File 1969 - Letters of 1969

244 letters paper

Letters from Dora Booth who is visiting Norman Costar in Cyprus. Several letters from her husband Ernest follow (including advice on how to handle the situation with Balys Tour Group). Ernest is an old Latymerian and Pars reveals to him that he is not that attached to the school as no one there has ever taken any "notice of his existance" and they never asked him to be governor. He states his interest wained when they lost interest in him. He's been the governor of the Sevenoaks School which he finds far more rewarding. Pars gives student Terry Albright a six volume edition of Wordsworth. Letters from Terry follow. Letters from David Ashley who is starting his Ph.D. at Sussex. Denys Page the Master is upset by a curt note that was sent to him by Richard Bauman after Pars had gone to the trouble of getting a room and dining rights for him. Explanation from Alan Dougan in Australia follow. Circular letter from Bishop Leslie Brown and wife. Letter to Allan Blunden regarding the rules of the Club. Letter from Mary Cartwright, formerly Mistress at Girton from the Mathematics Institute at the University of Warwick. She writes about a "hippie" who wrote "The Foundations of Mechanics" who has been fined for sending marijuana to Germany! (Oliver Penrose?). Pars is planning a trip to Iceland. This is how he eventually becomes friends with Magnus Magnussun the television presenter. Letters from Anne Davenport. Angry letter from Pars to Charles de Chaisson regarding the Club. Letter from Herb Elliott in Australia. Letter from Helen Firth (nee Lawn). Newsletter from the National Party. Letters from John Fok whom Pars took to Stratford. Letters from the House of Lords from Garner. Letter to and response from Iilya Gershevitch. Letters from Philip Hall. Letters from Robbie Jennings including information on who to contact in Iceland. Harold Jeffries writes regarding Von Leipel's method. Letters from Stephen Kern. Card from Roy Leipnik and family. Letters from Charlie Moule at Clare. Letter from Dr. Samuel Moskowitz-Missile and Space Division of G.E. regarding some of the theories in Pars's book. Letters from Stephanie , the Master's secretary regarding her wedding and a gift. Letters from Denys Page's wife Katie. Brief letters from Alan Sharpe. Forrest Scott writes to thank Pars from New Zealand for helping him to get a job after the war. Pars was once his tutor before he was called into the navy in 1940 (war degree) and his ship was later torpedoed. He is now with the department of English at the University of Auckland. Correspondence with Cambridge people in Iceland. Long circular letter from Peter Scopes in Kent who has just returned from Tanzania. Several letters from Ethel Scott whose father is not well (Minehead). Short letter from Derek Taunt. Circular letter from Stephen Smalley in Nigeria. Letters from Richard Tuck when he was a student at Jesus. Letters from Max Warren. In one letter he apologizes for "waxing violent" about Enoch Powell whom Pars admired. Letters from David and Alison Wood. Letter from Alan Weir. Letters from Geoffrey Ludford. Letters from Terry Albright-Gilbert and Sullivan, Swan Lake, etc.. Christopher Benson writes from North Devon. Letters from Allan Blunden. Letters from John Clegg. Series of letters to and from the Master regarding the state of mathematics in the College. The College used to be number one in this field and now it isn't. He blames some of this on Dr. Roseblade who according to Pars, " a man who received a second is hardly likely to produce pupils who obtain firsts.". Paul Chiddick and family are leaving Kenya for England. Letters from H. Davenport. Denis Dyson has secured two single rooms for Pars in Stratford and informs him that one of their pupils, Stephen Parfitt is coming up to Jesus to read physics. Letter from Serge Dimidoff in Moscow. He is a mathematician who is trying to finish his dissertation. Letters from students Nigel Griffiths, Patrick Gaffney, Sidney Hill, and Jeremy Jones (who thanks Pars for a book on the Ingoldsby Legends). More letters from Harold Jeffries and Robbie Jennings. Geoffrey Ludford writes re the war days when he was Pars's pupil. Several more letters from Jill Pennington. Pars has donated a generous sum for the education of her daughter Susan. Manilla envelope containing information on Balys Tours, Easter of 1969 to Jordan (e.g. Petra with tour). A list of different tours is included. Pars wants to go to Beirut and Petra. See also long letter of complaint about the Egypt, Israel and Jordan Tour (food, time spent at places, accommodation, etc.). Stock contract receipt. Letters to and from Duncan McKie. Pars welcomes him to the new office and gives him a list of suggestions and grievances! Letters from Iceland Tourist Information Bureau.