| Description | Letter from Joseph Chamberlain to Professor Dixon [William Macneile Dixon, professor of English at Glasgow] agreeing that 'it would be a most serious mistake if the new University were started on its Art side, and I also agree that it is desirable that your faculty should be represented on the Committee. I am writing to the Lord Mayor to express these views'. Addressed from 40 Prince’s Gardens, [London], dated 6 July 1898.
In 1896 Chamberlain had been elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University. |