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Letters dated 21 Jan. 1922 - 30 June 1926.

Letters from Trevelyan dated 30 Jan. 1906 - 18 Oct. 1918. Accompanied by a letter from Sir Henry Jackson to H. M. Adams dated 22 Mar. 1951.

The papers consist of:
Two copies of an annotated typescript catalogue of the Newton library by Heinrich Zeitlinger in 1929, with a later copy of the book list with five more books added by H. M. Adams.
Cuttings about the Newton library dated 1942-1944.
One postcard from Tressilian Nicholas to H. M. Adams and fifteen letters dated August to October 1943 from Henry Sotheran Ltd and from Barnby, Bendall & Co. Ltd. to the Trinity College Librarian H. M. Adams concerning the shipping of the Newton library.
Later notes and letters about the books stored in the Muniments Room and value of the alchemical books in the collection with two letters dated 1943-1944 from Dorothea Waley Singer and John Read to C. D. Broad.
A later note from F. E. Manuel about manuscripts by and about Newton in the British Library, dated June 1957.

Trinity College, Cambridge - Thanks Adams for his help in finding books in his library for 'Aftermath'.

3 Cromwell Gardens, London - Thanks the Master for enlisting Adams' help in obtaining the books he needs from his library for 'Aftermath'.

Regarding the instalment of the new clock in Bentley's time as Master, and John Harrison's association with Trinity. With card from Adrian to H. M. Adams, the Librarian, passing on the letter and mentioning an attempt to find references to Harrison in the collections.

Copy of a letter dated 12 Nov. 1951 from H. M. Adams offering two papyrus fragments and a squeeze in white plaster of an Assyrian cuneiform inscription of Sargon, taken from a stone in Colchester Castle. A copy of a letter from C. Winter of the Fitzwilliam dated 19 Nov. 1951 accepts the fragments but not the white plaster squeeze.

Envelope addressed to Capt. H. M. Adams, M.C., labelled in pencil 'E. Hawison's ARP circular', and three typed sheets of thoughts on procedures to be followed in the event of enemy action, with printed compliments from the Junior Bursar.

Variety of orders, memoranda etc regarding A.R.P. procedures, including instructions to St. John's chapel tower observers, the duties of staircase marshals, instructions to porters, fire-fighting drill, unexploded and incendiary bombs, lists with names of those engaged various A.R.P. related roles etc. Many of these documents are initialled A.G. [Andrew Gow]. Printed A.R.P. telephone list, with stations and internal numbers.,

There are also three memoranda issued by the University and Colleges Joint Fire Protection Scheme, May-Jun. 1944.

A note accompanying the letter is written on the back of a card from Tressilian Nicholas to Herbert Mayow Adams, dated 19 Jul., about a 'proposed visit to Cheltenham to inspect the Newton books'. The note explains that when Bucknall refers to 'the operations which we studied in your College', he means 'the military conference held in Trinity COllege from March 28th to April 1st 1944 , which laid plans for the invasion of France in June 1944.'

Passing along miscellaneous correspondence relating "to the drawings in the collection".

Accompanying a college bill of [Charles?] Ames, Christmas 1726 and a forwarding letter sent to WInstanley by the Deputy Librarian of St. John's.

Trinity College, Cambridge - A covering letter accompanying 'a large collection of Frazer letters' found amongst Mr [Robert Angus] Downie's papers after his bankruptcy. At top, 'Answd. Keep them. 28.vi.1958' in the hand of H. M. Adams.

(Greg:) (Place of writing not indicated.)—Asks about the binding of the Capell First Folio.
(Adams:) Trinity College, Cambridge.—Describes the binding of the book.

(Pre-paid and self-addressed by Greg. Probably sent to Adams as an enclosure. Only Adams’s message is dated.)

Letter from Marsh to [Herbert Mayo] Adams, 25 Jan 1956, bound in: offers the typescript as a gift to the Library, and promising the gift of his English translation of Bertrand Russell's The Logic of Relations, originally written in French

Offering a printed card advertising the sale of Bertrand Russell's Trinity furnishings, books etc in Jul. 1916 to Trinity library.

Accompanying Thomas Woolner's letter to Robert Browning and the letter mentioning the bust of F. D. Maurice (now O.11.a.3/28-29). Would like to introduce Major J. R. Abbey to Adams later this month when he comes to Cambridge; notes that Abbey bought St. John Hornby's collection of manuscripts 'en bloc'.

Letters dated 9 Oct. 1923, 12 & 17 Oct. 1923, and 27 Mar [1926?]. Accompanied by a draft of a letter from Henry Jackson to his brother Percy dated 11 Oct. 1909, and a letter from H. M. Adams to Henry Cholmondeley Jackson dated 27 May 1947.

Trinity College Library, Cambridge - Encloses a formal acknowledgment of the gift of Frazer's book ['Totemica'?, gift acknowledgment not enclosed]; the Master [Thomson] wishes to express his thanks but has not written owing to the amount of work occasioned by Lord Rutherford's death.

Transcripts include letter from Emily Sellwood [later wife of Alfred Tennyson] to Emily Tennyson, and transcripts of notes by Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt Jesse. With correspondence between Sir Charles Tennyson, Hannah D. French (Research Librarian at Wellesley College), T. H. Vail Motter, and two librarians of Trinity, H. M. Adams and C. R. Dodswell.

H M Adams has been demobbed as he will be more use to the Observer Corps and will be able to continue his duties as librarian.

Hallington Hall, Newcastle- on-Tyne. - Thanks Bessie for her letter; has written to [Herbert Mayow] Adams, the Trinity Librarian, asking him to communicate with her, though he may be on holiday and thus not able to write at once. Very glad Humphry is going to act as [Bob's] unofficial literary executor; is sure he will do it well. Sorry that Bessie's arthritis has been causing her pain; Janet has no pain but is 'dreadfully incapacitated'. Would much like 'the "homely" photo of Bob'. They do not come south until 16 October.

Selworthy, Shiphay Avenue, Torquay. [Directed to the Librarian, Trinity College, Cambridge. Acknowledged on the 31st.]. - Presents to the Library some papers written by Eddington when he was at Brynmelyn School. He found them when, in later years, he was headmaster of that school. The attached letter [O.11.22/15] was written to him by Eddington when he asked how old he was when he wrote them

Adams, H.M. 1973
Allibone, T.E. 1969, 1973 (Jubilee of Taylor's Bakerian Lecture)
Anderson, T. 1972

Two letters.

Letter concerning deposit of card catalogue of Sir James Frazer's library to Trinity College Library. With later note in pencil that the cabinet of cards had been delivered.