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RC - Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Archive
71 - Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Ref No
RC/71/7
Title
Correspondence, 1947-63
Description
Correspondence, 1947-63, with P.A. Robins, Sir Richard Southwell, Sir Roderic Hill, B. Atkinson, Geoffrey C Lowry, Sir Patrick Linstead, Holroyd Chambers, Fladgates and Michael J Davies (and note of phone call from Professor Willis Jackson), concerning an article in The Phoenix; appointment of Sir Roderic Hill as Rector to succeed Sir Richard Southwell; cleaning of the Prince Consort statue; a gathering of the Arts and Sciences to celebrate the centenary year of the founding of the site; Royal College of Science Association dinner and speech given by the 1851 Secretary; Imperial College Charter Jubilee Dinner; draft of the Imperial College entry for the Commissioners' 11th Report to Parliament; ownership of the Imperial Institute Road and surface rights; reconsideration of the value of the 1851 Senior Studentships; particulars of the appointment of lecturers and assistant lecturers at Imperial College; invitations to dinners; etc.
Also: copy of The Phoenix, June 1947; article from Nature on Professor PMS Blackett; obituary of Sir Roderic Hill from The Times, 7 October 1954.
Date
1947 - 1963
Format
Manuscript
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