Papers relating to the University of Nottingham's Defence Studies Dining Club, 1971-1981

The files in this collection primarily concern correspondence about the arrangement of Defence Studies Dining Club meetings at the University concerning the arrangement of meetings. The correspondence includes invitations to speak, membership matters, catering arrangements etc.

The Defence Studies Dining Club was started in about 1965 by G.J. Eltringham, The University of Nottingham's Deputy Registrar. The intention was to bring together academics and serving members of the armed forces to discuss topics of common interest. Generally between 40 and 100 members of the club met once a month for an evening meal followed by a defence-related talk and discussion. After-dinner talks were given by eminent representatives of the armed forces. The venue for these events was the University's Portland building. The club was still in existence in 1997.

No archival arrangement has been necessary.

ACCESS: Pending full cataloguing, access is available only to registered readers by advance notice and agreement.

LANGUAGE: English

This description is the only finding aid available for the collection. Copyright in the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.

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The collection was transferred to The University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections in October 1997.