Correspondence between John Desmond Bernal and the Royal Society General correspondence on matters to do with J D Bernal [although no letter of his have survived within the file]. On his reluctance to have a photograph taken for the Society, a letter addressed to him from Moscow, and on his personal record. Letters from the Assistant Secretary, David Christie Martin, and one from Bernal's secretary, Miss A. Rimel. The original file featured the typed name and address: 'Professor J.D. Bernal, F.R.S., Birkbeck College, 21 Torrington Square, London W.C.1'. 23 September 1947-4 February 1958