Item 3 - Letter from Sir Henry Willink to C.S. Lewis, 14 May 1954

Identity area

Reference code

MCPP/CSL/1/1/3

Title

Letter from Sir Henry Willink to C.S. Lewis, 14 May 1954

Date(s)

  • 14 May 1954 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 item, paper

Context area

Name of creator

Archival history

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Typed copy letter from Sir Henry Willink to C.S. Lewis.

Thanks him for his letter of 12 May and the kind things he said about the invitation to become the first Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Expresses the wish of many in Cambridge that he should come and live in Cambridge. Thinks that he will receive several personal letters from people who he knows who will be more persuasive. Hopes he will reconsider and withdraw his refusal.

He did not feel the need to write to their second choice before 1 June.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Finding aids

      Allied materials area

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Notes area

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Former reference

      F/CSL/1

      Access points

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Genre access points

      Description control area

      Description identifier

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Accession area