File 1947 - Letters of 1947

194 letters paper

More letters from Austria thanking Pars for a food package. Letters from his nurse-housekeeper Aleathea who is now living in Pars's Acton house. She looks after him and the house. Letter from D.V. Lindley with math questions posed and the solution. Rothchild invites Pars to dinner at Merton Hall. There are also more letters from Rothchild regarding a mathematical problem having to do with trout eggs. Mathematician Mary Cartwright writes from Girton. Letter from the Bishop of Ely. Newsletter from Carey Francis in Kenya. Regular letters from Oliver, Helen and Mrs. Lawn. The College is looking for a new gardener and chaplain and Gardner Smith tells Pars he is wrong about Brake-Brockman being a bigoted High churchman. In his letter Pars gives his opinion on the College and church-CICCU, and the tradition of "tolerance". There is also a long letter from Gardner Smith who thinks Pars is being too hard on the Master about Derek Taunt (Jesus cannot afford to lose him Pars argues) and he also does not think John le Gros would get through his medical exams. Marraine's hand-written CV and letters from Marraine. Marraine was a Latymerian and senior scholar at Jesus. Pars writes him a letter of recommendation for a lectureship at Chelsea Polytechnic(which he gets). Letter from Barry Pennington who is back at Jesus and his wife just had a baby. The usual correspondence with Ernest Booth his solicitor. The odd receipt or bill for services rendered. Application forms for petrol allowance and requests from Pars for petrol. Correspondence with wine merchants. John Sawyer (Jesuan) writes from Oxford. He has written a paper on the Theory of Tropical Cyclones. He is working in the meteorological office and he was awarded the Groves Memorial Prize for Meteorology research. Letter from Tony and Nancy. Letter from Thirkill the Master of Clare thanking Pars for wine. Letter to Vick where Pars states that Balme would make a far better Tutor than Thorpe, "who was never any good". See also letter from Bill Thorpe. Pars goes on to criticize Freddy Brittain and Tillyard, the latter of whom he refers to as "a poor fish" and how absurd it is that he is Master. Letter of recommendation for Alan Wood. Letters from G.C. Steward in Hull asking for advice on appointments. The usual thank yous from women and young men whom Pars has taken to the theatre, dinner etc. Letters from Patsy. J.A. Pemberton is returning to Jesus-he is a husband and soon to be father. Pars's cousin Joan Eley's husband Bill died a while back and she is now looking for accommodation in London. She is engaged to a Harry Peppiatt whom she's known for ten years (however she ends up marrying Tony later). Letters from Bill Darch. Letter from Pars's godson Michael Ingham who is at Marlborough. R.N. Jackson is going to Malaya with the Colonial Service. Letters from Norman Jeeves. G.A. Hutchinson writes from Nigeria. Long letters from John le Gros. Letter from David Lloyd George's father the Viscount of Tenby. Letters from A.E. Ingham. Letters from Vivien Gilding Pars's old pupil. Letter from Harold Elliott. Letter from Bishop Stephen Neill at Trinity. Letters from Charles Dodd. Synopsis of a project (whose?)-a research proposal from someone working on Elizabethan literature. Sydney Baxter finally landed a headship at the Waterloo Grammar School. Professor Sierpinsky is visiting from Warsaw. John writes from Princeton's School of Mathematics, regarding lectures of Part III. He wants to give the Real Variable, Convergence, Statistics etc. He mentions Lyttleton, Dean, Kemmer, Besicovitch. Ian Alexander Hutton Banks wishes to take his M.A. (1933-1936). He also wishes to donate money to the Bernard Manning Memorial Scholarship. More letters from Bruce Brooke.