Add MS 71615

SUPPLEMENTARY HARROD PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 119). Correspondence concerning the will of George Bernard Shaw; 1955-1957. In 1956 solicitors acting for the British Museum and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art asked Harrod to depose to an Affidavit on their behalf. The Public Trustee was seeking directions from the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice regarding the disposition of trusts specified in the will, and Harrod prepared evidence on the economic viability or otherwise of introducing a phonetic alphabet for the English language.

George Bernard Shaw, author: Phonetics: Letters and papers rel. to phonetics and spelling reform: circa 1852-1969: Partly Germ. Partly in phonetic scripts.: Partly duplicate, printed, and copy.

Sir Roy Forbes Harrod, economist: George Bernard Shaw, author: Phonetics: Correspondence and papers concerning the will of G. B. Shaw of Sir Roy Forbes Harrod: 1955-1957: Partly signed, printed and copy.

includes:

• ff. 1-40, 42, 43, 109-119 Richard Butler, solicitor: Letters, etc., to R. F. Harrod of Richard Butler: 1956-1957: Signed and partly copy.
• f. 77 John Hanbury Angus Sparrow, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford: Letter to R. F. Harrod of John Hanbury Angus Sparrow: 1956: Signed.
• f. 77 John Hanbury Angus Sparrow, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford: Correspondence with Sir Roy Forbes Harrod of John Hanbury Angus Sparrow: 1929-1981, n.d.: Partly copy.
• ff. 78-104 Sir Roy Forbes Harrod, economist: John Hanbury Angus Sparrow, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford: Affidavit in respect of the will of G. B. Shaw of Sir Roy Forbes Harrod, amended by John Hanbury Angus Sparrow: 1956: Typewritten draft with ms amendments.