Letter from Sir Francis Younghusband to Ruth Mallory on the death of her husband George on Mount Everest in which he conveys a message form King George V
Will married Ruth Mallory in 1939 a year after the death of his wife.
Autograph letter in French, signed, probably to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer.
Van de Weyer, Jean Sylvain (1802-1874), diplomatPrinted letter signed by George Mallory as Captain of the Boat Club asking for donations so that an Eight could be sent to Henley.
Autograph letter in French, signed as “Guillaume Pr d’Orange”, to an unidentified recipient. He acknowledges the best wishes sent to him on the birth of his second son.
Van de Weyer, Jean Sylvain (1802-1874), diplomatLetter from H. Bryning to Edith Turner, writing for Francis Turner as he “finds the bandages covering his face an obstruction to using his eyes”. The letter contains updates on his condition and on his future travel to England.
Letters and papers relating to the University Commission.
The Revd Mr Buck Bursar to Magdalen College to John Rainforth Quarter ending 19 December 1794
Gate Bill
Gives weekly totals for 12 weeks with a quarterly total of £2 8s 0d
College Letters
Daily record of letters sent for this quarter with additional items:
Stamp paper = £0 0s 2½d
Quarterly total = £0 8s 5½d
Gate bill = £2 8s 0d
Courts, street & walks = £3 0s 0d
Combination Room = £0 15s 0d
Total = £6 11s 5½d
January 18 1795
Received the contents by me John Rainforth
[initialled R.B. – Revd Richard Buck, Bursar]
Bill for:
College Letters and Stamps: £0 8s 11½ d
Combination room: £0 15s 0d
is recorded in the Necessary Expenses Book [MCAD/3/3/3] but is missing from the bundle.
Two letters from the 2nd Earl of Suffolk to the Master and Fellows (contemporary copies).
2 letters, written by Edith and Charles Turner, to their children on Christmas Eve, 1909. The letters are written from a hotel in Egypt. They talk about their travel plans, thank them for presents, and discuss what they're doing on Christmas Day.
Letters from Francis Turner to Ruth Turner. The letters cover their health, travels, and George Turner's move from Marlborough to Makerere College, Uganda. Several of the letters are written in a faux-old style, and given corresponding false dates.
Letters from George Turner to Ruth Turner. The earliest letter (9 February 1926) is about George Turner's appointment as the Master of Marlborough. The second letter (22 April 1935) was written while George Turner was visiting Washington D.C. In the third letter (1 January 1938), George Turner apologises for deciding to leave his role at Marlborough and take a job as Master of Makerere, as Ruth Turner was living at Marlborough College.
The other letters cover the period 1944 - 1945, when George Turner was Master of Makerere College, Uganda. He touches on the war, his living conditions, his social engagements, and his job.
Two letters from John Dykes Bower, an organist who was employed at the Air Ministry, to Francis Turner. He encloses details of Turner's schedule touring schools as an RAF Squadron Leader.
Two letters about the Mastership written from Audley End by Lord Braybrooke (Visitor).
Two letters from Merton College, Oxford, about the enfranchisement of the copyhold estate (Copped Hall).
Four letters from Simon Barrington-Ward to John Walsh.
Letters from Simon Barrington-Ward to Ronald Hyam.
Letters of administration to the effects of Thomas of Thomas Harding.
Letters of condolence written to Ruth Mallory on the death of her husband George Mallory on Mount Everest from:
Mary Anne O'Malley; Jelly d'Aranji; Geoffrey Keynes; Geoffrey Young; Robert Graves; E. F. Norton; George Trevelyan; Will A-Forster [whom Ruth married in 1939]; KA Forster; Alan Goodfellow; M. J. Rendall; Arthur Hinks; F. Keeling Scott; J. N. Collie; T. Howard Somerville; A. C. Benson; message of condolence from the King sent to Sir Francis Younghusband and passed on to Ruth; Noel Odell; and various Climbing Clubs.
Also a booklet in which his John Mallory [son] has transcribed the letters for George and Ruth's descendants.
File of press cuttings, and press releases, including Enthronement Sermon for Simon Barrington-Ward's consecration as Bishop of Coventry in Coventry Cathedral on 4 January 1986.