COLL P 10 30
Reference code
COLL P 10 30
Title
Provost Caccia: Miscellaneous correspondence
Level
File
Date
1961 - 1969
Extent & medium
1 item
Content description
RECIPIENT: Caccia, Harold Anthony, 1905 - 1990, Baron Caccia of Abernant, Provost of Eton
/1 Mr. Betham's Benefaction; /2 his pension (Robert Birley); /3 to Andrew Carnwath on joining Collections Committee; /4 Eton Repointed (J. D. R. McConnell); /5 condolences to Lady Ursula Abbey on death of Major Abbey; /6 loans to masters (Geoffrey Agnew); /7 Eton Repointed, including request to J. D. R. McConnell to undertake the work; /8 golf course; /9 opening of Brewhouse Gallery (Marquess of Salisbury); /10 candlesticks in memory of Dr. Alington (John Brocklehurst, Anthony Elson, Sir Robin Darwin); /11 visit of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to Windsor and Eton Choral Society concert at Eton; /12 Choir School closure, including petition from parents (Bishop of Lincoln); /13 report of Biafran boy (Onyeama) casting a spell and effect of Enoch powell speeches (Enoch Powell); /14 Provost of Eton and eligibility for election to the Synod (Bishop of Chester); /15 gift of Orwell typescript from Anthony Powell; /16 gift of watercolour from Major A. Philipson; /17 proposed bequest by L. F. Menzies-Jones of his collection of Etoniana and an oil painting of Fifteen-Arch Bridge; /18 presentation of Clarkson Stansfield's ' A Hulk off Greenwich', via the National Art Collections Fund, in memory of A. M. Palmer; /19 proposed visit by the President of Italy, including notes on Agar's Plough; /20 Guthrie bequest of Hardy material and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's copy of Sophocles (Sir Patrick Dean, Terence Grady, Jake Carter); /21 acknowledgements of condolences on death of Sir William Gladstone by members of the family; /22 Rubens : Crucifixion (David Wills Trust); /23 gift of Fowler's Match score card from the Marquess of Salisbury; /24 removal of Provost of King's from Governing Body (W. Colquhoun); /25 deposit of papers relating to Sir Cecil Spring-Rice (Sir Shane Leslie); /26 presentation of signed phortographs of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh; /27 presentation of books by Old Etonians in New Zealand (Sir Bernard Fergusson); /28 quality of water from Cloisters pump (Dr. John Briscoe); /29 Association of the Friends of the Chapel Royal of HM Tower of London; /30 gift of William Smith's copy of Beckford's 'Thoughts upon Hunting' from H. W. Farmar; /31 gift of Joseph Macdougal Lupton's Newcastle Medal from Mrs. Lupton; /32 permission for Sixth Form to eat regularly on High Table in College Hall; /33 appointment of Provost and his role (Lord Cobbold); /34 transfer of Elswick Gun to 101 (N) Medium Regiment (V); /35 article on Bill Bowles in the Journal of the GLC Parks Department; /36 letter from P. H. Gore-Booth on H. K. Marsden; /37 letter and card from A. Maurice Cockshott; /38 Marquess of Salisbury on retiring as a Fellow; /39 Ted Burk : Will Eton Ever Change/ (article in Town and Country); /40 letters from Julian Lambart on the date of his retirement; /41 alterations to Hodgson House and High Street buildings (Sir Anthony Wagner); /42 gift of Lady Chilston's cartoons for the Lower Chapel tapestries from Viscount Chilston; /43 reply to congratulations on his appointment as Provost of King's (Edmund Leach); /44 Eton-Harrow match; /45 housing by Eton of memorial to Charles Greville being removed from Hatchford Church; (Rev. Seiriol, Dean of Gloucester); /46 conduct of Provost & Fellows' business; /47 gift of `Pastoral Matters concerning Daphnis and Chloe', presented by Hawtrey, from A. Coysh and offer of Yeats 1st editions ( Dr. K. Prescot); /48 BBC documentary on Eton (Hugh Greene, Anthony de Lotbiniere); /49 gift of prize books won by James Shapland Sargeaunt from Violet Salmon); /50 thanks to members of Investment Panel with replies (Evelyn Baring, Arthur Villiers); /51 gift of J. Basil Oldham : Shrewsbury School Library Bindings from G. H. Incledon; /52 plan, elevation and details by Peter Warren of proposed pedestal for bronze in Luxmoore's Garden; /53 memorandum on Major Myers and the Myers Museum by G. D. Tait; /54 letter from [Sir John Hogg] on retirement as Fellow; /55 Public Schools Mix (from Times Educational Supplement); 1961, 1965 - 1969
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