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Letter of acceptance for the 1905 Apostles' dinner.

Signed by candidates: Henry Babington Smith: Grace M. Macaulay (née Conybeare): Edith Oldham: Margaret Smith; Ada Currey; H. Gardiner; George Edward Smith; Mary Susan Duff (née Smith); Katharine Diana Ellis; Jane A. H. Ellis; Agnes J. Gardiner; Bertha Ellis; Margaret F. Ellis.

Photographs of a group of 14 men sitting on and around a bench, with J. N. Langley on the shoulders of J. K. Stephen. Ink caption above and below photograph records the date and the names of the men: J. N. Langley, A. H. Clough, F. B. Winthrop, H. C. Goodhart, J. K. Stephen, Prince Edward, H. F. Wilson, J. D. Duff, H. B. Smith, J. W. Clark, H. L. Stephen, A. H. Smith, G. N. Dalton, C. V. Stanford.

Two photographs of a group of 14 men sitting on and around a bench, featuring two different poses of the group; in one of these J. N. Langley is on the shoulders of J. K. Stephen. Pencil caption on the verso records the date and the names of the men: J. N. Langley, A. H. Clough, F. B. Winthrop, H. C. Goodhart, J. K. Stephen, Prince Edward, H. F. Wilson, J. D. Duff, H. B. Smith, J. W. Clark, H. L. Stephen, A. H. Smith, G. N. Dalton, C. V. Stanford. Accompanied by a letter from O. F. Morshead, Windsor Castle Librarian to J. D. Duff dated 25 July 1932 thanking him for the loan of the photographs.

48: 20 May 1895, with addition, from A. G. Smith to Susan Emma Smith
49: 8 Aug 1895, with addition, A. H. Smith to Susan Emma Smith

47: 5 Nov 1897, end missing.

Congratulations on engagement.

33, dated on or before 15 Feb 1878, is in mirror writing.
51, 25 Jul 1910, in shorthand.

Shows 'Mr Harry Spyers' [Henry Almack Spyers, teacher at and later headteacher of the school], 'Mr [Arthur?] Gwyther' and 'Mr Stephens' seated outside the school, with a small group of boys gathered around them, named below. Arthur Hamilton Smith is seated on the ground on the left and Henry Babington Smith on the right; also pictured are Clifton, Mylrea, Tait, Hooker, O'Callaghan, Punchard, Wilson and Froom. As well as the place and date, the photograph is labelled above 'William Tell' and 'Box and Cox'; these may have been performed that term [the third picture on this page shows boys in costume].

Shows 'Mr H. Spyers' [Henry Almack Spyers, teacher at and later headteacher of the school] and 'Mr Daunt' seated outside the school, with a small group of boys gathered around them, named below. Arthur Hamilton Smith is on the far left at the back and Henry Babington Smith on the far right; also pictured are Sim, Widnell, Hooker, Tate, Rollo, Petala, Punchard, Froom and O'Callaghan. As well as the place and date, the photograph is labelled above 'Cherry Bounce' and 'The Area Belle'; these are both Victorian farces which may have been performed that term [the third picture on this page shows boys in costume].

Two men and one boy outside.

The room is L3 Old [Great] Court, which Henry Babington Smith occupied throughout his undergraduate career at Trinity, sharing with his older brother, Arthur Hamilton Smith. Arthur had himself shared the room with their older brother James Parker Smith, with continuous occupation by Smith brothers from 1875-1876.

Titled above 'In The Bowling Green. Trin. Coll. 1886'.

Shows group gathered around a bench. Labelled with names below: J. N. Langley; A. H. Clough; J. K. Stephen; V=C. V. Stanford; F. B. Winthrop; A. H. Smith; H. B. S.; J. D. Duff; H. F. Wilson; 'Prince Eddy' [Prince Albert Victor Edward]; H. L. Stephen; J. N. Dalton; J. W. Clark; H. C. Goodhart.

Labelled with location to side and initials below: 'AHS' [A. H. Smith]; 'HCG' [H. C. Goodhart]; 'JWC' [J. W. Clark]; 'JKS' [J. K. Stephen]; 'JNL' [J. N. Langley]; 'HBS'; 'HFW [H. F. Wilson]; 'HLS [H. L. Stephen]'; 'CVS' [C. V. Stanford]; JDD' [J. D. Duff]; 'AHC' [A. H. Clough].

Shows group gathered around a bench and table, some sitting on chairs and a few on the ground in front. Labelled with initials above and below: 'AHC' [A. H. Clough]; 'FBW' [F. B. Winthrop]; 'JDD' [J. D. Duff]; 'HFW [H. F. Wilson]; 'AVE' [Prince Albert Victor Edward]; 'JKS' [J. K. Stephen]; 'JNL' [J. N. Langley]; 'JWC' [J. W. Clark'; 'HBS'; 'JND' [J. N. Dalton]; 'AHS' [A. H. Smith]; 'HLS [H. L. Stephen]'; 'HCG' [H. C. Goodhart]; 'CVS' [C. V. Stanford].

Letter of 17 Aug 1916 contains a note from Lady Elisabeth to Henry Babington Smith..

Hotel Flora, Roma - Apologises that [William] Maxwell bothered them, there has been no problem with the book [the 'Fasti'], the commentary is passed for the press and they are waiting for the paper, is delighted Frazer doesn't want to review the proofs of the index, asks if he needs to see the pages of the text and translation which he has twice reworked; is getting some illustrations from the Director of the British School at Rome, Mr Arthur Smith, and the Assistant Director of the German Institute.

Performing in the Cambridge Greek Play production of Sophocles' Ajax. 'Registered' stamped at bottom of print. Labelled by hand.

From Arthur B. Cane, Austen Chamberlain, Ernest R. Debenham, Frank Gillson, L. N. Guillemard, Stanley M. Leathes, Theodore Morison, F. S. Oliver, Arthur Platt, W. A. Raleigh, R. Ll. B. Rathbone, A. H. Smith, H. Babington Smith, H. F. Stewart, Arthur H. Studd,. C. S. Whibley, H. F. Wilson.

Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum - Congratulates Frazer, and notes that the Society feels special satisfaction that the O.M. is conferred on a scholar who approaches antiquity 'so largely from the side of archaeology, in all its branches'.

Includes correspondence re Henry Babington Smith's grave; letters from Arthur Hamilton Smith and Reginald Heber Macaulay to Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.