| Description Of Item | Includes letters from George M Robertson to Sir Norman Walker in which he gives his proposals for the 250th anniversary celebrations, and advises against the cancellation; correspondence concerning the invitation of the Prince of Wales to the St Andrew's Day celebration; letter from Charles Grant Robertson to Sir Norman Walker in which he outlines how the University of Birmingham celebrated its jubilee, October 1930; Walker's handwritten notes on proposals for Monday 30th November 1931; a provisional list of medical, academic and other bodies to be invited; an example list of guests and table plan from the National Bank of Scotland, June 1930; an example programme of the commemoration ceremony to mark 400 years of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1905; Honorary Fellowship Sub-Committee suggested recipients; a list of numbers attending; and wording of an announcement of the cancellation of the celebrations. |