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Add MS 89469
- Record Id:
- 032-004060974
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004060974
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100135370667.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89469
- Title:
- John Gordon-Christian correspondence and ephemera
- Scope & Content:
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A collection of correspondence and ephemera formerly belonging to John Gordon-Christian, predominantly consisting of letters to him from Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Dorothy Webster Hawksley and Virginia Surtees.
John Gordon-Christian’s letters to Cockerell between 10 June 1961 and 25 July 1961 can be found at Add MS 52716, folios 226-237.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004060974
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 89469/1 : John Gordon-Christian correspondence and ephemera 1
Add MS 89469/2 : John Gordon-Christian correspondence and ephemera 2
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- 032-004060974
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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2 files
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1961
- End Date:
- 1963
- Date Range:
- 1961-1963
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Following John Gordon-Christian's death in 2016 the collection was inherited by his sister, Margie Christian, who donated it to the British Library in 2019.
- Former Internal References:
- Dep 11162
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated to the British Library on 23 January 2019 by Margie Christian, sister of John Gordon-Christian.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Christian, John, art historian, 1942-2016
Christian, Margaret, art historian; called Margie, fl 2019-2021
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Knight, museum director and book collector, 1867-1962
Hawksley, Dorothy Webster, artist, 1884-1970
Surtees, Virginia, art historian, 1917-2017 - Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 52716