D147/V10 - Visit to Iran - December 1972

Comprises:

  • Correspondence with G Holam Reza Nikpay (Mayor of Teheran) and Professor Grenville Pullen (Mayor's adviser) to arrange WGH visit to Teheran to address Iranian Society of Architects, Sept-Nov 1972 (6 letters);
  • Letter from Mayor of Teheran to MH expressing sorrow th...

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Comprises:

  • Correspondence with G Holam Reza Nikpay (Mayor of Teheran) and Professor Grenville Pullen (Mayor's adviser) to arrange WGH visit to Teheran to address Iranian Society of Architects, Sept-Nov 1972 (6 letters);
  • Letter from Mayor of Teheran to MH expressing sorrow that she was unable to visit Teheran due to illness, Dec 1972 (1 letter);
  • Postcards of Iran, 1972 (27 postcards);
  • WGH hotel ticket, 1972 (1 item);
  • Programme of engagements for WGH visit, 6-15 Dec 1972 (3pp typescript);
  • Note by WGH (2pp, typescript) on visit to Teheran War Cemetery and letter from Secretary to Commonwealth War Graves Commission on Teheran War Cemetery, Dec 1972 (2 items);
  • Letter to Sir Peter Ramsbottom (British Embassy, Teheran) to report on visit with particular reference to Teheran War Cemetery, Dec 1972 (1 letter);
  • Notes for talk Tall Buildings in Cities to Iranian Society of Architects in Teheran, [Also other notes in WGH hand], 13 Dec 1972 (13pp manuscript);
  • Newspaper extracts on WGH visit to Teheran, 1972 (1 bundle);
  • Other correspondence-Sir Peter Studd, Dariush Borbor (Iranian Architect) and Moira Moser-Khalili (co-editor Art et Architecture), Dec 1972 (3 letters).
Date:December 1972
Reference Number:D147/V10