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Paper presented at the 6th International Symposium in the Physics and Chemistry of Ice, 2-6 Sug. 1982, University of Missouri-Rolla. Published in Journal of physica chemistry 87 (1983), pp. 4130-4134.

Photocopy of typescript

Typescript pen portrait of the English actress, Viven Merchant (1929-1982).

Was thrilled to hear of Beaton's new distinction on the 8 o'clock news. Would like this letter to be the first to reach him from England, but doubts it will be as she knows he will get hundreds. His mother was also very happy about it. Longs to know what Beaton thinks of Japan. Knows there must be more to it than "cherry blossoms and geishas". Is glad Beaton has a sympathetic companion. Liked Truman Capote very much. Christmas has been great fun. Asks him to send a postcard if he has time. Sends her love and congratulations.

Pencil, pen and ink on paper (27.5 x 18.5 cm).

Pen and ink and whitener on card (27 x 17.5 cm). Original drawing for 'Alps and Sanctuaries' (1882; 'Viu Church', p.211), and another, unfinished sketch labelled by Butler 'To be finished on my return if wanted'.

View across water to a town with a clock tower, and the slopes of hills or mountains behind.

From 'International Cotton Federation Official Report' [1912], 57-67.

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.

Visits and conferences, is slight. It includes a little material for visits to the USA in 1950-1951, 1964, 1967 and 1972 and Singapore and Japan in 1971. Best documented, though still very sparsely, is the world trip which Jeffreys and Lady Jeffreys made in 1959 including New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and India. There is a good photographic record of many visits in Section H

Coxless fours racing at Henley. Spectators in boats and on banks.