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Includes Lyn Newman's original poetry; material relating to 'So much love, so little money' and 'Field with Geese'; a copy of 'So much love, so little money' (London: Faber and Faber, 1957) with Lyn Newman's planned amendments on interleaved pages; typescript/manuscript 'Boswell in the nursery'; typescript 'The duck who wanted a boat' with illustrations and a draft letter from Max Newman to B.L. Williamson dated 26 Apr. 1976; research for a life of Fanny Kemble, including photographs and letters; typescript article 'A cure for family tension: sending the children away at two months' submitted by Lyn Newman to The Times, with two letters dated 1958.

Plans a date for Lyn to visit his father, Mr Owen Wister at Long House. Regrets that his family's Kemble letters were destroyed.

Asks if Mrs Panofsky's illness is serious. Enquires about the Weyls plan to go to China and reveals her own hopes to take her children to Switzerland in 1948. Reports that Max seems happy in Princeton but worries that he is not making the most of his opportunities for talk about his project with other academics. Hopes to get her map made by Paul and Marjorie Abbatt. Repeats the information about 'Ten Letter Writers' that she acquired from Leonard Woolf. Describes her trip to the Observatory and King's College Chapel. Mentions Michael and Margareta and Hella's sister. Refers to the transportation of the Fanny Kemble letters.

Suggests that Max could collect the Fanny Kemble letters when he visits Princeton. Mentions Lady Butler. Writes that Max will also reimburse the cost of posting her journals and letters back to England. Reveals her plan to let the house in Manchester and return to Cambridge whilst Max is in America. Reports that she is continuing her attempt to publish her world map. Sends news of Appy Ogilvy, and Henry Whitehead. Describes the schooling of Edward and William. Asks after Margareta. Sends her sympathies about Maynard Keynes.

Explains that they are travelling back to England via Portugal and without Max's consent as he did not reply to her cable. Hopes that Hermann can keep Fanny Kemble's letters for her. Describes her voyage. Asks Hella to write to her c/o Max at St John's College.

Refers to a note from Mr Hamlin about Lyn's interest in the Fanny Kemble letters held in the Library. Informs her that if she wants to publish them or quote from them extensively permission must be obtained from the legal heirs.

Sends her the text of two letters written by Fanny Kemble to John Murray Forbes found in the papers of the Hon. W. Cameron Forbes, one time Governor-General of the Phillippine Islands, and later American ambassador to Japan, which were deposited in the archives of the Massachusetts Historical Society.