Letter of 1925 is to Stephanie Ravenhill, with advice and plans for her and Taylor's garden. Letters of 1954 contain recollections and anecdotes of George Boole. Includes also a copy of E.L. Voynich's Will, and a press-cutting on her death in 1960 at the age of 96.
Taylor spent several months in Linford Sanatorium, Ringwood, with a lung infection. He received many letters from his family and friends, mainly personal, but some including news of Cambridge. There are no surviving letters from Taylor for this period.
Paginated 2-18, but talk begins on p.2 and there is no missing page.
A.35 includes (loose) signed photograph of Rajah of Sarawak.
Taylor's interest in long gravity waves was aroused by a visit to Krakatau during the 1929 Congress (see Batchelor, Memoir, p.585).
Folder includes ms. translation of Pliny's letters on the eruption of Vesuvius, made for Taylor by the Archbishop of New Zealand, 1947, and brief correspondence re film of Tristan da Cunha eruption
Correspondant, Académie des Sciences, Paris 1946 (Letter of election), D.Sc. University of London 1946 (Programme of events, citation), U.S. Medal for Merit 1946 (Citation, printed material, correspondence re (presentation), Hon. Member, Institute of Metals 1947 (Letter to Stephanie Taylor, 1955), Hon. Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society 1948 (Letter of election), Hon. Member, Calcutta Mathematical Society 1948 (Letter to Stephanie Taylor, 1955), Hon. Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences 1952
Includes Taylor with Rutherford; skiing with I.A. Richards; making parachute jump at Girton; with Stephanie Taylor at Lofoten Islands.
Personal records of Fellows of the Royal Society, with entries by G. I. and Lady Taylor.
The last letters in both these folders are dated 12 August, immediately before the marriage.
All from various addresses in USA
Lecture tour in USA
Visit to Australia, etc.
USA, Guernsey, Istanbul
(Sailing on `Guiding Light')
(Madrid)
(Final cruise on `Guiding Light')
USA
New Mexico
(France)
USA
(USA)
(USA)