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RefNoMDA/A/21/29
AltRefNoA3.5
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, Trinity College, Cambridge
Date4 September 1939
DescriptionThe [Royal Society] office is now practically housed at Trinity College. The more valuable pictures are safely house in Monmouthshire and Davies thinks they ought to move the rare books [c46,000] from the library perhaps to Wales. He asks for Lyons' view. As there is no Society's library there is nothing for Miss Carruthers or Mr Robinson to do in Cambridge. Therefore they have undertaken to proceed with the Newton correspondence. The two may work in Aberystwyth and Robinson could supervise and assist Dr Lewis on calendaring the Boyle manuscripts. Professor Hill agrees with this suggestion. Davies will consult with Sir Albert Seward and Professor [Alfred Charles Glyn] Egerton on the matter in Cambridge. Male members of staff have volunteered as Special Constables working four hours duty a day.
Extent2p
FormatTypescript copy
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialsee MDA/A/21/32
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6939Lyons; Sir; Henry George (1864 - 1944); geologist and museum director1864 - 1944
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