Printed material and papers relating to proposed College extensions 1893-1899 and 1919-1921, both schemes for erecting new College buildings on the Backs, accompanied by War Memorial Committee papers dated 1919-1924, primarily printed material circulated to Trinity Fellows. Other papers in the collection include printed material related to the proposed Oxford scheme of rotation of college entrance school exams; a printed speech at the luncheon given to celebrate the 80th birthdays of Sir Gerald and Lady Lenox Conyngham, 5 October 1946; a paper given at the Seminar on Problems in Industrial Administration, 1956-57, "The Establishment & Development of Aero Research Limited" introduced by N. A. de Bruyne; and a booklet, "An Appreciation of Sir William Dampier Sc.D., F.R.S. on the occasion of the centenary of his birth on December 27th 1967" sent by his daughter Edith H. Whetham, with a draft of Nicholas's letter in thanks with his memories of Dampier.
Nicholas, Tressilian Charles (1887–1989), geologist and college administrator46 letters from Organists Hubert Middleton and Alan Gray, Master J. J. Thomson, Vice Master Reginald St John Parry, Junior Bursar Norman A. de Bruyne, Chaplains E. M. Gresford Jones, Thomas Wentworth Pym, H. F. Stewart, and Frank Woods, Choral Clerk Bill Stewart, Sub-Librarian and former Chorister C. B. Hurry, as well as controversial clergyman Austin Lee, Alan Gray's widow Maude, Old Chorister Association Hon. Secretary Harry Littlechild and others. Included are a few form letters sent to members inviting them to dinners.
A farewell letter written immediately before his death: 'Dearest Ivor, It doesn't matter what you think of me. I know you love me -- the first friendship in my life & indestructable. So in lieu of goodbye & from my heart & soul God bless you & Gwladys & her daughter & give you great happiness. Erskine'.
Accompanied by a letter from Ivor Lloyd-Jones to Norman de Bruyne dated 27 June 1935 donating this letter and [his copy of 'The Riddle of the Sands'] to Trinity College Library, Cambridge.
Childers, Robert Erskine (1870-1922), author and politician