80 x 60 mm.

98 x 71 mm. 'Aerial view of the Reindeer Peninsula near our camp. Glaciers in background. Monaco Glacier top left corner.'

155 x 115 mm.

125 x 80 mm. View looking down a street. The coastline and sea can be seen in the background.

139 x 89 mm. A postcard view showing De Salvert seated in his biplane. The picture is annotated 'Rheims. Aug. 1909' in Bell's hand.

A long letter from Rice to his mother describing conditions, notably the level of inflation.

A letter in French written at Montpellier to M. Joseph de Montcanisy at Caen, discussing sending money to a Knight in distress, Hompesch's appreciation of loyalty amid treachery and his hopes of returning to Malta. The letter is accompanied by 'Royal Commonwealth Society library notes', no. 106 (October 1965), which includes the article 'Grand Master in exile', describing the circumstances of the document and including a free translation into English.

A letter from Rice to his mother.

Letters from Rowland Childers to his parents, from France, 1869; Harrow, 1869-74 and Balliol, 1874-77. Includes letter from W.C. Wheeler to H.C.E. Childers, 1866 (6) and draft letters from H.C.E. Childers to Rowland Childers, 1875 and 1877 (79, 80, 84).

Letters to H.C.E. Childers concerning his son Rowland from Henry Montagu Butler, Headmaster of Harrow, 1868-75 (92-109), with draft replies; Edward M. Young (110-16), with reply; George G. Warr on behalf of the Vaughan Library, 1873 (117); progress reports, programmes of Harrow Speech day, newspaper cuttings (118-27).

Letters to H.C.E. Childers from John Walbanke Childers, 1875 (128-9), Charles S. Arundel,1875 (130-1), Rev. James Lonsdale, 1875 (132), Benjamin Jowett, 1875-8 (134-41, with draft replies), Arthur S. Smith, 1878 (148-9); I.C.S. examination results, 1876 (133); orders for payment made against Rowland Childers in Chancellor’s Court, 1877 (142-5); Summons heard against same in Vice- Chancellor’s Court for setting a dog on William Plank, labourer, 1877 (146-7).

Letters in German from Austrian Consuls-General at Cairo and their agents at Khartoum dealing with events in Southern Sudan, including the work of the Vicariate of Central Africa, consular returns from Khartoum and provisional instructions for the Consulate at Khartoum, c. 170 pages. The letters were transcribed from originals in the Östereichisches Staatsarchiv in Vienna by Richard Gray for his 'A history of Southern Sudan' (1961).

Includes letters to Mrs. Childers from A. Decoppet (1-2), L. Laquet (3), Frank Carr (4); letter from Mme. Marguerite Bouvrier to a female cousin of Charles (5); list of German tutors (31); letter from a house agent re houses at Folkestone.

Three letters from Bulgaria, 1929, and two letters from Romania, 1930, sent by Rice to his mother.

Seventeen letters from Rice in Germany, where he was with the Control Commission, written to his mother.

Twenty-one letters from Rice in Greece to his parents, 1910, many only partially dated and some incomplete, and one letter from Rice in Ireland to his mother, 1911. The letters are accompanied by three faded photographs of Tunis.

Political papers relating to Childers' public career and private papers concerning his family, first wife Emily (nee Walker, 1827-1875) and their eight children.

Bills for school fees and riding lessons at Brighton 1874 (1-2); letters from Louise to her mother from Brighton 1867-74 (3-31).

Material relating to Louise Childers (b. 1857).

Material relating to Spencer Childers (b. 1854).

Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

Views of the society's Northumberland Ave. headquarters and of some of the branch buildings.