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Official and general correspondence, 1939-1945

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 16
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The letters dated 1940, 1942, 1943 and 1944 are mainly short notes from academics and librarians responding to Clementi's questions about maps; astronomy; Vandal history (specifically Victor Cartennensis); Greek, Egyptian and Chinese history and the correct spellings and origins of words.

Includes letters from:
  1. Alba, Duke of, three letters, with enclosure (notes he has received from Spain about the Vandals), with a copy letter from Clementi to Alba, 1942
  2. Allen, F. (on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society), five letters, 1942
  3. Bailey, Cyril, three letters, with enclosure (letter from Battiscombe Gunn), with drafts of two letters from Clementi to Bailey, 1943, 1945
  4. Bailey, H.W., three letters (one addressed to Dr. Barnett), with a draft letter from Clementi to Bailey, 1943-1944
  5. Barnett, Lionel David, two letters, 1942
  6. Campbell, William Kenneth Hunter, 1939
  7. Cator, Sir Geoffrey Edmund, with enclosure (photograph of Locomotive number 241 of the 'S' class which has been named 'Sir Cecil Clementi', with compliment slip from the General Manager of the Federated Malay States Railways), 1939
  8. Clark, E. Graham, with enclosure (proof of Reginald Lewis Nunn's paper on the Singapore airport which is due to be read at a meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers), 1939
  9. Cookson, Christopher, three letters, with enclosure (a note from P.V.M. Benecke to Cookson), 1941-1942
  10. Desch, Cecil Henry, three letters, with enclosures (printed reports by the British Association Committee 'appointed to report on the probable source of the supply of copper used by the Sumerians'), with a manuscript copy of a letter from Clementi to Desch, 1943
  11. Dodd, Charles Harold, 1944
  12. Driver, Sir Godfrey Rolles, nine letters (including four postcards), with manuscript copies of two letters from Clementi to Driver, 1943
  13. Edwards, Evangeline Dora, three letters, 1942
  14. Featherstone, Clerk E., two letters, with enclosures relating to Mercers' School's wish to become a member of the Association of Governing Bodies of Public Schools (with Clementi as their representative), 1941
  15. Fisher of Lambeth, Baron (Geoffrey Francis Fisher), with enclosures relating to the Association of Governing Bodies of Public Schools, 1942
  16. Fleure, Herbert John, three letters, with enclosure (copy letter from Abbas Ammar to Fleure concerning the dagger found in the tomb of Tutankhamun), with two draft letters from Clementi to Fleure, 1943-1944
  17. Gerschewitsch, I. (to D.H. Boalch), 1942
  18. Giles, Lionel, 1942
  19. Grensted, Laurence William, two letters (regarding a book to be presented to C.C.J. Webb), 1944
  20. Gunn, Battiscombe George, six letters (including a postcard), with three draft letters from Clementi to Gunn, 1943-1944
  21. Haloun, Gustav, seven letters (including a postcard), with a copy letter from Clementi to Haloun, 1942
  22. Hinks, Arthur Robert, four letters, 1942
  23. Hughes, Katharine, 1942
  24. Inge, William Ralph (postcard), with a draft letter from Clementi to Inge, 1944
  25. Jacoby, Felix, two letters, 1943-1944
  26. Jimenez Fraud, Alberto, 1940
  27. Jones, Sir Harold Spencer, seven letters, with manuscript copies of four letters from Clementi to Jones, 1942
  28. Killick Millard, C., two letters, with enclosures (relating to the Voluntary Euthanasia Legalisation Society, 1936, 1939), 1939
  29. Last, Hugh, two letters (one addressed to Cyril Bailey), 1945
  30. Lea, Katie, three letters (one addressed to Alwin Clementi), enclosing notes, 1945
  31. Mackay, G. (on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society), two letters, with a draft letter from Clementi to Mackay, 1945
  32. Myres, John Nowell Linton, two letters (one addressed to [Mr.] Lee), 1939
  33. Pastor, Antonio Ricardo, three letters, with two draft letters from Clementi to Pastor, 1940-1941
  34. Rendall, F.G. (on behalf of the British Museum) (postcard addressed to the Librarian, School of Oriental Studies Library), 1942
  35. Smith, David Nichol, with a manuscript copy of a letter from Clementi to Smith, 1943
  36. Smith, Sidney, six letters, with a draft letter from Clementi to Smith, 1943-1944
  37. Teichman, Sir Eric, 1944
  38. Villaverde, Jose F. (note acknowledging receipt of Clementi's letter to the Duke of Alba, with manuscript copy of Clementi's letter to Alba attached), 1941
  39. Wild, John Herbert Severn, three letters, with enclosure (letter from Claude Jenkins), with a draft letter from Clementi to Wild, 1943-1944
  40. Woodward, Sir Ernest Llewellyn, two letters (including a postcard), with a copy letter from Clementi to Woodward, 1943
  41. Wynne, Mervyn Llewelyn, ten letters, 1939-1940
  42. Zulueta, Francis de, 1940

Also includes:
  1. newspaper cutting from The Times, 'A Back Door to China. The Long Road. To the Burma Border from Yunnan', 14 Jan 1939
  2. typescript memorandum by John Bell, Headmaster of Cheltenham College, on 'the Subject of Compensation to Schools Commandeered by the Government', 6 Nov 1939
  3. typescript notes (incomplete) on the effect on schools whose premises have been comandeered/requisitioned by the Government during the war, 1939
  4. two newpaper cuttings from The South China Morning Post regarding the opening of the China Light & Power Company Limited's new power plant, 27-28 Feb 1940, sent 'With J.P. Braga's compliments'
  5. list of questions about Victor Cartennensis which Clementi sent to Alberto Jimenez Fraud, Francis de Zulueta and others (manuscript and typescript), 1940
  6. Report on River Communications to the Interior of the North West District British Guiana by Gerald O. Case, Feb 1941
  7. The Mistery of Mercers of the City of London, pamphlet, [1941]

This box also contains undated correspondence, comprising letters from:
  1. Everett, Dorothy, two letters (one addressed to 'Miss Clementi')

Dates

  • Creation: 1939-1945

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 16

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