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Phyllis Terry, recipient: Ewan Phillips

Note from Phyllis Terry enclosing a copy of a letter to the Museums Association

10 May 1939

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Phyllis Terry
Recipient
Ewan Phillips
Title
Note from Phyllis Terry enclosing a copy of a letter to the Museums Association
Date
10 May 1939
Description
Note from Phyllis Terry (Honorary Secretary of the AIA) enclosing a copy of a letter to the Museums Association typed on Phillips's behalf. The letter discusses 'the Carnegie Report on Museums and Art Galleries' and offers the support of AIA members in 'remedy[ing] the deplorable conditions which exist' in museums.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by the executors of Ewan Phillips, 1996.
Reference
TGA 9610/1/3/1/5

Archive context

  • Personal papers of Ewan Phillips TGA 9610 (237)
    • Correspondence TGA 9610/1 (46)
      • AIA and related correspondence TGA 9610/1/3 (20)
        • Letters from representatives of the AIA to Ewan Phillips TGA 9610/1/3/1 (4)
          • Note from Phyllis Terry enclosing a copy of a letter to the Museums Association TGA 9610/1/3/1/5
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