Sarah Butler., 08/09/1966-08/09/1966

File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: 65694

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Michael Richey papers 1, consist of original correspondence from personal friends who also comprise the notable circle of artists who congregated at the home of English sculptor Eric Gill (1882-1940), on Pigotts farm in Buckinghamshire. Together with Gill, these included Anthony Foster, Rene Hague, David Jones, Walter Shewring, and Denis Tegetmeier.

Correspondence is also included from other well-known acquaintances (many of whom were related or closely associated to the Pigotts circle), such as Tom Burns, Graham Greene, Harman Grisewood (also longtime friend of Rene Hague and David Jones), Shirley Hazzard, Fiona MacCarthy (Gill's biographer), Jacques Maritain, Prudence Pelham (Buhler), Margaret Pepler, George Speaight, and Bernard Wall, as well as members of Richey's family.

Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by individual. Michael Richey provided annotations to many of the letters, indicated with an asterisk (*). A copy of the complete annotations is located in Folder 73.

Dates

08/09/1966-08/09/1966

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.42 Linear Feet (1 Hollinger Document Case)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

TLS (1 page) from Sarah Butler to Michael Richey, dated 8/9/1966.* On this, Richey comments: "...This was Sarah Butler, daughter of the then Master of Trinity, Lord (R.A.B.) Butler who had for many years been my personal assistant at the Institute (of Navigation). When the Hagues left Pigotts I suggested they gave (sic.) the chapel furnishings...to Howard House the chaplaincy of Sussex University at Brighton. Donington Hall in Derbyshire was one of the houses run by the Ockenden Venture for refugee children from the camps in Germany, an organization in which I played an active part at one stage and for which Sarah was perhaps then working full time. I think she must have fetched the furnishings by car from Pigotts and taken them to Donington to sort out, finding they could not be accommodated in London. They ended up at the right place. I seem to have been sailing to the Azores and back at the time."