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A copy of a letter from Redman to D.S. Brown thanking him for sending the 'Alignment Study Second Report'; requesting a copy of Table 1, which was missing; and referring to R.V. Willstrop's computations regarding the meniscus lens.

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A copy of a letter from Redman to H.V. Skan Ltd requesting that future bulletins on Schott data be addressed to R.V. Willstrop.

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A copy of a letter to Peter Brown, Siding Spring Observatory, thanking him for the temperature and humidity records brought back by R.V. Willstrop and asking for temperature records from the crane and console roof levels.

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A letter from Redman to S.C.B. Gascoigne, with accompanying notes on a conversation between R.V. Willstrop and D.S. Brown concerning the little progress on the primary and secondary telescope mirrors.

Scope and Contents A copy of a letter to J.F. Hosie from the Oxford University staff members D.E. Blackwell, H.H. Plaskett, M.G. Adam, M.F. Ingham, A.D. Petford, G. Smith and J.V. Peach, 25 November 1969, emphasizing the vital part played by university departments in astronomical research, particularly in the United States. There is also a letter to the Northern Hemisphere Review Committee from A.N. Argue, D.W. Beggs, D.W. Dewhirst, C.J. Durrant, E.J. Kibblewhite, D.W. Peet, Mrs A.C. Pemberton, R.V. Willstrop,...

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Copies of four letters to John Hutchinson concerning Redman's notes on the N.H.O. Technical Panel Meeting of 30 January, writing by Willstrop, and the 3-metre infra red telescope on Mauna Kea.

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Notes, graphs and calculations by Redman regarding discussions with various people concerning the Anglo-Australian Telescope project and analysing data on the telescope, with a photograph of Omega Cen taken on the A.A.T. by R.V. Willstrop.

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A copy of a paper by J.D. Pope entitled 'Proposal for Pneumatic Support of Secondary Mirrors', 17 June 1969, with comments by R.V. Willstrop, and a copy of notes by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd on the A.A.T. optics programme, 22 April 1969.

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Copies of papers by R.V. Willstrop on the Northern Hemisphere Observatory 2.5m telescope and on 'Modified Ritchey-Chrétiens (40-inch and 100-inch)' optical performances when converted to F/15 Cassegrain. There are also handwritten notes by Redman on the same subjects.

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A progress report on the Anglo-Australian Telescope project, September 1972, with a summary of a telephone conversation held between R.V. Willstrop and D.S. Brown of Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd on 20 September 1972 regarding the company's progress in manufacturing the mirrors for the telescope.

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A copy of a telex message from R.V. Willstrop to S.C.B. Gascoigne advising the completion of mirror alignment before taking Hartmann plates.