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No. 1 Brick Court, Temple, London E.C. Dated 27th June 1914 - Thanks him for the congratulations [on his knighthood]; encloses a letter from [Herbert] Read to [Arthur] Shipley concerning funding for outfitting the expedition, which is not encouraging; details instructions from Lilly Frazer on learning to use the phonograph: avoid C. S. Myers, but instead apply to [William] Manning of the Solar Physics Observatory at Cambridge; she will pay to have Manning visit him in Ovington and spend the night for a leisurely lesson, is prepared to make a gift of a phonograph for his expedition. The letter from H. J. Read to Shipley is dated 24th June 1914, says the £100 asked is too much to ask for outfitting an expedition.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 21st June, 1914 - Further discussion of funding source for outfitting his expedition, Sir David Bruce doesn't think the Royal Society would, thinks the Colonial Office might, so has written [Arthur] Shipley to ask for a good word with [Herbert] Read; is sending [William] Routledge's book on the Kikuyu and [A. C.] Hollis's two books on the Masai and the Nandi.

Six letters concerning Frazer's part in further negotiations relating to the funding of Roscoe's work in Central Africa. The letters date from 30 April to 22 May, 1914, and are written from the Albemarle Club and Batt's Hotel in London where he obtained advice from [Arthur] Shipley, and from the Midland Hotel in Manchester on the 8th and 13th May when his brother [Samuel] died; and at the end of May a short holiday at the Grand Hotel in Llandudno. In the letters of 30 April (Items 66 and 67, misnumbered: 67 is written in the morning and 66 in the evening) Frazer mentions seeing Shipley and hopes to get an interview with Reid [Herbert Read], the Under Secretary for the Colonies, and suggests proposing an appointment of eighteen months with a year in Africa and six months working up the report, and mentions this was Lilly's idea; he also forwards a letter [not transcribed] from [W. H. R.] Rivers, who writes discouragingly about a fellowship at St. John's. In the letter of 1 May, he encloses a draft of the letter to Harcourt and suggests he get it signed by [A. C.] Haddon, [William] Ridgeway and Rivers, and reports that he spoke to Ray Lankester and Sir Henry Miers, who are interested. The letter of 8th May reports the serious illness of his brother, and the letter of 13th May thanks him for his sympathy, and continues to discuss the letter to [Lewis] Harcourt; and the letter of 22nd May encloses an answer to the letter [not transcribed], which he describes as 'satisfactory'.

1 Brick Court, Temple, London, E.C.4. Dated 31 January 1921 - The Royal Society will ask him to give a report on his expedition; Abbé Breuil will give an illustrated lecture on prehistoric caves; is pleased to hear the King has asked the Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill to consult him; asks for a list of those he wishes invited to hear the lecture, suggests Churchill and Sir Herbert Read.

Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Dated 5 Jan. 1920 - Made a short report out of his letters about the Bahima which was published in 'The Times'; encloses a letter from Sir Herbert Read to Hardy about travel arrangements [not transcribed]; describes Lilly Frazer's illness; Sir John Sandys has resigned the Public Oratorship, W. J. Lewis broke his leg badly in Switzerland.