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Contents of envelope so inscribed.

Contents of folder so inscribed divided into eight for ease of reference: manuscript lecture notes etc. Many of the notes are written on the reverse of student examination scripts. May include lecture notes prepared at Manchester.

'BJ in Göttingen 1927-8'. Contents of envelope so inscribed: memorabilia from period as a researcher at the university. Includes certificate of registration at the university; timetable booklet; attendance payment book (includes Max Born on 'Atommechanik' and 'Seminar über mathematische und theoretische Physik'); notebook used by Jeffreys for notes of expenses.

This section includes some fascinating memorabilia from her study visit to Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany, 1927-1928 but the bulk of the material relates to two events, a Symposium on Computer Science at Girton College Cambridge, August 1969, held as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the foundation of the College, of which Jeffreys was the organiser, and the 48th International Astronomical Union Symposium on 'Rotation of the Earth', held at Morioka, Japan in May 1971 to which Jeffreys accompanied her husband. Her continued interest in developments in science is illustrated by her attendance at the age of 94 at the International Centennial Symposium on the Electron, Cambridge, September 1997.

For letters home during visits abroad, often with detailed descriptions of activities, see section J. For newspaper cuttings from Jeffrey's visit to Australia in 1959 see A221.

Correspondence on research, including tidal friction, and reminiscences. Also correspondence with Y. Dold-Samplonius re Waerden, 1997.

Personal correspondence. Mary Walmsley entered Girton College in 1960. She excelled as an undergraduate and went on to research at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford, under C.A. Coulson before moving to the University of Leicester. See also C80, C81.