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On Royal reception for Women's Voluntary Service for Civil Defence.

Enclosing copy of speech by Adlai Stevenson

With carbon copy of letter from R. A. Butler to Lady Reading, 30 Oct. 1959

With carbon copy of reply from Butler, , 30 Jan. 1952.

On creation as Baroness Swanborough

With carbon copy of letter from R. A. Butler to Lady Reading, 11 Jan. 1957

On St John's, Smith Square

With carbon copy of letter from R. A. Butler to Lady Reading, 19 Jul. 1962.

With carbon copy of reply from R. A. Butler, 7 Nov. 1951.

Account of Lady Reading's visit to Winnipeg

Thanks Julia Monk for her contribution to the Women's Voluntary Service

Letter of recommendation for Reinhold Regensberger, book collector and linguist, at that time a refugee in England: 'einer der feinsten und interssantesten Menschen..., die diesen heruntergekommenen Planeten gegenwärtig bevölken. Er kennt etwa 100 Sprachen und hat auf eine mir unbegreifliche Weise seine riesige Bibliothek nach England retten können...' [one of the finest and most interesting men... to people this ravaged planet. He knows roughly 100 languages and has in a - to me - incomprehensible way managed to bring his huge library safely to England..']