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A series of letters from Henry Mordaunt Clavering to John Benn, written between April 1846 and May 1850; Clavering was by then blind, so the hand is that of an amanuensis. There are many reminiscences about the school in the late 1770s and early 1780s, and many references to Old Westminsters both then and now. HMC is also interested in the current state of the school – the numbers, the curriculum (changing under Liddell), the physical environs and the Latin Play. Each correspondent had clearly kept up his classics, for there are numerous Latin quotations. Medical matters feature prominently, both ailments and their treatment (hardly surprising, according to HMC, given their age). The letters show a keen and wide-ranging interest in other matters – food prices, the impact of the new rail roads, Ireland and the Irish rebellion, religion, literature (but he abominates fiction), and social and political issues (e.g. the make-up of the government, the Chartist Riots, rebellious movements both at home and in Europe, the Repeal of the Corn Laws).

Collection of letters and documents relating to Elias Hicks. Includes a scathing criticism of slavery, letters to Jemima Hicks, letters to Royal and Martha Aldrich, indentures of land; letters to Elias Hicks from John Murray Jnr and Elizabeth Barnes. Most content marks his meetings from travel, his own religious views, as well as documents which illustrate exchange of land and property.

Documents relating to the one year appointment of Derek Owen Winterbottom as ‘Master of the History Sixth’ at Westminster School from September 1966 to July 1967.

The personal papers of Colin Andrew Murray, a pupil at Westminster School between 1939 and 1944. The papers include documents from his time at the school, such as; reports, school work, notes and correspondence from the school. The papers also include documents acquired as an Old Westminster, relating to; university examinations, The Elizabethan Club, The Westminster School Society, the School's Quatercentenary (400th anniversary), Commemoration and continued correspondence with the school.

Papers concerning Bernard Cyril Berkinshaw-Smith's time at Westminster School. Also includes a letter from Andrew Berkinshaw-Smith.

Also included in the deposit were the following copies of The Elizabethan:
Vol 23, No. 17; March1945
Vol 23, No. 18; July 1945
Vol 24, No. 1; December 1945
March, 1946
July, 1946
December, 1946

This is a collection of notes, letters and associated documents compiled and created by Ann Thwaite during her research for her biography of A. A. Milne and related studies of the Winnie-The-Pooh books. Includes a letter from Christopher Milne, press cuttings, photographs and additional items relating to E. H. Shepard and Kenneth Graham.