University of Birmingham Staff Papers: Papers of Robert Henry Kinvig

A collection of invitations and menus of functions attended by Kinvig from the mid 1950s and 1960s including: Invitations for the Jubilee celebrations; Kinvig Geographical Society invitations, 1948-1967; Birmingham's 400th anniversary celebrations; Birmingham and Midland Institute dinner; the University of Birmingham Dinner for the Annual Degree Congregations, 1955, 1965, 1966; Guild dinner and ball; University Graduates' Club annual dinner, 1954; Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Fourth Annual Dinner, 1953; Herbertson Society annual dinner, 1954; presentation to Sir Robert Aitken, 1969; Senate dinner to Sir Robert and Lady Aitken, 1968; British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1950.

Robert Henry Kinvig, 1893-1969; Professor of Geography at Birmingham University, 1948-1968.

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For further reading about the University of Birmingham see: Eric Ives, Diane Drummond, Leonard Schwarz The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880-1980 An Introductory History ( The University of University of Birmingham Press. 2000 ).

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