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Typescript draft obituary for E.V. Appleton by Budden

Miscellaneous/Box 4/BU1a/6
Item
Sep. 1965

Part of Miscellaneous Papers

Typescript notes on Arabis turrita L.

Miscellaneous/Box 10/HU8/2
Item
1965-08-12

Part of Miscellaneous Papers

Typescript botanical notes on Manchester University headed paper. An additional reference has been added by hand at the bottom.

Typescript letter signed from HH Huxley

Miscellaneous/Box 10/HU8/1
Item
1965-08-12

Part of Miscellaneous Papers

Letter enclosing notes on Arabis turrita L. He and others had enjoyed the Triennial, and the party in the Combination Room. Frank Smithies would be amused to hear that he'd stayed in Deryk's old rooms and had been given tea in his breakfast set.

TLS to Budden from F.P. White, St John's College

Miscellaneous/Box 4/BU1a/4
Item
28 May 1965

Part of Miscellaneous Papers

Sends his file on E.V. Appleton.

A.L.s., from Thom Gunn to Guy Lee, St John's College Librarian

Miscellaneous/Box 8/GU1/1
Item
21 March 1962

Part of Miscellaneous Papers

Sends a copy of his new book. Discusses his reticence to donate manuscripts to institutions, but would be willing to let St John's have his notebooks on his death, or in about twenty years time.

A.L.s., to J. S. Boys Smith, Master of St John's

Miscellaneous/Box 13/PA6/2
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8 February 1962

Part of Miscellaneous Papers

Gives thanks for congratulations sent on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Believes he should have made more his time at St John's.

T.L.s., from John Wain to A. G. Lee, SJC Librarian

Miscellaneous/Box 18/WA1
Item
10 October 1961

Part of Miscellaneous Papers

Is pleased that AGL liked his poem and is honoured to have been asked for his manuscripts. Notes that he has sold most of them to an American University Library as he was in dire financial straits at the time.

Wain, John Barrington (1925-1994) poet, novelist and critic

A.L.s., to the Librarian (F. Puryer White)