Letter from W.L. Raynes & E.G. Raynes, Clerks to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to inform of a forthcoming Trustees' Meeting on 12 January 1946. Business included the appointment of a new Chairman following the death of Professor Nicholson; to confirm and discuss the appointment of new Trustees; the financial position with Report to follow (see GMT/1/2/18); and publications.
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Letter from W.L. Raynes & E.G. Raynes, Clerks to the Trust, to C.A. Storey, to inform of a forthcoming Trustees Meeting on 25 May 1940. Business included the financial position of the Trust; a request from the University of Istanbul for the Trust's publications; current and future possible publications.
Gibb Memorial Trust CambridgeLetter from W.L. Raynes & E.G. Raynes, Clerks to the Trust, to C.A. Storey, to inform of a forthcoming Trustees Meeting on 31 May 1947. An agenda would be sent in due course.
Gibb Memorial Trust CambridgeLetter from R.A. Nicholson to C.A. Storey in which he thanks for the account of the volumes from Dr Qasim Gheni and information concerning him. He will write and thank the donor. Nicholson might send a copy of his Dante article to the Duke of Alba. He also thanks Storey for sending the address of the Spanish Embassy.
Nicholson Reynold Alleyne 1868-1945Letter from R.A. Nicholson to C.A. Storey in which he writes that he has heard from Raynes of the amount of devotion Storey has given to the affairs of the Trust especially when the stock was removed from Luton to Cambridge. When the trustees can meet again he is sure they will all wish to thank Storey. He also writes about his poor eyesight and his wife's poor health. He asks if Storey would accept from the Foreign Office, two volumes sent to Nicholson by Dr Qasim Gheni and inform Nicholson something of their contents, so he can write to thank the donor. He also writes about an article he has written, "A Persian forerunner of Dante" and that he is privately publishing 100 copies, one of which will go to Storey. It was originally for an Indian Festschrift being prepared by A.A. Fyzee, which didn't happen but the article was published in the Transactions of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society but he is unable to obtain offprints at this time. He has seen Arberry when he has been holidaying in the area and expects Arberry will be appointed successor in the Persian Chair at the University of London.
Nicholson Reynold Alleyne 1868-1945Letter from R.A. Nicholson to C.A. Storey to give him the result of the proposals set before the Trustees. He also asks if Storey would be willing to be Trustee-in-charge of Minorsky's "Safavid Administration" as Nicholson does not expect to return to Cambridge. He sets out what duties it would entail. Nicholson mentions mutual friends and their plans and asks regarding Storey's health.
Nicholson Reynold Alleyne 1868-1945Letter from Guy le Strange to C.A. Storey to inform Storey that due to increasing age and frailty, he has agreed with Nicholson that another trustee should act as signature of cheques. He wants to suggest that R. Levy, Lecturer in Persian, University of Cambridge, is appointed a Trustee. He is writing to all Trustees with this suggestion and asks Storey to give his opinion of the matter.
Strange Guy Le 1854-1933Letter from E.G. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to ask Storey to sign the duplicate form from the Liquidators of the Central Uruguay Railway Stock and to return it by registered post.
Gibb Memorial Trust CambridgeLetter from E.G. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose the transfer to the Redemption Stock which he asks Storey to sign. He also encloses a request for payment of dividends to the Westminster Bank Ltd. and an authority to place the dividends in the Trust's account which he also asks Storey to sign.
Gibb Memorial Trust CambridgeLetter from E.G. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to thank for Storey's reply and to express his concern that Storey's previous letter went astray. He has applied for a fresh form from the Liquidators. He also thanks Storey for pointing out the error in the title on the spine of Kitāb al-Tashbīhāt and that the prices in the List of Publications has not been updated. Professor Levy has instructed him to obtains copies of the Lists for correction and steps are being taken to correct the title when further copies are bound.
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