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Bruyne, Norman Adrian de (1904-1997), aeronautical engineer
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Letter from Robert Erskine Childers to Ivor Lloyd-Jones, with provenance letter
Letter from Robert Erskine Childers to Ivor Lloyd-Jones, with provenance letter
Add. MS a/599 · Item · 24 Nov. 1922
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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
Papers of T. C. Nicholas relating primarily to Trinity College extensions and proposed war memorials
Add. MS a/346 · File · 1893-1968
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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