Included are letters from Stanley Baldwin (B/67), Lady Betty Balfour (B/70), Harley Granville Barker (B/69), Sir J. M. Barrie (B/68), Edmund Charles Blunden (B/71), Evelyn Boscawen, 8th Viscount Falmouth (B/71), Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh (B/67), Max Planck (B/67, B/70), Sir J. H. Jeans (B/71), Sir W. H. Bragg, (B/73), Godfrey Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood (B/67), Prince Chula of Siam (B/72), W. Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (B/71, B/73), Sir G. H. Duckworth (B/68), Frederich Homes Dudden (B/66), Lilly Frazer (B/72), Violet Grimston, Countess of Verulam (B/73), Graeme Haldane (B/72), Roy Harrod (B/72), A. E. Housman (B/73), David A. E. Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford (B/70), Sir Henry McCardie (B/63), Margaret (Daisy) McTaggart (B/68, B/70), Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (B/70), Katharine, Lady Parsons (B/66), Marga Planck (B/67), A.O. Rankine (B/73), John, 1st Viscount Sankey (B/72), Lady Marjorie Sinclair, Baroness Pentland (B/71), Lady Elisabeth Babington Smith (B/66, B/69), Lucy Babington Smith (B/69), Susan Babington Smith (B/69), John Bulloch Souter (B/73), Angela Thirkell (B/72), Mari M. Thompson (B/73), Sir Henry Francis Wilson (B/68), F. Theodore Woods (B/69).
Included are letters by:
Louis de Broglie, Ernest Rutherford, Sedley Taylor (B/53),
A.E Housman, J. E. B. Seely, F. Derwent Wood (B/54)
E. D. Adrian, C.G. Barkla, Dorothea, Lady Charnwood, Lilly Frazer, Kathleen, Lady Rayleigh (B/55).
C. A. Alington, H. L. Paget, H. F. Stewart, F. Theodore Woods, Eileen Younghusband (B/56),
B/485 includes correspondence from Sir J.G. Frazer and Lady Frazer re Wyse Bequest and their visit to Cambridge.
Laregan, France Lynch, Glos. - Thanks Rouse Ball for thinking of him in the distribution of Cayley's papers; will put the MS in the Collected Works and 'treasure it for its giver's sake as well as its writer's'. Has now retired from 'active service at Liverpool' and moved down to Gloucestershire with his wife and daughters; describes the neighbourhood. Asks for news of the Frazers. Would like to subscribe to the fund for the Master's portrait, but does not want a print; 'the reason is not that I do not admire J. J's great scientific achievements, but that I have a smaller house now'.
Pages 33-96, 129-144, 145-158, with only two small corrections. With the proof stamp of The Riverside Press, Edinburgh on the first page of each of the three parts, dated 15-20 December.
Pages 29-124, 141-188, 205-220, 511-524, all unmarked, three of the signatures unopened.
Poem signed J. G. F. [Written for Lady Frazer's 65th birthday?] 27 copies.
32 loose pages from a printed volume(s?) with music and verses of French songs probably used by Lilly Frazer. Accompanied by an advertisement for 'Chansons Populaires, Recueillies dans les Alpes Françaises' par Julien Tiersot with music and verses for 'La Fiancée Lointaine'.
Scores and sheet music possibly used by Lilly Frazer when she taught French. Composers are not identified. The four scores are manuscripts: 'Père Capucin', 'Le Vieux Drapeau', 'Vive Henri IV', and 'Louis XI'. Another four pieces of sheet music are photomechanical copies of 'Le Célèbre Menuet d'Exaudet'.
Score with parts for oboe, 1st violin, 2nd violin, viola, violoncello, triangle and drum, and piano. Manuscript title on front continues 'Le Garde Passe, A la Monaco, Le Chevalier du Guet, Le Joli Tambour'.
In Lilly Frazer's hand, with a pen-and-ink drawing of a stage prop on the last page.
Music possibly composed for a play by Lady Frazer, whose book 'The Singing Wood' was published in 1931. The score was composed by Stuart Young, with an overture for the piano and an interlude for the piano and violin.
82 cuttings of newspaper articles mentioning Frazer, including reviews of 'Totemica', 'Greece and Rome', and 'Pasha the Pom'. Reviews of 'Aftermath' include one by A. L. Morton in 'Criterion' of April 1937. Two photos of James and Lilly appear (items 18 and 51), dated January and October 1937.
32 Steeles Road, Haverstock Hill, N.W.3. - Writes, rather than telegraphs, as Lady Frazer suggests, to congratulate him. In a postscript, she also wishes him a happy birthday.
3 Essex Grove, Upper Norwood, S.E.19., 1er Janvier 1925, 3 heures du matin - Sends birthday wishes and congratulates Frazer on the news which he read in proofs the night before; congratulates Lady Frazer as well, as having been indispensable to him.
Birch Heys, Cromwell Range, Fallowfield - Congratulates Frazer; thanks Lady Frazer for her kind message at Christmas.
Oberbozen - Congratulates Frazer, has no sooner written him one letter than he needs to write another with OM on the envelope; is pleased his fellow companion is Rutherford, is certain there are thousands of people in England who will rejoice with him, and knows Lady Frazer must be well pleased.
Ex libris Paul Hyacinthe [Paris Postmark] - Congratulates Frazer.
73 Grange Road, Cambridge - Congratulates Frazer and notes that the honour must be of intense satisfaction to Lady Frazer.
Heatherside House, Camberley - Congratulates Frazer, and passes on apologies from his wife to Lady Frazer for not answering her proposal to meet.
55 Barton Road, Cambridge - Her husband [John Maxwell Image] used to tell her that the O.M. was a great honour, and that of those awarded to Oxford and Cambridge men, almost all were to Cambridge men, and of those most were at Trinity; how happy he would be to read of two more. Asks if the origin of the phrase 'Bless you' may not be derived in the same way as the Maori quotation in 'Folk-lore in the Old Testament'; apologises to Lady Frazer for not visiting.
Trinity College - Congratulates Frazer, addressed as 'Optime Maxime', on his 'birthday present', and teases Lady Frazer: 'I think even she must be enjoying a brief moment of contentment'.
L'Europe Nouvelle, 92 Rue de Miromesnil, Paris - Thanks him for his letter, admires him, apologises for the long delay in keeping his promise to Lady Frazer, is sending a review of 'Adonis' to 'Monde Nouveau', and fears it will not appear until the next month; is pleased to hear that Trinity is providing room for his library; his 'uncle' Marcel Sembat and aunt are going to Chamonix, but he will tell them the news of the Frazers' plans for the autumn.
The Master's House, The Temple, E.C.4. - Congratulates Frazer; asks him to tell Lady Frazer he often reads her abridgement of 'The Golden Bough' and 'seem to get whiffs of her personality too'; writes that one of his aims is to write in poetic form what is normally written in prose.
France Lynch, Stroud, Gloucestershire - Congratulates Frazer; had been prepared by Lady Frazer to look for an announcement in 'The Times'; is looking forward to a visit to Cambridge; is very pleased with the peace of his village; found it was easy to leave Liverpool as so many friends had already left.
University of Bristol - Congratulates Frazer; Lady Frazer's books, which she presented to his children, are still valued and on their shelves.
Far End, East Preston, Littlehampton [on mourning paper] - Thanks them for their sympathy [on death of Israel Zangwill].
Far End, East Preston, Sussex - 'You have so many honours that panting congratulation crawls after you in vain.' Wishes them a happy new year, and like many others, suggests he not bother to reply.