| Description | Correspondence with J. H. Brinkworth [Honorary Secretary of the Physical Society] and other letters relating to the potential deposit of some of Lodge's papers with the Society. Negotiations were suspended in 1939 because of the war but were resumed in 1950.
/1 Letter from J. H. Brinkworth to Oliver Lodge, written from the Physical Society Club, London, dated 21 July 1939. Brinkworth asks Lodge to donate papers of historical interest to the Physical Society which has begun creating an archive.
/2 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to J. H. Brinkworth, written from Normanton House, Lake, near Salisbury, dated 22 July 1939. Lodge shares his memories of the foundation of the Physical Society and its early meetings.
/3 Letter from J. H. Brinkworth to Oliver Lodge, written from 40 Paultons Square, Chelsea, dated 27 July 1939. Brinkworth thanks Lodge for his letter and hopes he will share further memories or documents relating to the Physical Society's early history.
/4 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to J. H. Brinkworth, dated 19 August 1939. Lodge offers letters including letters written by Lord Kelvin, FitzGerald, Larmor and Heaviside to the archives of the Physical Society.
/5 Letter from J. H. Brinkworth to Oliver Lodge, written from the Physical Society Club, London, dated 30 August 1939. Brinkworth thanks Lodge for his generous offer of letters for the archive, and discusses arrangements for the donation.
/6 Copy of letter [from Helen Alvey] to 'Bill', written from The Wick, Barnt Green, near Birmingham, dated 29 July 1950. [Alvey] writes of Lodge's intention to donate his letters to the Physical Society and suggests they meet to discuss the matter.
/7 Letter from Helen Alvey to J. H. Brinkworth, written from The Wick, Barnt Green, near Birmingham, dated 4 December 1950. Alvey is happy to send Lodge's letters for Professor Herbert Dingle to look over. On the back of the page is a typescript copy of letter from J. H. Brinkworth to Helen Alvey, dated 1 December 1950, to which the letter of 4 December is a reply. |