Personal papers and diaries, 1946-1995; n.d.

File

MS. 5985/5

Held in our offsite storage facility

Folder 1: Personal papers, including passports, 1973 and 1983; papers relating to employment and academic posts, 1946-1978; papers relating to various legal, financial and administrative matters, 1948-1982; papers relating to memberships of social clubs and societies, 1947-1989.
Folder 2: Papers relating to honours and awards, including Doctor of Letters honoris causa, University of East Anglia, 1971; foreign membership, Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, 1976; Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, France, 1977; Doctor of Letters honoris causa, University of Durham, 1985; Honorary Fellow, University College London, 1978; Doctor of Literature honoris causa, University of London, 1978.
Folder 3: Various versions of A.J. Ayer's curriculum vitae, c. 1967 and 1982; biographical notes, and correspondence regarding entries in International Authors and Writers Who's Who, Who's Who America, Men of Achievement and other biographical reference books, 1990-1993 and n.d.
Folder 4: Papers relating to A.J. Ayer's death and estate, including lists of his papers, 1989-1995; two portraits of A.J. Ayer, 1984-1992; also includes two photographs of A.J. Ayer, 1978 and n.d.
Folder 5: Five University of Oxford pocket diaries, containing some appointment and address notes, 1975-1976, 1977-1978, 1978-1979, 1979-1980, 1981-1982. (= Closed)
Folder 6: Eight pocket diaries, containing some appointment and address notes, 1981-1988. (= Closed)

Dates

1 box (6 folders)

MS. 5985/5

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