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23, West Road, Cambridge. - Thanks Bessie for her letter; they will indeed 'all miss our beloved Will [Arnold-Forster], who was 'so much to us in our younger days'. His portrait of her hangs in the dining room here with an artificial light over it; they 'could not make much of it' in the [Trinity Master's] Lodge as the lighting was difficult, but now it is back in its proper place. She and George are 'happily back in this house'; hopes they will stay here 'forever' now; the Lodge was 'impossible' once she became 'so feeble in walking'. The Adrians have not yet moved in, since there are 'such huge repairs to be done' on the electric wiring and structural deficiencies; is 'thankful to be out of it'.

Letter on becoming Master

Photograph taken in Nevile's Court, Trinity, other figures in background. Annotation on the back in pen: 'M. L. 1956'; the photographs are said in the letter which accompanies them to be from 'a Polish colleague who had attended our Congress'.

'George Trevelian', 'Tommy Gold', 'Lord Adrian 1955', 'Hermann Bondi' (photocopy).

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),

Photographs taken by "Cambridge News" with stamp and copyright statement on versos.

A 23 pp. typescript account by Carmelita Hinton (Taylor's cousin by marriage) with a ms. note 'Written for friends for Xmas 1924', and a ms. note by Batchelor 'Sent to Stephanie Ravenhill. Part 2 describes a cruise on "Frolic" with G.I.T. as skipper.'
The party included 'Aunt Maggie' (Taylor's mother), 'another cousin Ursula' [Nettleship, see A.161], a 'Dr. Adrian' [E.D. Adrian] and 'The O'Malleys' [see A.163].

Includes a preface to the translations of H A J Munro and photographs of Lord Adrian

on becoming OM

On headed notepaper for The Bath Club, 74 St. James's Street, S.W.1.- At Christmas 1956 the writer received prints of the photographs of the Master [Lord Adrian] which Duff 'liked so much', from a 'Polish colleague who had attended our Congress the previous summer'; wrote to him asking for the loan of the negative, but heard nothing until this Christ,as, when 'lo and behold a fresh set of prints arrived'. Encloses six of them.

With envelope postmarked 7 Jan. 1858, Kingston on Thames, Surrey, addressed to Duff at Trinity but forwarded on to Elvet Garth, Durham, and labelled 'Joe | Adrian photos''.

Annotation on the back in pen: 'M. L. 1956'; the photographs are said in the letter which accompanies them to be from 'a Polish colleague who had attended our Congress'. Taken, as can be seen more clearly in Add. MS a 519/8, in Nevile's Court, Trinity.

Annotation on the back in pen: 'M. L. 1956'; the photographs are said in the letter which accompanies them to be from 'a Polish colleague who had attended our Congress'.

[Marlborough, Wiltshire.]—Describes the nature of the injury to his finger, which will take several weeks to heal. Has been excused work, and is spending time reading. They will probably not be moved for a week or so. Has received a letter from Colin, who says that Professor Adrian’s lecture was a success. Is glad that he has decided to go to Bart’s Hospital.

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.

Regarding the rooms occupied by Isaac Newton at Trinity, with accompanying photocopied material referred to as 'Exhibits' A-C.
A: 'Appendix C. Sir Isaac Newton's Rooms', from D. A. Winstanley's Early Victorian Cambridge, 1940.
B: 'Newton's Rooms in Trinity' by the Master [E. D. Adrian], from the Trinity Review, [Lent] 1963.
C: 'General Introduction' from D. T. Whiteside's Isaac Newton: The Mathematical Papers, vol. 6, 1974
D: Extract from Willis and Clark, Architectural History of... Cambridge, 1888.

Candid photograph of Lord Adrian sitting in a Plenary Session lecture given by Prof. A. J. P. Martin at the Third International Congress on the Unity of the Sciences, London. Pencil caption on verso.

Has had a letter from a friend that tells him a decision will be made on April 5th and that it is likely to be favourable; has written to E. D. Adrian.

Recommendations for a specialist in diabetes.

Thanks Joe for the letter and the 'excellent prints'; showed them to Alan Hodgkin, 'who said he had never seen such good pictures of Adrian'. Must show them to Adrian himself and his wife. Wonders if they should be 'deposited in the Library'.

Adrian had been a contemporary of Taylor at Trinity and remained one of his closest friends; many of the personal letters in Section A include references to meetings, dinners, holidays, etc. shared by the Adrian and Taylor families. Because of their close personal contact, little correspondence remains.

Folder includes two letters from A.S.F. Gow, 1972, about Adrian's car accident.