A chronological sequence of memoranda, notes, correspondence and publications, relating to matters widely debated in the 1950s and 1960s, including the recruitment of undergraduates, research students and staff; the relations between colleges and departments and the tutorial system. Like many of his colleagues, Darlington gave evidence to the Robbins Committee, the National Incomes Commission and the Franks Commission and aired his views locally in the Oxford Magazine and more widely in the national press.