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Sender: Wright, George
Recipient: Beckwith, Frank
Letters: 27
Date(s): [not before 1926] - 15 May 1961
Location: SC 622/1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 59, 123, 124, 137,
142, 171, 174, 230, 243, 267, 291, 320, 321, 350, 352, 792
Note: 1) Examinations; theatre in London. Dated by reference to Sean O'Casey, "Plough and the Stars". 2) His library work and life in Trinidad. 3) His library work; comments on people at Leeds; Geoffrey Woledge; plans for a higher degree. 3 ff. five photographs attached. 4) Personal; local agriculture and sugar processing; West Indians; his proposed research; his father; Richard Offor and Leeds University library. 6 ff. Mainly in pencil. 5) Personal; attempts to get more staff; Geoffrey Woledge; Thomas Vincent Benn. 3 ff. 6) Personal; Leeds University library; G. Woledge. 7) Salaries and employment prospects; R. Offor and his staff at Leeds. 2 ff. 8) Personal; future employment; library staff at Leeds. 2 ff. Address from post-mark. 9) Personal; Guido Giovanni Giannetti. 2 ff. address from post-mark. 10) Personal. 2 ff. 11) Apologies for not meeting. On note paper of Hamburg-Amerika Linie; post-mark, Port of Spain, Trinidad 11 Oct 1929. 12) Apologies for not meeting; sailing back to
Trinidad tomorrow. 13) Birth of a son. 14) About to return to Trinidad; impressions of London; FB's letters. 15) Congratulations on FB's appointment; his own impressions of the Leeds library. 16) FB's move to the Leeds Library; Geoffrey Milne, formerly at Leeds; FB's prospects; life as an expatriate. 17) His position in the Trinidad Trading Co.; proposal to open a bookshop; U.S. influence in the area; the war. TS. 18) Return from Bermuda to Trinidad via New York; the situation in Trinidad; a second-hand bookseller in Port of Spain; stamp collecting. TS. 2 ff. 19) Tests in English language; educational standards in Trinidad; plain English. 20) Bookselling; education; unrest in Trinidad. 21) Return to Trinidad; abeyance of a proposal for a bookshop. TS. 22) G. Woledge; contribution to Offor's testimonial fund; suggested literary work for FB; Trinidadian economy; the local history society. TS. 2 ff. 23) Paul Winterton visiting Trinidad and Tobago to report for "The Economist". TS.
24) Same topic; politics in Trinidad; report on economy of Trinidad; university regulations for doctorates; University of the West Indies TS.; 3 ff.; address inferred. 25) Education for his son in England; question of a doctorate; journalism. 3 ff. 26) His son's education; Leeds doctorate regulations; Paul Winterton. TS.; 2 ff. 27) Personal. TS.