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RefNoAE/3/11
LevelFile
TitleSpeeches by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton
Date1926 - 1952
DescriptionTyped transcripts of speeches and talks. Includes Experimental and Applied Science as recorded for the BBC - Eastern Program; notes; speech made on retiring from Imperial College, 1952; speech on Sir Humphrey Davy and the Royal Institution, 1958; talk given at Old Centralians' Lunch; remarks on taking over the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, 1937; talk on the general strike, 1926; talk on Freedom House dining club; talk on South Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]; address of thanks to Professor Desch, 1937; letter from Jawaharlal Nehru, President of India; talk on Kenneth B Quinan, explosives expert; "The Basis of 'Material Economy'" notes from the 27th Thomas Hawksley Lecture given by AC Egerton; notes on Thomas Cunningham Porter, 1933. These documents seem to have been gathered together when the memorial to Egerton was being written. Notes have been added to letters in blue biro.
Extent1 folder
AccessStatusOpen
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