Official and general correspondence

Title

Official and general correspondence

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 5

Summary

Correspondence for the period 1914 to June 1916, with two earlier items dated 1909 and 1912.

Includes letters from:

Abraham, G.H.F., 1914

Anderson, Sir John, 1916 (copy letter only from Clementi to Anderson about Alleyne Leechman)

Armitage, Francis Paul, four letters, 1914, 1915, 1916

Bell, John, 1916

Berkeley, Sir Maurice Julian, 1916

Boose, James Rufus, 1916

Carbin, F.M., two letters (with enclosures), with a copy letter from Clementi to Carbin and James Rodway, 1915

Catterson-Smith, John Keats, 1916

Cookson, Christopher, 1916

Dunn, S.T., 1916

Egerton, Sir Walter, 10 letters, with enclosure (a letter Egerton received from Sir Joseph Nunan dated 30 Jul 1912), with two copy letters from Clementi to Egerton (1914, 1916), 1914, 1915, 1916

Fowler, Frank, with a copy of Clementi's letter to Fowler attached, 1916

Frere, Harold A., 1916

Grannum, Reginald Clifton, 1914

Greene, George Ball, three letters (two are notes only, written on the back of letters from Clementi to Greene), 1914, 1916

Grindle, Sir Gilbert Edmund Augustine, 1916

Hallifax, Edwin Richard, two letters, 1914, 1915

Harrison, Sir John Burchmore, three letters, with enclosure (typescript list of barometer readings), with a copy letter from Clementi to Harrison (1916), 1914, 1916

Hunte, Sir George Ruthven Le, two letters, 1915, 1916

Johnston, Sir Reginald Fleming, two letters, 1914, 1916

Keltie, Sir John Scott (Royal Geographical Society), three letters, 1914, 1916

King, John Hampden, 1916

Knaggs, Sir Samuel William, 1916

Koch, Wilfred Miller Vincent, two letters, 1914

Kotewall, Sir Robert Hormus (postcard), 1916

Laing, John B. (The Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana), two letters, 1914, 1916

Leechman, Alleyne, three letters, 1916

Loveday, Thomas, 1915

Marie Louise, Princess (note of thanks for arranging the trip to Kaieteur Falls), 1914

May, Sir Francis Henry, 1914

May, Lady Helena Augusta Victoria, 1915

McElderry, Samuel Burnside Boyd, 1916

Menzies, J.C., 15 letters, 1915, 1916

Minett, Edward Pigott, two letters, 1916

Morrison, George Ernest, 1916

Nunan, Sir Joseph, two letters (one has a comment by Clementi at the end addressed to Sir Walter Egerton and an acknowledgement by Egerton), 1916

Orme, G.N., 1916

Pantin, W.E.P. (The Classical Journals Board), 1914

Parry, Edward Archibald, 1916

Pavey, [W.L.C.], 1916

Rinzy, G.C. de, 1914

Robson, W.J., 1916

Rodway, James (The Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana), five letters, some enclosures, with a copy letter from Clementi to Rodway (1915), 1914, 1915

Ross, Stewart Buckle Carne, 1914

Roth, Walter E., four letters, with enclosure (extract from his 1914 diary about visiting Mount Roraima), 1915, 1916

Sprostons Limited, two letters, with enclosures relating to Clementi's trip to Mount Roraima (notes by Clementi, itinerary, receipts and statements of account), 1916

Weber, O., 1916

Stewart, Murray, three letters (including two telegrams), 1914, 1915

Walter, Robert, 1914

Warren, Sir Thomas Herbert, with enclosure (an article about his valedictory lecture at Oxford University reprinted from the Oxford Chronicle, 18 Feb), 1916

Webb, Clement Charles Julian, 1916

Also includes:

newspaper cutting from [ The Daily Argosy] about James Rodway's lecture on the history of British Guiana's constitution, 18 Mar 1914

newspaper cutting from The Daily Argosy, 'The Railway and the Constitution. Georgetown members address electors', 9 Jun 1914

typescript notes on 'Burnt Earth for Road Metals in British Guiana' by L.P. Hodge, 3 Sep 1914

list of the electoral representatives in British Guiana for the period 1892-1914, showing the name of the representative, electoral district, date elected and race, with related notes, [1915?]

memorandum on the 'Constitutional Considerations involved in Procedure for Abolition of Board of Education', [1915], with related Combined Court Resolutions, 1909, 1915

memorandum on 'the position of Combined Court in relation to the Registrar's Fee Fund', [1915]

newspaper cutting from The Daily Argosy being the text of Clementi's lecture to the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society on his recent journey to Mount Roraima. With annotations in Penelope Clementi's hand, 30 Mar 1916

and papers relating to a trip to the Kaieteur Falls, Mar 1914, arranged by Clementi for Princess Marie Louise (accompanied by Mabel Hawkes, Oliver Fraser and [A.] White), comprising:

proposed itinerary and description of the journey

napkin and piece of paper signed by those on the trip

barometric pressure readings taken at the Falls by Clementi

newspaper cutting from [ The Daily Chronicle] giving Clementi's impressions of the Falls

To The Kaieteur Fall [sic] and Back, pamphlet by Sprostons Limited

(Princess Marie Louise describes the trip in her autobiography, My Memories of Six Reigns)

Date

1909, 1912, 1914-1916

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box