File 1971 - Letters of 1971

222 letters paper

Notes from Derek Taunt and to him. Letter from Tony and Nancy. Letters from Peter Robbins. Letters to and from the Master. Pars has taken a concerned interest in an elderly couple who live at Paddneswick Road and who cannot look after themselves. The usual thank yous for dinners and invites. Kurt Kern writes to say that his son Stephen came home as he was suffering from severe nervous strain. He thanks Pars for taking Stephen to Italy. Stephen writes as well and now refers to Pars as Alan despite his undergraduate status (?). John Killen is now governor of Sevenoaks School in Kent. Letter from Michael and Jean Ingham. Several letters from friend Denis in Stratford. Letters from Ernest Booth. Booth is acting as Pars's solicitor and is making "Sadller's Wells Opera cough up" for the refund which is owed Pars. Pars regularly uses Booth to get his money back when he feels in the slightest bit cheated or insulted. This is about a refund for tickets. Dora Booth also writes. Pars's sister Dora has had a bad fall. Marjorie Burwood writes to say that her husband Maurice died in 1969. Letters from Sydney Baxter in Highgate, still at William Ellis School where he is headmaster. Letters from Pars's publishing company. Letter from Pars's niece Alison Wood in Gravesend, Kent. Letters from Max Warren. Letters from David Wooton who Pars takes to Stratford. Kenneth Smith (1945-1948) wants his son Michael to go to Jesus. Regular notes from Bruce Sparks. Circular letter from Peter Scopes. Letters from Alan Sharpe. More letters from Peter Robbins in New York. Occasional notes from the Master. Letters from Simon Parsons. Letter from David Oliver (Marlborough House)-see also letters from earlier years. Letters to and from Duncan McKie-Pars has complained about the "tough steak". Several letters from student Charles Mason. Letter from Tommy (J.C.B.C.) re finances. Letters to and from Jean Klauber in San Diego. Letter from Littlewood (Trinity) re a math problem. Circular letter from Roy Leipnik. Letter to and from Robbie Jennings re the Chaplain sitting in on meetings of the College Council. Pars claims it was a mistake to take on a "IInd Class man". Jennings also uses some choice words. It appears that there is little harmony amongst the Fellowship at this time. Letters to and from student Rupert. Bertha Jeffries writes re optimization theory. Notes from Trevor. More letters from Michael and Jean Ingham. Letter from Bobby Gittings who refers to himself as Robert these days. Letter to Douglas Elphinstone re his donation of photographs to the College from Lady Boswell's settlement. Several letters from Elphinstone follow. One letter is eight pages long. Several thank you letters and acceptances letters to and for breakfasts, plays, operas, ballets and dinners from young men. Letter from Norman Costar in Sussex. Letters from Greville Poke. Letter from John Clegg who encloses a review he wrote on L. C. Young's book on calculus of variations. Pars writes a letter to his friend the Bishop of Bury because he is worried about his cousin Joan who is married to Tony Winter, vicar of All Saints at Newmarket. She is depressed because Tony is unhappy as he is bored. Pars wonders if he could somehow be promoted. Tony and Joan could not have children, but they recently adopted a baby boy and have lots of dogs. Pars writes a second letter as well and the Bishop (Leslie) responds: the situation is delicate and he is doing what he can. He thinks there are also marital problems. CV of Sydney Leonard Baxter who was a student at Jesus from 1928-1931. He had 1st and 2nd Class Honors in the Mathematical Tripos. Long letter from Tony (Anthony) in Birmingham. He went with Karl across Europe to Greece in an "ambulance". They are both handicapped (Karl had polio). He was appalled at the way in which Europeans treated handicapped people. Only in Italy were they "enlightened". Series of letters from Cook travel tours. Complaints and demands for compensation follow re cancellations, delays and other problems.