John Christie Correspondence, General Correspondence, J Correspondents

Reference code

G/CC/1/2/11

Level

File

Title

John Christie Correspondence, General Correspondence, J Correspondents

Quantity & Format

33 letters

Repository

Glyndebourne Archive

Creator(s)

Christie, John

Scope and content

Contains correspondence to and from -
John Jacob, City of York Art Gallery, 1957 (1 letter) concerning Bassano’s painting of “The Road to Calvary”

Horace Jackson & Sons, 1937 and 1950 (2 letters)

Mr Jacques, 1937 (3 letters)

Arthur J James, 1962 (1 letter)

Hugh Jenkins, British Actors Equity Association, 1959 (1 letter, typed and handwritten versions)

W. Jenner, Barclays Bank Lewes, 1942 (1 letter)

Major F.H.T. Jervoise, 1958 (1 letter)

Dr James B. Jessiman, 1960 (5 letters)
John Christie writes, “I think it is a fact that a Festival does not work unless it has some dominating purpose. Merely a Festival does not get one anywhere.”

Johanna (no surname), Haus Hirth Untergrainau B-Garmish, 1953 (1 letter)

Margaret John, Children’s Opera Group, 1958, 1959 and 1962 (18 letters + programmes and notices from the Financial Times, The Times, The Hornsey Journal, a Newsletter and a programme for The Children’s Opera Group Training School)

John Christie writes, 19 July 1958 “My work is concerned with the stage at which opera is planned and presented…"

John Christie writes, 06 August 1958, “I hope you realise that I shall not be able to support your work financially because I must confine myself to Glyndebourne. We are paying our way, but we have to build up substantial reserves..."

W. Johnstone-Douglas, 1935 (1 letter)

J.R.Jones, 1958 (2 letters + an acceptance slip for the opening of Ringmer County Secondary School)

Lady Joynson-Hicks, 1958 (1 invitation card)

W A Jowitt, 1940 (1 letter)

Hans Juda, The Ambassador Magazine, 1958 and 1959 (2 letters + an article about Miki Sekers written by John Christie)

Sir Ivor Julian, 1960 (2 letters)