Janus: Papers of Ernest Alfred Benians

St John's Library/Benians/D contains:
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D10	Autograph letter signed from G. Kitson Clark to Benians
D11	'Cambridge Chair of American History £44,000 endowment'
D12	Typescript letter from Benians to G. Kiston Clark
D13	Autograph letter signed from C.W. Crawley, Trinity Hall Cambridge, to Benians
D14	Typescript report headed 'The Chair of American History', signed G.N.C. (G.N. Clark)
D15	Typescript letter signed from A.B. Steel, Christ's College Cambridge, to Benians
D16	Typescript letter from Benians to A.B. Steel
D17	Autograph letter from M. Oakeshott (Secretary of the Faculty of History), Gonville & Caius College Cambridge, to Benians
D18	Autograph note signed on card from A.B. Steel, Christ's College Cambridge, to Benians
D19	Typescript letter from Benians to M. Oakeshott
D20	Typescript letter signed from C.W. Crawley, Trinity Hall Cambridge, to Benians
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Papers of Ernest Alfred Benians

Title	Typescript letter signed from A.B. Steel, Christ's College Cambridge, to Benians
Reference	D15
Covering Dates	21 Oct. 1947
Extent and Medium	1p; paper

Content and context

Faculty Board of History today decided to appoint ad hoc committee to urgently discuss arrangements for appointment of Professor of American History. Other members of committee: Professors Brogan and Knowles, Crawley (Chairman), Kitson Clark and S. It hoped that B will serve. Committee to discuss arrangements for appointment of permanent Professor of American History when existing scheme for visiting professors expires, and suggest names of possible visiting professors for 1949-50. Decided not to invite Commager to serve on committee but to consult him. Would Monday, Thursday or Friday afternoon next week be suitable for B for committee meeting, if he agrees to serve?

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