Thomson, Rita, (1934-2019), friend and nurse to Benjamin Britten

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Surname:	Thomson
Forenames:	Rita
Gender:	Female
Date:	1934-2019
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P313564 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P62059 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1950s-1980s: correspondence to Rita Thomson following Benjamin Britten's heart operation of 1973. Letters to her from Britten following his discharge report on his slow recovery and trouble writing and playing the piano. Sympathy letters on Britten's death thank Thomson for Britten's life during his last difficult years and for her devoted and skilled care of him.	Britten Pears Arts	TMS	See Annual Return 2019
2	1950-2013: personal papers incl. correspondence, photographs, books, diaries, programmes, pamphlets, press cuttings, certificates and ephemera	Britten Pears Arts	TMS	See Annual Return 2020