Correspondence between Mary Lucy Cartwright and the Royal Society General correspondence, commencing with Cartwright returning her 'dossier' [personal record]. With an exchange of letters with the Foreign Secretary, H G Thornton, on periodicals in Romania and Russia, mentioning correspondence with Professor Mostowski and Alexandrov's visit to Cambridge. Also, letters between Bertha [Swirles] Lady Jeffreys, and David Christie Martin, the former asking for confirmation that Cartwright was the first woman to serve on Council of the Royal Society. The original file featured the typed name and address: 'Dr. M.L. Cartwright, F.R.S., Girton College, Cambridge'. 5 April 1947-22 September 1960