26 January 1943
Miss Adeline Bourne, 09 February 1943
Barrington-Ward, Editor of The Times, 23 March 1943

Richard Law, 23 March 1943, asking if John Christie can go to Canada through the British Council with a view to making contact with Roosevelt about music in the British Empire

Osbert Peake, The Home Office, 23 March 1943
Harry Colles, 28 March 1943
Robert Foot, 31 March 1943

F W Maynard, 05 April 1943, in which John Christie writes, “I consider it my duty to develop what can be developed for the benefit of everyone, and in the case of Glyndebourne for the World rather than for England. In carrying out development I have not sought the mere lining of my own pocket.”

Sir John Anderson, XX.12.43
Sir John (?) Anderson. 28.12.43

Also includes letters from -
Unidentified correspondent on Peter Jones headed notepaper, 23 February 1943
Richard Law, The Foreign Office, 05 April 1943

The Grovers, 13 April 1943, “Mr John Christie is designated as the Chairman for the occasion. He may be unconventional."

Roy Henderson, 10 July 1943
Unidentified correspondent, 30 November 1943
Unidentified correspondent, 02 December 1943
A.H. Fox Strangeways, 13 December 1943

Also includes -
Newspaper clipping from The Times, 15 February 1943, - An Appreciation of Lord Portsmouth, Lady Margaret Watney and Anne Lady Mexborough

Newspaper clipping of letter to The Times - Obituary Dr H.C. Colles The Times Music Critic, 06 March 1943, with letter of 15 March 1943

Newspaper clipping of a letter to The Times by John Christie, 30 March 1943 - about ownership of land and making it work

Newspaper clipping of letter to The Times by John Christie, 17 May 1943 - about CEMA and musicians thriving if they have the right environment

Report on Glyndebourne Opera House, 'Mr Gerald Eve’s Visit', 26 May 1943

Draft memo about the BBC after change of Director announced, 27 June 1943

Newspaper clipping from Stage, 19 August 1943 - announcing the death of Major Godfrey Baxter, the stage director at Glyndebourne before the War

Pages from the Gazette of the John Lewis Partnership, October & November 1943 - featuring a letter by Rudolf Bing, Divisional Manager, Peter Jones