Christ's Hospital, Commonwealth Shipping Committee, Trinity College (Cambridge), 1919-1963

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MS. Eng. c. 8228

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Letters, memoranda, reports, pamphlets and newspaper cuttings relating to:

(fols. 1-38) Christ's Hospital, 1946-1961, comprising printed material relating to the fourth centenary of the Hospital (1953) and correspondence relating to students (fols. 1-16, 29-38 =Res.).

(fols. 39-302) Commonwealth Shipping Committee, 1951-1963, mainly relating to Jones' visits to Canada (1951 and 1953) to discuss marine insurance rates and ocean transportation problems. Includes letters from Maurice Hankey, L. Dana Wilgress, Clement Attlee and Henry "Harry" Hodson thanking Jones for sending them copies of his reports (1951-1952). Printed material includes:

Report on West Indian Shipping Services by the Commonwealth Shipping Committee, 1948
Hull Insurance Rates on the Hudson Bay Route by W.J. Hansen, 1949
The British Columbia Coast. Milbanke Sound to Portland Canal. Bulletin No. 9 (Land Series), 1950
Fort Churchill Manitoba Handbook (produced for a visit by members of the Canadian Senate and House of Commons), 1951
Kitimat 51: A series of cartoons made on the site of Canada's largest construction project... by Allan Beatson, 1952 (with inscription to Jones from Ian Kennedy, 1953)
Eleventh Report on Hudson Bay Marine Insurance Rates 1952 by the Commonwealth Shipping Committee

(fols. 303-333) Trinity College, Cambridge, 1919-1962, including invitations to College dinners and a printed list of "past and present members on service in His Majesty's forces and the allied armies" (1919).