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Trinity/DAVT/C.1 - C.193 contains:
C.1-C.4 CAMBRIDGE, 1930s
C.5-C.12 MANCHESTER, 1937-41
C.13-C.16 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES, BANGOR, 1941-45
C.17-C.51 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON, 1945-58
C.52-C.97 CAMBRIDGE, 1958-69
C.98-C.129 LECTURES ABROAD
C.130-C.158 SOCIETIES, CONFERENCES, ETC.
C.159-C.193 MISCELLANEOUS AND UNDATED LECTURES
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Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of HAROLD DAVENPORT FRS; (1907 - 1969)

Title UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON, 1945-58
Reference C.17-C.51
Content and context

This material was probably all intended for teaching undergraduates, and many lecture drafts are accompanied by reading lists and in some cases by lists of students' names. There are not only finished drafts, both manuscript, but also notes and calculations. Only C.17-C.34 can be dated exactly.

Trinity/DAVT/C.17-C.51 contains:
C.17 Lectures and addresses. 1p. ms. list of topics, probably for a course of lectures, dated 1945-46. `Ideas for the future', n.d. 1p. ms. list of topics, probably for lectures. c1945–1946
C.18 `The natural numbers', 1946. Ms. draft of a course of lectures, some pages dated January 1946. 9 topics, variously titled. 1946
C.19 `The natural numbers', 1946. Ms. draft of a course of lectures, some pages dated January 1946. 4 topics, variously titled. 1946
C.20 `The natural numbers', 1946. Ms. draft of a course of lectures, some pages dated January 1946. 6 topics, variously titled, with 1p. ms. notes for `Summer term' lecture course. 1946
C.21 `First Year Special Analysis'. 6pp. ms. draft of an introductory lecture to first year undergraduates, found with C.18-C.20. c1946
C.22 `The geometry of numbers'. Ms. draft for a course of lectures. ?1948
C.23 `The geometry of numbers'. Rough notes and calculations. ?1948
C.24 Lectures and addresses. `3rd yr Theory of Numbers. Supplementary to "Higher Arithmetic"', 1952-53. 2pp. ms. outline of a lecture course, giving dates of lectures, with 2pp. ms. notes and calculations. `Quadratic forms (supplementary to "Higher Arithmetic")'. 2pp. ms. notes and calculations. `Theory of Numbers'. 1p. ms. list of students' names and addresses. 1952–1953
C.25 1-3 `Classical achievements in pure mathematics', ?1952. Extensive typescript and ms. draft of course of 5 lectures. 1p. ms. list of the lectures; introductory remarks and lectures. c1952
C.26 `Classical achievements in pure mathematics', ?1952. Extensive typescript and ms. draft of course of 5 lectures. Lectures 4 and 5. Folder also includes `The fundamental theorem of algebra', given to the Bangor Mathematical Society, 4 December 1952. c1952
C.27 `Various topics in the theory of numbers'. 94pp. paginated typescript draft of a course of lectures. pp.1-41. 1953–54
C.28 `Various topics in the theory of numbers'. 94pp. paginated typescript draft of a course of lectures. pp.42-79. 1953–54
C.29 `Various topics in the theory of numbers'. 94pp. paginated typescript draft of a course of lectures. pp.80-94, and 5pp. diagrams. 1953–54
C.30 `Remarks to S 1 class'. 5pp. ms. notes of introductory talk to undergraduate class. 1955
C.31, C.32 `Introduction to the analytic theory of numbers'. Ms. draft, paginated [1]-66, of a course of lectures.
2; folders..
1956–57
C.33 `Introduction to the analytic theory of numbers'. Ms. draft, paginated 83-133. 1956–57
C.34 `Introduction to the analytic theory of numbers'. 2pp. lists of signatures, probably of those attending the lecture course; 5pp. ms. notes. 1956–57
C.35 `Theory of numbers (Third year course)'. 4pp. ms. draft, probably of first lecture of a course. nd
C.36, C.37 `The geometry of numbers'. Contents of a folder inscribed `G of N (UCL)'. Duplicated typescript with a few ms. corrections.
2; folders..
nd
C.38, C.39 `The geometry of numbers'. Contents of a folder inscribed `G of N (UCL)'. Duplicated typescript with a few ms. corrections.
2; folders..
nd
C.40 `The geometry of numbers'. Contents of a folder inscribed `G of N (UCL)'. 2pp. list of topics headed `Geometry of numbers'. 1p. ms. note of `Further topics'. nd
C.41-C.51 Miscellaneous notes and drafts for lectures.

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