Item 1992/1 - Letter from Lord Charteris with two letters to him from Ian Stewart

3 items, paper

Letter from Lord Charteris with two letters to him from Ian Stewart:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Lord Charteris, Chairman of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, typescript (copy), two pages on two folios, dated 18 March 1992, about a question that has arisen regarding the Blunt collection of coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the ability of the Museum, under the terms of the agreement with the NHMF, "to dispose of some duplicates for the purpose of acquiring other items that would enhance the Museum's overall collection". IS explains that the disposal of duplicates is entirely in accord with Christopher Blunt's wishes and that, with the full agreement of the other parties involved, he had begun to arrange for duplicates in the collection to be disposed to provide funds for the acquisition of other items not represented in the Museum's collection already prior to formal submission of the collection for acceptance in lieu of tax. His other obligations nevertheless made it impossible for him to complete the process and, consequently, there remain in the collection a number of items that "it would not be sensible for the Fitzwilliam to retain". He proposes a plan whereby the Museum's acquisition of the part of the collection with duplicates to be disposed would be regarded as having been financed by the Museum itself and the estate's executors.
(b) letter from Lord Charteris to Ian Stewart, typescript, single page, dated 23 March 1992, in reply to Ian Stewart's letter of 18 March, stating that "There is no real difficulty about the request from the Fitzwilliam Museum for the NHMF to allow the disposal of some of the coins", but that the NHMF needs "to take some advice on whether the disposal is in order" since it was never told at the outset of the Museum's intentions. He says that the Trustees will consider to Blunt coins at their monthly meeting and that he does not anticipate any difficulty in the matter.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Lord Charteris, typescript (copy), single page, dated 8 April 1992, in reply to the letter of Lord Charteris of 2[3] March, thanking him for his letter and expressing his understanding that the matter has been resolved satisfactorily.

For other material relating to the Fitzwilliam Museum's acquisition of the coin collection of Christopher Blunt, see JCPP/Stewartby/1/1/BLACKBURN/1988/1, JCPP/Stewartby/1/1/WILSON/1989/1, JCPP/Stewartby/1/3/FRIZZELL – UNDERWOOD/1989/1