Grant offer letters to Newcastle Playhouse Trust from Northern Arts and Newcastle City Council; correspondence from Pinder & Ratki, the chartered accountants' firm acting as auditors of Newcastle Playhouse Trust; copy of lease of Newcastle Playhouse and the Gulbenkian Studio Theatre from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne to Newcastle Playhouse Trust Limited; correspondence from University of Newcastle regarding financial agreements, debts, maintenance charges, etc.

Folder of correspondence and forms relating to Northern Stage's participation projects, including student workshops, British Council youth exchange project with the Noord Nederlands Toneel, Dance City/Horn of Africa Residency, summer schools, masterclasses, communication workshops, professional placements, insight tours, and school work experience. Also includes programme for Home, a performance based on an exploration of Northern Stage's building(s), and programme and flyers for Heaven and Hell, a collaborative performance between Newcastle College and Northern Stage, plus an assessment of the Participation Team's group dynamics and development.

Includes correspondence relating to invitations to various poetry readings and workshops.

With reference to command of steam packets, Admiralty and parliamentary reform, particularly the Charity voting reform association. Also includes a cutting from the Northern Daily Express on the Central Northumberland Railway Bill.
Correspondents include Lord Auckland, Thomas Burt, Edward Cardwell, Joseph Hume and G M Sherlock.

Letters received in thanks: • Department of Geography, King’s College, University of Durham (Natural Geographic maps) • The Library, Armstrong College, The University of Durham (British Journal of Children’s Diseases Vol.14 1917 – 1925) • Royal Victoria Infirmary (The Surgical Diseases of Children) • The Library, King’s College, University of Durham (The Principles of foreign body surgery, the treatment of tuberculous affections with umckaloabo, Manual of scientific temperance teaching, Journal International de chirurgie, Sidelights on the Renaissance…) • L. R. C. Agnew (Cancer research reprints and Fumifugium) • War Department, office of the surgeon general, Army Medical Museum and Library (Medical Bibliography – the department sent Pybus “The Texts Illustrating the History of Medicine”) • Amelia Kelley • Royal College of Surgeons of England (original copy of William Hunter’s coin collection) • Royal College of Surgeons of England (Prospectus of Earl’s Court House in 1836) • Royal College of Surgeons of England (possible donations) • Royal College of Surgeons of England (1839 New York Edition of Hunter on Teeth) • Royal College of Surgeons of England (Hunter on Teeth, edited by Webb and Hulme 1865) • Natural History Society of Northumberland (Charles Stonham’s “Birds of the British Isles”) • Royal College of Surgeons of England (catalogues) • Dr R. I. McCallum (Fumifugium) • C. E. Kellen (Fumifugium) • E.R. Thomas (Fumifugium) • Dr M. H. Armstrong (Fumifugium) • Central Library, Newcastle upon Tyne (Fumifugium) • Robin Hunter, House of Commons (Fumifugium) • Gateshead and District Hospital Management Committee, Queen Elizabeth Hospital • The Library, Newcastle University (Campbell’s “The Pleasures of Hope”)

Letters from various people who have visited the Pybus Room and library at Newcastle University: • Bengt Johanson (Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Göteborg) [Also sent we reprints of Johanson’s thesis and observations on induced carcinoma of the scrotum] • John Potter [discusses issues with Steel and Chemical works in the area] • Douglas Guthrie [Meeting of the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine] • Peter [Dickinson?] [Moynihan Club (possibly: THE MOYNIHAN CHIRURGICAL CLUB)] • Patrick Lowther [Air Pollution Research Unit, Medical Research Council, this comes with a crafted reply] • Norman [Capeuer?] [Royal College of Surgeons, Newcastle Meeting] • F. W. Ratcliffe [Librarian, University of Manchester – mentions progress of cataloguing]

Correspondence regarding visits to Pybus to see his collection, this also discusses the listing and potential sale. The latest letter in 1966 from James Hardman explains that he went to view the library in the Pybus room at Newcastle University. Other Correspondence comes from: • Edwin Clarke • Lionel Robinson (William Dawson & Sons Ltd) in connection with C.D. O’Malley and Lawrence C. Powell (University of California) • Raymond Russell • Arthur Rogers Dealer in Rare Books and Pictures (Newcastle) • “Ethel” • Dr Kellett • James Hardman

Research not relating to a specific publication.