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Letter from Octavia Wilberforce to Lord Pethick-Lawrence

PETH/3/291
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16 Nov. 1960

Backsettown Farmstead, Henfield, Sussex.—Discusses travel arrangements (in connection with the unveiling of a plaque to Elizabeth Robins).

Printed booklet containing the texts of the speeches delivered at the Golden Jubilee Dinner of the Royal India Pakistan and Ceylon Society on 16 Nov. 1960

PETH/3/169
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c. 16 Nov. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Part of the minutes of a meeting of the Tagore Centenary Celebration Committee held on 18 Nov. 1960

PETH/3/252
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c. 18 Nov. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

(First sheet only, showing a list of some of those present.)

Carbon copy of a letter from Lord Pethick-Lawrence to Octavia Wilberforce

PETH/3/301
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22 Nov. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Discusses travel arrangements (in connection with the unveiling of a plaque to Elizabeth Robins; see 3/291). Helen cannot come, as she is going to California to see her son. ‘She says you knew a friend of hers—Mrs Gretel Kettle (née Pain).’

Letter from Octavia Wilberforce to Lord Pethick-Lawrence

PETH/3/292
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24 Nov. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Backsettown Farmstead, Henfield, Sussex.—Discusses travel arrangements (in connection with the unveiling of a plaque to Elizabeth Robins; see 3/301). Refers to their mutual acquaintance, Mrs Kettle.

Letter from Octavia Wilberforce to Lord Pethick-Lawrence

PETH/3/293
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28 Nov. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Backsettown Farmstead, Henfield, Sussex.—Thanks him for his speech (at the unveiling of a plaque to Elizabeth Robins).

Carbon copy of a letter from — (secretary to Lord Pethick-Lawrence) to Octavia Wilberforce

PETH/3/302
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30 Nov. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Pethick-Lawrence greatly enjoyed the function (the unveiling of a plaque to Elizabeth Robins). Encloses a report of it from the Manchester Guardian.

Letter from Frederick Richter to Lord Pethick-Lawrence

PETH/3/170a
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Nov. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Royal India Pakistan and Ceylon Society, 191 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, London, E.C.4.—The Society have resolved to introduce a joint membership subscription. Encloses a form (3/170b).

Part of a newsletter, containing a notice of an exhibition at the French Institute of sketches by Sylvia Pankhurst

PETH/9/93
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[c. Nov. 1960]

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Cutting from the West Sussex Gazette, containing an article entitled ‘Sybil Thorndike at Henfield’ and a photograph of Dame Sybil unveiling a plaque to the memory of Elizabeth Robins

PETH/3/163
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1 Dec. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Letter from Victor Gollancz to Lord Pethick-Lawrence

PETH/3/12
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c. 1 Dec. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

National Campaign for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.2.—The Campaign’s projected activities include a meeting at the Albert Hall and the preparation of a memorial to the Home Secretary. Invites him to join the Committee of Honour.

(Pethick-Lawrence’s reply (3/16) is dated 2 Dec. 1960.)

Carbon copy of a letter from Lord Pethick-Lawrence to Victor Gollancz

PETH/3/16
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2 Dec. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Agrees to join the Committee of Honour of the National Campaign for the Abolition of Capital Punishment (see 3/12).

Cutting from the West Sussex County Times, containing an article entitled ‘Her “Quality of Selfless Inspiration”: Plaque Honours Actress’ and a photograph of Dame Sybil Thorndike unveiling a plaque to the memory of Elizabeth Robins

PETH/3/164
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2 Dec. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Letter from Amal Home to Lord Pethick-Lawrence

PETH/5/134b
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16 Dec. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Akashvani (A.I.R.) Headquarters, Akashvani Bhavan, Parliament Street, New Delhi.—Asks him to record his recollections of Rabindranath Tagore, as a contribution to a series of talks planned by All India Radio to commemorate the centenary of Tagore’s birth.

(Signed as Chief Producer, Tagore Centenary Programmes, All India Radio. Sent in the first place to the BBC, then forwarded to Pethick-Lawrence with 5/134a.)

Letter from Lord Casey to Lord Pethick-Lawrence

PETH/1/109
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22 Dec. 1960

Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers

Commonwealth Offices, Treasury Place, Melbourne, C.2.—Thanks Lord and Lady Pethick-Lawrence for their card. He and his wife hope to see them in London in April.

Printed order of service for a service in memory of John Gilbert Lockhart at St Margaret’s, Westminster, on 3 Mar. 1960