Correspondence File. Brynmor Jones and Philip Larkin

Reference No:
U DBJ/2/9
Dates:
10 Jan 1956-14 Jul 1983
Description:
Contains references to the following: appointment of Brynmor Jones as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull; Larkin's refusal to present Dame Edith Sitwell for her honorary doctorate; use of new headed paper for the newly named Brynmor Jones Library; intention of Jones to increase Larkin's salary; allocation of additional library budget of £16,000; donation of chemistry books by Jones to the library on his retirement; Humber Bridge choral arrangement by Larkin and Antony Hedges; a History of the University of Hull being written by Bamford; mistaken spelling of the Brynmor Jones Library as the Brynmor Germs Library; 80th birthday of Jones and library luncheon commemorating the occasion.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of Sir Brynmor Jones