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----- Original Message -----From: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Mary HamerTo: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">John WalkerCc: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Roger Ayers ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Alastair Wilson ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Andrew Lycett ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Anne Harcombe ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask] ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Amanda-Jane Eddleston ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">DC Briscoe ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Ray Beck ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Brian Harris ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Bryan Diamond ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Bharat Bhushan ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">C. Robin Mitchell ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Connell, Tim ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Thomas C. Pinney ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Fiona Courage ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">MacKenzie, Derek ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Richards, David A. ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">J.E.Montefiore ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Guy Liardet ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Julia Hett ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Philip Holberton ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">John Radcliffe ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">John Lambert ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Jane Keskar ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Sharad Keskar ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Leonee Ormond ; [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Howard MatherSent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 3:24 PMSubject: Re: The Kipling Society Library
Dear JohnIt's hard to find words to thank you. What extraordinary labours of many kinds you have put in on this. No thanks seem enough--but I do thank you, all the same.With maximum appreciationMary
On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:24, John Walker wrote:
JohnAll good wishes,It occurs to me that now would be a very good time to find an Honorary Librarian with a public school background - and a private income to allow more time to the task.The majority of our stock is ready for transfer to Haileybury. This amounts to over forty boxes, mainly 12" x 12" x 18". Incidentally, I was very sorry to discover that a member of the Society had had to call my home yesterday, while I was heaving the last few boxes in London, to point out two mistakes in Bulletin 7. Haileybury is not, of course, referred to as a school. I would be grateful if you could correct these errors in any copies of the correspondence you have, and I apologise for this mistake.As you read this, the items for storage at Special Collections at the University of Sussex may well be on their way. No formal decision seems to have been made, so I have assumed that it is correct for me to have arranged delivery. Having obtained quotes, I am using Universal Commercial Relocations, who are the preferred firm for City and other universities - full insurance, and men to do the heavy lifting...Dear Leonee,A busy week - a talk to a Local History Society on Wednesday ('Kipling the misunderstood genius'...two possible new members!), a meeting at Bateman's on Friday (the National Trust requires a 'Statement of Significance', and a 'Spirit of Place' presentation. I hope that this will become an article for the Journal, written by NT staff). Then Sunday to the City with the inestimable (and indefatigable) Robin Mitchell - a full day's boxing from 9.30 to 6.00 ish including travel.
Monday to City again to complete the final labeling and preparation for transport. All that is left on floor six are the bookcases and two older filing cabinets which I obtained for free. The latter will be scrapped, but we are still hoping to find a buyer, or at least a good home for the bookcases. (Three off six feet wide, eight feet high, glass doors, difficult to 'flat pack' I think; one off nine feet wide). There was also an opportunity to say our thank you's to the excellent staff at City, where we have been accommodated rent-free for many years.
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 5:19 PM, John Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
JohnWith all good wishes,Members of Council will also remember that I was detailed to start organising a celebration of the 150th anniversary of Kipling's birth. I had assumed that this would be aimed at the Christmas holiday for 2015 (perhaps even for December 30th), well after the centenary of John's death. However, some members have indicated that this might not be suitable for them, and have asked for something much sooner. If this is the general feeling, I will have to get busy. Please do indicate your views (I promise not to expect your help).I still have over 1600 copies of the Journal, which I have had to bring home, as neither Sussex nor Haileybury have storage space. A decision about reducing this stock will, perhaps, be made at the A.G.M., but it was interesting that two members of Council have contacted me, asking for replacement copies for their own collection. With a standard reserve stock of two, this might be a problem in future!If members have special concerns about particular items, I would be grateful if they raise the question now, rather than after the transfers have been completed.Other material, which - in general - is more widely available, will be given to Sussex, with the proviso that any items which are not to be kept in Special Collections there, now or in the future, will be offered back to the Society.Thus, in future, members who wish to access material which relates to the Society itself, or gifts to the Society, or material built up by members, will be able to visit the collection on loan to Haileybury School, in Hertfordshire.With just two weeks to go before the deadline, I have received confirmation that Haileybury School will be able to offer a home for more than half of the stock. I am enormously grateful to Toby Parker, the Archivist to the School, who has plans for a Kipling Room, to accommodate and display the School's own materials (including, of course, the Stalky manuscripts) along with all of the items which can be described as Kipling Society reference material and memorabilia. It goes without saying that we are honoured and pleased that the Master, Council and Governors at Haileybury are prepared to offer such a suitable home for our precious Collection. I understand that the school has a qualified conservator, and I know that with assistance from the Society, the room should become an attractive and welcoming reference facility.It has been an enormous honour that Council have left everything to me in arranging for the future of the Society's Library. I do hope that it will not prove that several people at the A.G.M. will be able to offer better plans in retrospect... I would confirm that every institution suggested by members, and many more, has been investigated as a possible final home for the Kipling Society Collection.Dear All,Bulletin 7
I do have some more packing to complete, but in deference to my marriage, I will not be going up to City University this Sunday... The next boxing day will therefore be Sunday 1st June, midday to 6.00 p.m..
Toby and I have discussed the items to be transferred on loan, and it should be emphasised that the volumes to be donated to the University of Sussex are very much the 'balance' of the material. In other words, I will assume that Council will approve my decision to offer Haileybury first choice in every case.