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Lord Paul Ayshford Methuen, recipient: Ewan Phillips

Letter from Paul Ayshford Methuen to Ewan Phillips

26 February 1942

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Lord Paul Ayshford Methuen 1886–1974
Recipient
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Date
26 February 1942
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Created by
Lord Paul Ayshford Methuen 1886–1974
Recipient
Ewan Phillips
Title
Letter from Paul Ayshford Methuen to Ewan Phillips
Date
26 February 1942
Description
Letter criticising the objectives of the AIA and rejecting the offer of membership on the grounds that its collectivist aims are 'opposed to all sound principles of Liberalism'.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by Ewan Phillips, July 1982.
Reference
TGA 8217/1/2/23/3

Archive context

  • Professional and personal papers of Ewan Phillips TGA 8217 (70)
    • Correspondence TGA 8217/1 (33)
      • AIA and related correspondence TGA 8217/1/2 (15)
        • Letters from Paul Ayshford Methuen to Ewan Phillips TGA 8217/1/2/23 (1)
          • Letter from Paul Ayshford Methuen to Ewan Phillips TGA 8217/1/2/23/3
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