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Papers and correspondence of Sir Harold Jeffreys File
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'Harold's Youth'

Contents of envelope so inscribed by Lady Jeffreys divided into sixteen for ease of reference: photographs of Jeffreys from infancy to early manhood, his father, Fatfield School and sketch of 'Sir Harold Jeffries [sic] birthplace'. Only one photograph of Jeffreys is dated in 1914. The photograph of Fatfield School dates from 1907.

Photograph Albums

These albums record Jeffreys's own interest in photography. The albums A-G, have inscriptions identifying persons and places, some apparently contemporary with the making of the album, some significantly later added by Lady Jeffreys.

'E. Cunningham 1977'

Contents of folder so inscribed by Lady Jeffreys divided into six for ease of reference: correspondence, notes, drafts and background material.Includes obituary, order of service, off-prints, bibliography and 'In Memoriam' booklet produced by the Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge (D.256). Jeffreys wrote obituaries for Nature and the Eagle, St John's College Cambridge publication, 1977. He declined an invitation to write an obituary notice for the London Mathematical Society which was subsequently written by Sir William McCrea.

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