Correspondence between Arthur John Birch and the Royal Society General correspondence following Birch's election to the Royal Society: on his admission and being granted an extension for this. With a brief report on his activities resulting fro a travel grant made by the Royal Society, enabling a lecture tour to New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, India and Pakistan. The report contain a brief verse by John Warcup Cornforth. Letters to and from the Assistant Secretary, David Christie Martin, and the Librarian, Igor Kaye. The original file featured the typed name and address: 'Professor A.J,. Birch F.R.S., Department of Chemistry, The University, Manchester, 13'. 20 March 1958-27 September 1960