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Official and general correspondence, 1909, 1912, 1914-1916

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Correspondence for the period 1914 to June 1916, with two earlier items dated 1909 and 1912.

Includes letters from:
  1. Abraham, G.H.F., 1914
  2. Anderson, Sir John, 1916 (copy letter only from Clementi to Anderson about Alleyne Leechman)
  3. Armitage, Francis Paul, four letters, 1914, 1915, 1916
  4. Bell, John, 1916
  5. Berkeley, Sir Maurice Julian, 1916
  6. Boose, James Rufus, 1916
  7. Carbin, F.M., two letters (with enclosures), with a copy letter from Clementi to Carbin and James Rodway, 1915
  8. Catterson-Smith, John Keats, 1916
  9. Cookson, Christopher, 1916
  10. Dunn, S.T., 1916
  11. Egerton, Sir Walter, 10 letters, with enclosure (a letter Egerton received from Sir Joseph Nunan dated 30 Jul 1912), with two copy letters from Clementi to Egerton (1914, 1916), 1914, 1915, 1916
  12. Fowler, Frank, with a copy of Clementi's letter to Fowler attached, 1916
  13. Frere, Harold A., 1916
  14. Grannum, Reginald Clifton, 1914
  15. Greene, George Ball, three letters (two are notes only, written on the back of letters from Clementi to Greene), 1914, 1916
  16. Grindle, Sir Gilbert Edmund Augustine, 1916
  17. Hallifax, Edwin Richard, two letters, 1914, 1915
  18. Harrison, Sir John Burchmore, three letters, with enclosure (typescript list of barometer readings), with a copy letter from Clementi to Harrison (1916), 1914, 1916
  19. Hunte, Sir George Ruthven Le, two letters, 1915, 1916
  20. Johnston, Sir Reginald Fleming, two letters, 1914, 1916
  21. Keltie, Sir John Scott (Royal Geographical Society), three letters, 1914, 1916
  22. King, John Hampden, 1916
  23. Knaggs, Sir Samuel William, 1916
  24. Koch, Wilfred Miller Vincent, two letters, 1914
  25. Kotewall, Sir Robert Hormus (postcard), 1916
  26. Laing, John B. (The Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana), two letters, 1914, 1916
  27. Leechman, Alleyne, three letters, 1916
  28. Loveday, Thomas, 1915
  29. Marie Louise, Princess (note of thanks for arranging the trip to Kaieteur Falls), 1914
  30. May, Sir Francis Henry, 1914
  31. May, Lady Helena Augusta Victoria, 1915
  32. McElderry, Samuel Burnside Boyd, 1916
  33. Menzies, J.C., 15 letters, 1915, 1916
  34. Minett, Edward Pigott, two letters, 1916
  35. Morrison, George Ernest, 1916
  36. Nunan, Sir Joseph, two letters (one has a comment by Clementi at the end addressed to Sir Walter Egerton and an acknowledgement by Egerton), 1916
  37. Orme, G.N., 1916
  38. Pantin, W.E.P. (The Classical Journals Board), 1914
  39. Parry, Edward Archibald, 1916
  40. Pavey, [W.L.C.], 1916
  41. Rinzy, G.C. de, 1914
  42. Robson, W.J., 1916
  43. Rodway, James (The Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana), five letters, some enclosures, with a copy letter from Clementi to Rodway (1915), 1914, 1915
  44. Ross, Stewart Buckle Carne, 1914
  45. Roth, Walter E., four letters, with enclosure (extract from his 1914 diary about visiting Mount Roraima), 1915, 1916
  46. Sprostons Limited, two letters, with enclosures relating to Clementi's trip to Mount Roraima (notes by Clementi, itinerary, receipts and statements of account), 1916
  47. Weber, O., 1916
  48. Stewart, Murray, three letters (including two telegrams), 1914, 1915
  49. Walter, Robert, 1914
  50. Warren, Sir Thomas Herbert, with enclosure (an article about his valedictory lecture at Oxford University reprinted from the Oxford Chronicle, 18 Feb), 1916
  51. Webb, Clement Charles Julian, 1916

Also includes:
  1. newspaper cutting from [ The Daily Argosy] about James Rodway's lecture on the history of British Guiana's constitution, 18 Mar 1914
  2. newspaper cutting from The Daily Argosy, 'The Railway and the Constitution. Georgetown members address electors', 9 Jun 1914
  3. typescript notes on 'Burnt Earth for Road Metals in British Guiana' by L.P. Hodge, 3 Sep 1914
  4. list of the electoral representatives in British Guiana for the period 1892-1914, showing the name of the representative, electoral district, date elected and race, with related notes, [1915?]
  5. memorandum on the 'Constitutional Considerations involved in Procedure for Abolition of Board of Education', [1915], with related Combined Court Resolutions, 1909, 1915
  6. memorandum on 'the position of Combined Court in relation to the Registrar's Fee Fund', [1915]
  7. newspaper cutting from The Daily Argosy being the text of Clementi's lecture to the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society on his recent journey to Mount Roraima. With annotations in Penelope Clementi's hand, 30 Mar 1916

and papers relating to a trip to the Kaieteur Falls, Mar 1914, arranged by Clementi for Princess Marie Louise (accompanied by Mabel Hawkes, Oliver Fraser and [A.] White), comprising:
  1. proposed itinerary and description of the journey
  2. napkin and piece of paper signed by those on the trip
  3. barometric pressure readings taken at the Falls by Clementi
  4. newspaper cutting from [ The Daily Chronicle] giving Clementi's impressions of the Falls
  5. To The Kaieteur Fall [sic] and Back, pamphlet by Sprostons Limited

(Princess Marie Louise describes the trip in her autobiography, My Memories of Six Reigns)

Dates

  • Creation: 1909, 1912, 1914-1916

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 5

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