Papers and correspondence of the Assistant Secretary This series contains the unregistered correspondence and papers of Charles Edward Fagan. The bulk of the correspondence comprises letters written to Fagan by three successive directors, W H Flower, E Ray Lankester and L Fletcher. Flower's letters, mostly written while on holiday, are friendly and full of gossip about mischief-making by the Principal Trustees and other topics; Lankester's are brief and business-like requests for action; while Fletcher's are mostly concerned with the poor state of his health. A volume of letters and memoranda relate to Fagan's abortive application for the directorship in 1919, and a final volume of memoranda acted as his source of reference to regulations, conditions of service and procedures in the Museum. 1885-1920