| Description | Letter written from London, dated 22 February. The letter is addressed 'Dear Mr. Vice-Chancellor', and is written on headed paper from 'President of the Czechoslovak Republic'. Before leaving the UK, Beneš (1884-1948) writes to say that he is glad to have links with Birmingham and to be an honorary graduate of the University. He comments on the need to re-open universities in Czechoslovakia following the war.
Sir Raymond Priestley (1886-1974; geologist and Antarctic explorer), was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham from 1938-1952. |