Lewis Ritchie., 04/10/1946-04/10/1946

File — Box: 1, Folder: 65

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

04/10/1946-04/10/1946

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Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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Container Summary

TLS from Lewis Ritchie to Michael Richey.* Richey notes: "Ricci (as he then spelled his name) was a retired Paymaster Captain Royal Navy, well known as an author under the name Bartimeus. He worked at the outbreak of war at the Ministry of Information in London. Barbara Wall describes (see Sherry Vol 2, p.37) a visit we made together to the Ministry to see Tom Burns and Graham Greene who also worked there. It was Ricci Tom took me to see some time later when I had decided to try to go minesweeping and who was able to arrange for me to join the Royal Naval Patrol Service. I must have bumped into (then) Ritchie again just after the war." Reference is made to the second volume of Norman Sherry's "Life of Graham Greene."