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Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Scope and Contents Mrs Smith had been to view their house at Latham End and was keen to buy it. They needed to make a decision re the proposed move to [Conduit Head Road] but he thought it would be good for the Cornfords and make their ties closer. He had spent an hour wiring the approach to their patrol post along the edge of the Botanic Gardens as a precaution against invasion, which seemed somewhat ridiculous. [Francis] Cornford had rung to say their tenants in Conduit Tail had stopped paying rent so they...

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The fear of a major invasion seems to have lessened but he thinks there may still be isolated landings which would be unlikely to affect Cambridge. He had discussed with Charles [Burkill] whether Greta [his wife] would mind them leaving early from their shared house in Wales, but was leaving the decision up to Adele. He had spoken with the Cornfords about their possible move to Conduit Head but hoped they could make a decision on her return. With envelope.

Scope and Contents This correspondence all orientates around the person of Guthrie, to whom Frances initially wrote to a close family friend, mutually affected by the loss of Francis, and then in Guthrie's role as literary executor of FMC's published and unpublished works. After the death of Frances in 1960, Guthrie continued in his role as literary executor to both FMC and FCC. In this capacity the Cornford's eldest surviving son Christopher also corresponded with Guthrie, as did briefly the youngest Cornford...