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- Record Id:
- 040-001960139
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001960138
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000771.0x00034d
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- Add MS 54575
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LORD MACMILLAN PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 205). Correspondence and papers of Lord Macmillan as a Trustee of the British Museum; 1937-1949. Contents: 1. ff. 1-16. Papers relating to copyright; 1938.
2. ff. 17-112. Papers relating to damage to the sculptures of the Parthenon; 1938-1939.
3. ff. 113-138. Papers relating to a proposal to place a copy of Magna Carta on permanent loan at the Library of Congress; 1945.
4. ff. 139-175. Papers concerning the statutory powers of the Trustees; 1947-1949.
5. ff. 176-205. General correspondence; 1940-1949.
British Museum: Papers of Lord Macmillan as a Trustee: 1937-1949.
Sir Edgar John Forsdyke, KCB; Director of the British Museum: Correspondence with Lord Macmillan, etc.,: 1937-1949: Typewritten.
includes:
- f. 5 Wilfrid Arthur Greene, Baron Greene: Letter to Sir E. J. Forsdyke: 1938: Typewritten copy.
- ff. 13, 22 Sir William Henry Bragg, scientist: Letters to Lord Macmillan: 1938: Partly typewritten.
- ff. 16, 35-39, 160, 161 Wilfrid Arthur Greene, Baron Greene: Letters, etc., to Lord Macmillan: 1938-1949.
- f. 17 Harold James Plenderleith, Director of the Laboratory at the British Museum: Report on unauthorized cleaning of the Elgin marbles: 1938: Typewritten copy.
- ff. 17-112 Frederick Norman Pryce, of the British Museum: Roger Packman Hinks, art historian: Papers conc. his responsibility for damage to the sculptures of the Parthenon: 1938-1939.
- ff. 25-31 William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech: Letter to Lord Macmillan: 1938.
- ff. 66, 85 Sir Charles Reed Peers, antiquary: Letters to Lord Macmillan: 1938: Partly typewritten.
- ff. 84, 118 William Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang; Archbishop of Canterbury: Letters to Lord Macmillan: 1938, 1945: Typewritten.
- f. 88 Arundell James Kennedy Esdaile, Secretary, British Museum: Letter to Lord Macmillan: 1938: Typewritten.
- ff. 113, 116, 119, 122, 131 Arthur Lehman Goodhart, Hon. KBE; Master of University College, Oxford: Letters to Lord Macmillan: 1945: Partly typewritten.
- ff. 120, 202-205 Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher 1961; Bishop of Chester and (1945) Archbishop of Canterbury: Letters to Lord Macmillan: 1945-1949: Typewritten.
- f. 121 Douglas Clifton Brown, Viscount Ruffside; Speaker of the House of Commons: Letter to Lord Macmillan: 1945: Typewritten.
- ff. 125-130, 136-138 Matilda Theresa Talbot, of Lacock Abbey: Correspondence conc. the Lacock Abbey Magna Carta: 1945: Typewritten copies.
- ff. 167, 169 Sir Norman Boyd Kinnear, Director of the Natural History Museum: Letters to Lord Macmillan: 1949: Typewritten.
- ff. 177-197 Sir Arthur John Evans, archaeologist: Correspondence conc. the bequest of his library and collection of coins: 1941: Typewritten, chiefly copies.
- f. 198 Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, Baron Stavordale; 6th Earl of Ilchester: Letter to Lord Macmillan: 1947.
- f. 199 Sir Henry Hallett Dale, GBE; physiologist and pharmacologist: Letter to Lord Macmillan: 1947: Typewritten.
- ff. 200-201 Sir Frank Chalton Francis, KCB; Director of the British Museum: Letters to Lord Macmillan: 1947: Typewritten.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001960138
040-001960139 - Is part of:
- Add MS 54575-54578 : LORD MACMILLAN PAPERS: correspondence and papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan; 1934-1949, n.d. Partly copies,…
Add MS 54575 : LORD MACMILLAN PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 205). Correspondence and papers of Lord Macmillan as a Trustee of the British Museum;… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001960138[0001]/040-001960139
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 54575-54578
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 1937-1949
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Bragg, William Henry, scientist
British Museum, 1753-
Brown, Douglas Clifton, Viscount Ruffside, Speaker of the House of Commons
Dale, Henry Hallett, Knight, physiologist and pharmacologist, 1875-1968
Esdaile, Arundell James Kennedy, librarian and Secretary of the British Museum, 1880-1956
Evans, Arthur John, Knight, archaeologist, 1851-1941
Fisher, Geoffrey Francis, Baron Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1887-1972
Forsdyke, Edgar John, KCB, Director of the British Museum
Fox-Strangways, Giles Stephen Holland, Baron Stavordale, 6th Earl of Ilchester, 1874-1959
Francis, Frank Chalton, Knight, museum director and librarian, 1901-1988
Goodhart, Arthur Lehman, academic, jurist, lawyer and Master of University College, Oxford, 1891-1978
Gore, William George Arthur, 4th Baron Harlech, politician and banker, 1885-1964
Greene, Wilfrid Arthur, 1st Baron Greene, barrister and judge, 1883-1952
Hinks, Roger Packman, art historian
Kinnear, Norman Boyd, Director of the Natural History Museum
Lang, William Cosmo Gordon, Archbishop of Canterbury, Baron Lang, 1864-1945
Peers, Charles Reed, antiquary
Plenderleith, Harold James, Director of the Laboratory at the British Museum
Pryce, Frederick Norman, of the British Museum
Talbot, Matilda Theresa, of Lacock Abbey