Includes:
(1) letter from Siegfried Sassoon to Thirkill thanking him for his welcome to Clare, how much he had enjoyed being with him and sending him an extract 'Early morning, long ago' from the Weald of Youth [see below for a transcript of the letter]
The letter was originally with this extract which is retained in the Forbes Mellon Library, Clare College (see i Discover)
(2) a letter from Lord Adrian (as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University) about Thirkill's retirement from Financial Board, 1958
(3) note from C.P. Snow, 1960
(4) letter of thanks from Sir John Baker, 1961
(5) note about Honorary Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club, 1964
(6) Christmas card from K.S. Duleepsinhji, nd
(7) letters received as Master of Clare College relating to King Peter II of Yugoslavia, 1941-1943
(8) letters relating to Honorary Degrees during Thirkill's time as Vice-Chancellor, including letters from Clement Attlee, Louis Mountbatten, Winston Churchill, Field-Marshall Montgomery and Henri-Paul Spaak
(9) seating plans and orders of events for honorary degree ceremonies,1945-1947
(10) letters of congratulations for his knighthood, 1951