ERS/1/1/1-45   9 September 1963 - 4 January 1964
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning viewing study-bedroom furniture suitable for St Aidan's; meeting with the vice-Principal, 9-17 September (ERS/1/1/1- 3); arrival at Durham and interviews with BBC and Tyne Tees TV, 19-25 September (ERS/1/1/4-7); arrival of freshers, interview with local newspaper reporter, participation in freshers' debate, 2-7 October (ERS/1/1/11-13); visit to the University Library, opening of a secondary modern school for girls in Cheshire, visit to Lumley Castle, home to students of University College, 8-13 October (ERS/1/1/14-16); first meeting with governing body, visits to St. Mary's and Grey colleges, first attendance at the committee of Heads of Houses, discussions on the establishment of a Student Health Service, 14-21 October (ERS/1/1/17-19); first attendance at a meeting of the University Senate, meeting of the Board of Faculty of Arts, Founders and Benefactors' service, 22-30 October (ERS/1/1/ 20-22); prize giving at Durham High School, meeting at St Hild's addressed by Sam Watson of the National Union of Mineworkers, progress with building work at the new college, 31 October - 8 November (ERS/1/1/23-25); committee meeting to discuss plans for the third women's college, arrival of a mission to the University and observations on the intense interest in religion within the University, 9-20 November (ERS/1/1/26-29); news of the assassination of President Kennedy, 21-27 November (ERS/1/1/30-32); inevitable effects of the Robbins report on the University, speech day at Dame Allan's School, Newcastle, 28 November - 7 December (ERS/1/1/33-35); opening of the new footbridge across the Wear, farewell debate of the President of the Union, thoughts on the importance of improving educational opportunities for Africans, her desire to be involved in the academic side of University life, 8-14 December (ERS/1/1/36-38); suggestion adopted that a woman should be appointed to the Appointments Board, home to Sussex for Christmas, visit to the new buildings at Sussex University, 15 December - 4 January (ERS/1/1/39-44).
Enclosure: cutting from the Sunday Sun on Dame Enid's arrival at Durham to take up her new post at St. Aidan's (ERS/1/1/45)

ERS/1/2/1-122   6 January1964 - 8 January 1965
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning a return visit to her former office in the Ministry of Health, invitation to serve on an advisory committee researching relations of government departments with local authorities, guided tour of the cathedral, 6-13 January (ERS/1/2/1-3); delays in building work at new college, guided tour of the cathedral, 14-20 January (ERS/1/2/4-6); repercussions for Durham of the Robbins Report, first woman to dine at high table in St. John's, 21-31 January (ERS/1/2/7-9); public lecture by Lord Cohen on the advisory committees in the National Health Service, address to the Conservative Association by Enoch Powell, 1-10 February (ERS/1/2/10-12); thoughts on the “lack of vitality in student life in Durham”, discussions on the question of a Medical School for Durham, 11-21 February (ERS/1/2/13-15); visit to Neville's Cross College, 22 February - 5 March (ERS/1/2/16-19); long Senate meeting to discuss the future of Durham University, partly as a result of the Robbins Report, 7-17 March (ERS/1/2/20-22); possibility of attracting students from Kenya to St. Aidan's, 30 March - 5 April (ERS/1/2/26-28); visit to Cambridge, followed by a holiday in N. Yorkshire, 17-25 April (ERS/1/2/32-35); description of the interior of the newly constructed County Hall, 26 April - 4 May (ERS/1/2/36-38); guest at Richmond Girls' Grammar School prize day, 5-12 May (ERS/1/2/39-41); consecration of St. Mary's new chapel, conflict between the Master and students of Hatfield College, installation of the new mayor, talk to the Northern branch of the Royal Institute of Public Administration, repercussions of the sacking of the Hatfield Senior Man, 13-25 May (ERS/1/2/42-46); choice of furniture and carpets for the new college, prospects for the completion of building work, discussions on the new chaplaincy arrangements, 2-16 June (ERS/1/2/49-53); Going Down dinner, choice of furnishings for the Principal's flat, 17-25 June (ERS/1/2/54-57); visit to Nottinghamshire to open a primary school, graduation day, 26 June - 11 July (ERS/1/2/58-62); to Swansea to attend a conference of principals, wardens and advisers to women students, thoughts on the dangers of mixed halls of residence, miners' gala, 12-19 July (ERS/1/2/63-66); delay at new building due to strike of heating engineers, 12-21 August (ERS/1/2/74-76); arrival of furniture for the new building, description of Hellenic cruise, 1-10 September (ERS/1/2/80-82); continuation of holiday in Greece, Egypt and Turkey, 11-23 September (ERS/1/2/83-90); lecture to a conference of senior students at Teacher Training Colleges, final fittings in the new building, 26 September - 2 October (ERS/1/2/91-93); moving into new building and teething problems, 3-21 October (ERS/1/2/94-99); speech to the Durham University Society dinner in London, Founders and Benefactors service, visit by the Chancellor to the new building, 23-30 October (ERS/1/2/100-102); presenting prizes at Lincoln Christ's Hospital Girls' High School, 31 October - 8 November (ERS/1/2/103-105); prize giving at local girls' grammar school and Gateshead Grammar School, conference of northern school teachers, 17-25 November (ERS/1/2/106-108); prize giving at Darlington Girls' High School and Newcastle Church High School, college half-house-warming party, 9-16 November (ERS/1/2/109-110); decision to rusticate one of the students, 26 November - 6 December (ERS/1/2/111-113); prize giving at Gosforth Grammar School, end of term, 7-17 December (ERS/1/2/114-116); home for Christmas, 18-26 December (ERS/1/2/117-119); journey back to Durham, interviewing potential students, 27 December - 8 January (ERS/1/2/120-122)

ERS/1/3/1-91   4 January 1965 - 9 January 1966
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning views on efficiency in universities, interviewing students, 9-20 January (ERS/1/3/1-3); first woman to be invited to a meeting of a discussion group called the Quick and the Dead, opening ceremony for Student Health Centre, 21-30 January (ERS/1/3/4-6); lecture at Bristol University on training in the Higher Civil Service, 1-11 February (ERS/1/3/7-9); first formal dance in college, rag week, 14-26 February (ERS/1/3/10-12); interview at college with Tyne Tees TV, 27 February - 11 March (ERS/1/3/13-15); meeting of the committee of the Royal Institute of Public Administration in London, installation of the Bishop of Jarrow, 12-22 March (ERS/1/3/16-18); Easter, spent on Lundy, 6-18 April (ERS/1/3/23-26); annual meeting of the Old Students' Association, 19 April - 3 May (ERS/1/3/27-30); opening of the new sports' hall, nomination for Council, 4-20 May (ERS/1/3/31-34); Cathedral service attended by the Assize judges, 21 May - 1 June (ERS/1/3/35-37); opening of New Hall, Cambridge, 2-17 June (ERS/1/3/38-40); Going Down dinner, congregation, 18 June - 2 July (ERS/1/3/41-43); speech day at Cheltenham Ladies' College, 4-11 July (ERS/1/3/44-45); from Prague re her holiday in Czechoslovakia, 12-31 July (ERS/1/3/46-53); selection of students after ‘A’ level results, 14-27 August (ERS/1/3/57-59); dinner in Castle for Charles Pannell, Minister of Works, 28 August - 6 September (ERS/1/3/60-62); dinner in college for Mr. McColl, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government, final meeting of the committee of the Royal Institute of Public Administration on the relationship between the local authorities and government departments, 7-21 September (ERS/1/3/63-65); freshers' week, speech at the annual dinner of the Consett and District Professional and Business Women's Club, 22 September - 2 October (ERS/1/3/66-68); start of term, guest speaker at the annual dinner of the Hartlepool Soroptimists, 3-10 October (ERS/1/3/69-70); first governing body meeting of the year, committee of Heads of Houses, speech day at Polam Hall, senate meeting, 11-20 October (ERS/1/3/71-72); Founders and Benefactors service, speech day at High Storrs Girls' School, Sheffield, first attendance at Council meeting, 21 October - 4 November (ERS/1/3/73-75); lecture in the Politics Department on “What is administration”, address to the Durham Association of University Women, prize giving at South Shields Girls' Grammar School and a mixed grammar school in Stockport, 5-16 November (ERS/1/3/76-78); interviewing on Civil Service Commission board, inter-university debate at the Union Society, 17-27 November (ERS/1/3/79-81); heavy snowfalls, interviewing prospective candidates, Christmas dinner and service in college, 28 November - 9 December (ERS/1/3/82-84); meeting of Council, more interviewing, prize giving at Bishop Auckland Mixed Grammar School, home for Christmas, 10-29 December (ERS/1/3/85-88); interviewing students, 30 December - 9 January (ERS/1/3/89-91)

ERS/1/4/1-100   10 January 1966 - 8 January1967
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning a party for friends and benefactors of the college, meeting at the High School to discuss an appeal for rebuilding, lecture to the Civil Service course for Assistant Principals, 10-21 January (ERS/1/4/1-3); decision to ban Christmas dinner in colleges, meeting of Newnham College governing body, meeting of the Building committee to discuss development of the area between North Bailey and Palace Green, failure of contractors to make good the defects in the college building, 22 January - 4 February (ERS/1/4/4-6); criticism of the conduct of Senate, prize day at Consett Grammar School / Technical School, further delays in completing building works, 5-18 February (ERS/1/4/7-9); meeting of governing body, guest speaker at Hartlepool and Durham branches of the Business and Professional Women's Club, 19 February - 2 March (ERS/1/4/10-12); Senate vote to abolish the requirement of ‘O’ level Latin to enter the Faculty of Arts, President of the Union's farewell debate, 3-15 March (ERS/1/4/13-15); Civil Service selection board in London, 16-25 March (ERS/1/4/16-18); progress with the college garden, thoughts on election result, conference of the N.E. Soroptomists, 26 March - 5 April (ERS/1/4/19-21); Easter holiday on Alderney, 6-13 April (ERS/1/4/22-24); speech to a conference for the Institute of Hospital Treasurers, arrangements for the opening of the college, talk to the Newcastle group of sister-tutors at Dryburn, old students' meeting, 14-26 April (ERS/1/4/25-27); Heads of Houses committee meeting discussing excessive numbers of applicants to universities for the humanities, work on the garden in preparation for the opening of the college, guest speaker at the dinner of the Medical Women's Federation, 27 April - 8 May (ERS/1/4/28-30); meeting between a representative of the Civil Service Commission and heads of departments to encourage applications to the Civil Service, 9-21 May (ERS/1/4/31-33); attempt to get the governing body to play a greater role in college affairs, visit from the University Grants Committee, installation of the new mayor in the town hall, 22 May - 2 June (ERS/1/4/34-36); objections to the early end of exams, leaving students 3 weeks until the end of term, dissatisfaction with the work of the landscape contractor, 3-15 June (ERS/1/4/37-39); Going Down dinner, opening day celebrations, 16-24 June (ERS/1/4/40-42); description of Ron Girdler's research in the Rift Valley in Kenya, graduation day, speech to the Northern Group of Newnham Women in Newcastle, York mystery plays, 25 June - 2 July (ERS/1/4/43-45); annual conference of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in college, dinner for retiring colleagues, Civil Service selection board, 3-12 July (ERS/1/4/46-48); holiday in Switzerland, 13 July - 9 August (ERS/1/4/49-61); speech to Rotary Club, visit to excavations at Bede's monastery in Jarrow, 11-21 August (ERS/1/4/62-64); new members of staff in Politics Department, 31 August - 9 September (ERS/1/4/68-70); chairing a panel at a conference in Grey College for the Royal Institute of Public Administration, speech to the Northern branch of the Professional and Business Women's Clubs, 10-21 September (ERS/1/4/71-73); inaugural party at Trevelyan College, arrival of students, 23 September - 3 October (ERS/1/4/74-76); meeting of the Diocesan Board of Women's Work, Heads of Houses committee meeting, presentation of accounts to the governing body for the first year of independent accounting, criticism of the running of the Politics Department, 4-13 October (ERS/1/3/77-79); guest speaker at Newcastle Central High School, Founders and Benefactors service, 16-27 October (ERS/1/3/80-82); Civil Service selection board, 28 October - 7 November (ERS/1/3/83-85); annual dinner of the Gateshead Soroptimists, 8-20 November (ERS/1/3/86-88); need for increased teaching commitments for staff, 21 November - 3 December (ERS/1/3/89-91); speech to the National Council of Women in Newcastle, end of term, teething problems at Trevelyan, enthronement of the new bishop, 4-15 December (ERS/1/3/92-94); town / gown relations, fundraising for the new High School buildings, 16-28 December (ERS/1/3/95-97); speech to a conference of the Physical Education Association in London, 29 December - 8 January (ERS/1/3/98-100)

ERS/1/5/1-99   10 January 1967 - 4 January1968
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning the need for formal procedure for dealing with disciplinary cases, strained relations between the Principal of Trevelyan and the architects, Senate meeting to discuss the allocation of the grant, 10-22 January (ERS/1/5/1-3) and 5-20 February (ERS/1/5/7-9); decision of the government to raise the fees for foreign students, 23 January - 4 February (ERS/1/5/4-6); guest speaker to Sunderland Soroptimists, 21 February - 6 March (ERS/1/5/10-13); re-elected as Associate Fellow on the governing body of Newnham College, meeting of building committee to discuss the height of the new library, farewell debate of the President of the Union, 7-18 March (ERS/1/5/14-16); holiday on Sark, 19 March - 7 April (ERS/1/5/17-22); conference of hospital administrators in Grey College, 28 March - 7 April (ERS/1/5/20-22); speech to Newcastle College of Commerce on management, 10-20 April (ERS/1/5/23-25); annual meeting of the old students' association, 21 April - 3 May (ERS/1/5/26-28); meeting with delegation from the Cameroons, replacement of the chaplaincy system, 4-14 May (ERS/1/5/29-31); Senate decision to admit a student observer to the forward planning committee, inauguration of the new mayor, 15-26 May (ERS/1/5/32-34); reaction to the Arab-Israeli war, formal opening of Van Mildert College, dispute in Senate over the proposal to transfer the History Department from the Faculty of Arts to Social Sciences, 7-16 June (ERS/1/5/38-40); discussion on the future of the top of the new library building, Congregation day, 18-28 June (ERS/1/5/41-43); visit to Glasgow, 29 June - 12 July (ERS/1/5/44-46); trip to Shetland and Orkney, 13 July - 9 August (ERS/1/5/47-59); visit to the college by 100 American children, 4-9 August (ERS/1/5/56-59); water leaks in the college, 10-19 August (ERS/1/5/60-62); buying a house, 20-29 August (ERS/1/5/63-65); Estates committee meeting to discuss overspending on the budget for Van Mildert College, 30 August - 9 September (ERS/1/5/66-68); meeting with the third female mayor of Durham - description of her year in office, lunch with Edward Heath, 10-17 September (ERS/1/5/69-71); dealing with the aftermath of the deaths of four students in an accident in Yugoslavia, views on co-opting students to college governing bodies, 3-12 October (ERS/1/5/72-74); discussion at Senate on increasing government interest in university affairs, exhibition of Northumbrian monastic art in Hexham, 13-22 October (ERS/1/5/75-77); architecture award for Dunelm House, decision to be made on whether to offer Dame Enid an extension to her contract, 23 October - 2 November (ERS/1/5/78-80); prize giving at girls' school in Guildford, negotiations with members of the Graduate Society over a boycott of the students' cafeteria, 3-11 November (ERS/1/5/81-83); discussions on the building of a hospital for students, 12-23 November (ERS/1/5/84-86); Building committee meeting to discuss overspending on Van Mildert and Trevelyan, worries about the effects of government cuts, decision to stay on for two extra years, 24 November - 6 December (ERS/1/5/87-90); family Christmas in the south of England, 23 December - 4 January (ERS/1/5/94-99)

ERS/1/6/1-109   5 January 1968 - 7 January 1969
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning the annual teaparty at St. Aidan's Association in London, 5-14 January (ERS/1/6/1-3); interviewing students, discussions on new discipline regulations at Heads of Houses committee, first Civil Service lecture by the Director of Recruitment, visit to Newnham College, Cambridge, 15-30 January (ERS/1/6/4-7); Civil Service lecture by Dame Enid on “What it is like to be a civil servant”, arrangements for planting a wind-break, guest speaker at Stanley Professional and Business Women's Club's international night, 31 January - 13 February (ERS/1/6/8-11); views on Purple Patch, the Rag magazine, meeting of the governing body, discussions on restaurants at Dunelm House, visit from Gordon Walker, Minister for Education, Science faculty meeting, 14-24 February (ERS/1/6/12-14); speech to members of the Derbyshire Women's Institute, 25 February - 5 March (ERS/1/6/15-17); opening ceremony for Trevelyan College, end of term, 6-17 March (ERS/1/6/18-20); meeting of the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind, addressing a conference on physical education, continuing dispute over the extension to the University Library, conference in Newcastle on schools' curriculum and university entrance requirements, 18-27 March (ERS/1/6/21-23); Young Conservatives' conference in college, acting as chairman of the Civil Service preliminary selection boards, guest at Sedgefield Secondary Modern School prize day, talk to a weekend school for building societies, 5-11 April (ERS/1/6/28-30); holiday on the Isle of Man, 12-17 April (ERS/1/6/31-33); meeting of the old students, compromise with County Council over extension to the library, talk to the Fuel Luncheon Club in Newcastle, 18-27 April (ERS/1/6/34-36); discussion of the financial difficulties facing University College, reaction to Enoch Powell's “rivers of blood” speech, dismay at the university's shortage of funds and over-dependence on government grants, 28 April - 6 May (ERS/1/6/37-39); meeting of the governing body at Newnham College, visit to Mount Grace priory, discussions with colleagues on student unrest, 7-18 May (ERS/1/6/41-43); discussion at governing body on student grants, installation of new mayor, address to the Christian Movement for Peace, prowlers at the college, 19-28 May (ERS/1/6/44-46); publicity concerning kidney transplant for student, 29 May - 8 June (ERS/1/6/47-49); College birthday dance, opening of Jevon's House, extension of Hatfield, warnings of pending student occupation of university offices, 9-18 June (ERS/1/6/50-52); meetings of “Durham Left”, particularly criticising the Registrar, 19-28 June (ERS/1/6/53-55); water flooding into college, report to Council on student unrest, aided by junior staff, 29 June - 8 July (ERS/1/6/56-58); Conference on Physical Education in Brighton; 9-15 July (ERS/1/6/59-61); holiday in Ireland, 9 July - 5 August (ERS/1/6/59-70); meeting of Soroptimists, 6-11 September (ERS/1/6/80-82); problem of staff participating in student unrest, Civil Service Commission, 16-29 September (ERS/1/6/84-87); agreement between the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and the National Union of Students on dealing with student unrest, meeting of the Movement for Democracy, 30 September - 9 October (ERS/1/6/88-90); discussions at Heads of House committee meeting on whether students should be allowed to live out, first meeting of governing body with new student members, meeting of staff and students to discuss the lines on which an academic community should be run, 10-19 October (ERS/1/6/91-93); staff/student seminar run by the Student Christian Movement to discuss university organisation, 20-31 October (ERS/1/6/94-96); students of Ushaw College admitted to the university, 11-20 November (ERS/1/6/100-102); discussions on student unrest, 21 November - 5 December (ERS/1/6/103-106); visit from Baroness Evelyn Sharp, Civil Service Commission, 6-17 December(ERS/1/6/107-109)

ERS/2/1/1-105   8 January 1969 - 9 January 1970
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning the Conference of the N.E. Marketing Committee, prize giving at Hexham Grammar School, speech to Leeds University Adult Education Centre, 8-18 January (ERS/2/1/1-3); meeting of chairmen of Civil Service selection boards, meeting of the Estates Committee to discuss a report on clearing, visit from LSE students and invitation from them to Durham students to demonstrate in their support, 19-30 January (ERS/2/1/4-6); student demonstrations at Cambridge, views on criteria for passing lecturers, Senate meeting to discuss student participation, meeting with House of Commons committee on staff/student relations in universities, 31 January - 8 February (ERS/2/1/7-9); meeting of Heads of Houses with senior men and women and the Warden to discuss the rising tide of opinion against universities, meeting of governing body with students' consultative committee, 9-20 February (ERS/2/1/10-12); vote of no confidence in the student president, 3-12 March (ERS/2/1/16-18); speech to the Teesside Association of Guest Speakers, Civil Service selection board, 13-22 March (ERS/2/1/19-21); schools' conference, Civil Service selection board, visit from Enoch Powell, 23-31 March (ERS/2/1/22-24); holiday on Isle of Man, 2-8 April (ERS/2/1/25-27); Civil Service selection board, 9-16 April (ERS/2/1/28-30); annual reunion of Old Students' Association, 17-28 April (ERS/2/1/31-33); conference on the future of Sunderland, decision of Estates Committee to keep fees down in view of cut in grants, 29 April - 7 May (ERS/2/1/34-36); decision not to stand for Pro Vice-Chancellorship, meeting of Senate at which the President of the Students' Representative Council was present for one item for the first time, 8-17 May (ERS/2/1/37-39); meeting of governing body at which students asked for greater participation, appointment to Teesside Education Committee, 18-27 May (ERS/2/1/40-42); discussions at Senate on wearing gowns for exams, 5-15 June (ERS/2/1/45-47); holiday in Ireland, 23 June - 21 July (ERS/2/1/51-59); Civil Service board, 1-10 September (ERS/2/1/72-74); University's attempts to buy up property in the older parts of the city, speech to the Conservative Education Advisory Committee in Newcastle, Standing Conference of Social Science held in St. Aidan's, 11-21 September (ERS/2/1/75-77); visit from 25 American “occasional” students, a year before the American Institute for European Studies is due to take over Lumley Castle, Sunderland Commission meeting, first meeting as one of the Bishop of Durham's examining chaplains, 22 September - 1 October (ERS/2/1/78-80); speech at Mexborough Sixth Form College, the first to be established in England, matriculation day, Teesside Education Committee meeting, 3-11 October (ERS/2/1/81-83); meeting of the college governing body, Teesside Education Committee meeting, Senate meeting to discuss the University development plan, 12-22 October (ERS/2/1/84-86); Founders and Benefactors' service, 23 October - 2 November (ERS/2/1/87-89); views on the future of university finances, Teesside Education Committee meeting, vandalism of church property in Sunderland, discussions with Professor Runcorn, chief lunar investigator, guest speaker at the Festival dinner at Cranmer Hall, 3-13 November (ERS/2/1/90-92); guest speaker at the Guild of Help meeting in Sunderland, meeting of Teesside Education Committee, Civil Service selection board, work on portrait of Dame Enid by Tom McGuinness, 14-23 November (ERS/2/1/93-95); guest speaker at prize day at Houghton-le-Spring Comprehensive, Senate meeting to discuss university expansion, speech at Sunderland Comprehensive School prize day, 24 November - 4 December (ERS/2/1/96-98); ordination service at the Bishop's palace at Bishop Auckland, views on a future Teesside University, Christmas with family, 17-30 December (ERS/2/1/102-105)

ERS/2/2/1-121   10 January 1970 - 4 January1971
This file covers the period of Dame Enid's retirement from St. Aidan's, but she continued to lecture in public administration in the Politics Department and to sit on numerous local and national bodies. Letters cover meetings of the Sunderland Commission and the Durham Development Plan, Civil Service meetings in London, 10-22 January (ERS/2/2/1-3); Durham Union debate, meeting of Sunderland committee chairmen, most of whom were antagonistic towards the bishop, criticism of the teaching methods in the Chemistry Department, 23 January - 2 February (ERS/2/2/6-8); attack at Senate by the president of the Students' Representative Council on the university squeeze on departmental finance, meetings of the Sunderland Council of Churches, the Sunderland Commission and the Teesside Local Education Committee, 3-13 February (ERS/2/2/9-11); guest speaker at Spennymoor Secondary School speech day, proposed abolition of college visiting hours, 14-22 February (ERS/2/2/12-14); prize giving in Halifax, formal college dance, joint university and students' committee meeting, giving evidence to the UGC Quinquennial Committee, 23 February - 7 March (ERS/2/2/15-18); meetings of Sunderland incumbents and the Sunderland Commission, 8-17 March (ERS/2/2/19-21); Civil Service selection board, Easter holiday on Arran, 18-29 March (ERS/2/2/22-25); holiday on Arran, discussion on crime at a meeting of Sunderland Commission, Civil Service selection board, 30 March - 10 April (ERS/2/2/27-30); panel on student welfare and participation at Norwich, applications for transfers from students at other universities, 11-19 April (ERS/2/2/31-33); appointing committee for a new Deputy Director of Education, meeting with Dame Enid's successor, Miss Hindmarch, St. Aidan's Association reunion, 20 April - 2 May (ERS/2/2/34-37); meeting of Estates Committee to consider university estimates, special Senate meeting to consider the future of the B.Ed, 3-15 May (ERS/2/2/38-40); last meeting as chair of the college governing body, decision at Senate to make attendance at the Freshers' conference compulsory, installation of new mayor, meeting of Teesside Local Education Committee, 16-23 May (ERS/2/2/41-43); ordination service in the cathedral, meeting of Friends of Durham Cathedral, memorial service for Sir James Duff, 24 May - 1 June (ERS/2/2/44-46); Sunderland Commission meeting, visit to Bristol to lecture at a training course for local government officers and training officers in F.E. colleges, 2-12 June (ERS/2/2/47-49); election of Malcolm MacDonald as chancellor, general election, college summer dance, 13-22 June (ERS/2/2/50-52); graduation day, meeting of Sunderland Commission, 23 June - 3 July (ERS/2/2/53-55); holiday in the Western Isles, 4-21 July (ERS/2/2/56-66); inaugural address to a conference of health visitors, 22-30 July (ERS/2/2/67-69); contribution to the official biography of Iain Macleod, former Minister of Health, Lyke Wake walk, 11-15 August (ERS/2/2/74-76); preparation for the move to the house in Pimlico, 16-24 August (ERS/2/2/77-79); removal to Pimlico, British Association annual meeting, 25 August - 4 September (ERS/2/2/80-82); dinner with Lord Todd, President of the British Association, meeting of the Durham Soroptimists, meeting with Bishop Skelton from Matabeleland, the new Rural Dean of Sunderland, visit to the Cheviots, 5-16 September (ERS/2/2/83-87); meetings of Sunderland Commission and the Bishop's Examining Chaplains, 16-29 September (ERS/2/2/87-90); last day at college, meeting of Newnham College governing body, Teesside Education Committee, 30 September - 10 October (ERS/2/2/91-93); inspection visit to outdoor pursuits centre on Lake Coniston, meetings of board of governors of Central Newcastle High School and the Sunderland Commission, Civil Service selection board, 11-23 October (ERS/2/2/94-97); conference on regional planning, death of Sir Edward Collingwood, Founders and Benefactors service, 24 October - 8 November (ERS/2/2/98-101); meeting of Sunderland Commission, speech to the Girls' Public School Trust in London, 9-20 November (ERS/2/2/102-104); induction of Bishop Skelton as Rector of Bishopwearmouth, 21-28 November (ERS/2/2/105-107); introduction of student representation on Teesside Council colleges, guest speaker at Alnwick Girls' Grammar School prize day, 29 November - 10 December (ERS/2/2/108-110); installation of Malcolm MacDonald as chancellor, annual meeting of Civil Service board chairmen, 11-21 December (ERS/2/2/111-113); family Christmas and holiday in Rome, 22 December - 4 January (ERS/2/2/114-121)

ERS/2/3/1-133   5 January 1971 – 6 January 1972
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning continuation of holiday in Rome, 5-11 January (ERS/2/3/1-6); lecture given on “What the Civil Service has to do”, 15 January (ERS/2/3/7); attended a meeting of the Sunderland Synod and Sunderland Commission, 21-22 January (ERS/2/3/9); Union debate in which Malcolm MacDonald opposed the motion “This house approves of blood sports”, 28 January (ERS/2/3/11); name change of the Durham Committee of the Naturalist Trust, 29 January (ERS/2/3/11); monthly Soroptomist's Dinner, 1 February (ERS/2/3/12); introduction of Decimal Day, Soroptomist's business meeting, 15 February (ERS/2/3/17); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 17 February (ERS/2/3/17); made a life member of the Durham Union Debating Society, 18 February (ERS/2/3/18); attended a lecture on the Sutton Hoo Treasure, 22 February (ERS/2/3/19); Civil Service Selection Board, 1-3 March (ERS/2/3/20-21); meeting of the Governing Body of Newnham College, 5 March (ERS/2/3/21-22); guest judge for the public speaking competition at Neville's Cross School, 6 March (ERS/2/3/?); discussion regarding the Newnham principalship, 10-13 March (ERS/2/3/23); Easter spent camping in Scotland, 7-14 April (ERS/2/3/31-35); lecture given on Education for Public Administration to a conference at St Michael's College, Salisbury, 21-22 April (ERS/2/3/36-37); new principal of Newnham College elected, 23 April (ERS/2/3/38); discussed ideas for the reorganisation of the Newnham kitchens and dining arrangements, 15 May (ERS/2/3/45); Jarrow lecture, 20 May (ERS/2/3/47); installation of the new mayor of Teesside, 25 May (ERS/2/3/49); meeting of the Teesside Further Education Sub-Committee, 3 June (ERS/2/3/53); attended Civil Service Selection Board, 14-15 June (ERS/2/3/56-57); attended party celebrating the centenary of Newnham College, 19 June (ERS/2/3/58); meeting of the Sunderland Commission, 24 June (ERS/2/3/59-60); met Malcolm MacDonald at a garden party, 30 June (ERS/2/3/62); holiday spent birdwatching in the Shetland Isles, 1-21 July (ERS/2/3/62-74); CSSB in London, 26-28 July (ERS/2/3/75-76); day spent reading the Sunderland Commission report, 10 August (ERS/2/3/80); day spent photographing churches for the Diocesan Committee, 20 August (ERS/2/3/83); open day at the Witton le Wear Nature Reserve, 30 August (ERS/2/3/86-87); afternoon spent photographing churches, 2 September (ERS/2/3/87); holiday spent with family at Milland Farm, 6-10 September (ERS/2/3/89-91); ordination of a young deaconness at Durham Cathedral, 19 September (ERS/2/3/93); meeting of the Teesside Further Education Sub-committee, 22 September (ERS/2/3/94); meeting of the Bishop of Durham's Examining Chaplains at Auckland Castle, 27-28 September (ERS/2/3/95); local Durham radio interview to comment on the Sunderland Report, 29 September (ERS/2/3/96); meeting of the governing body of Newnham College, 4 October (ERS/2/3/97); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 6 October (ERS/2/3/98); appeared on a show called “Talkabout” on Durham Radio, 9 October (ERS/2/3/99); end of the Courts of Assize in Durham, 10 October (ERS/2/3/99); arrival of the new Politics lecturer, 11 October (ERS/2/3/99); comments on the murder of a British soldier in Northern Ireland, 18 October (ERS/2/3/101); prize-giving to students of Derby High School, comments on the Conservation Trust, 21 October (ERS/2/3/102); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 3 November (ERS/2/3/107);talk given on “students and their difficulties” at Swinton Conservative College, 14 November (ERS/2/3/110); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 17 November (ERS/2/3/111); talk given to the Bournemouth branch of the Royal Institute of Public Administration, 22 November (ERS/2/3/113); guest speaker at the Michaelmas dinner at St Mary's College, 25 November (ERS/2/3/114); funeral of a friend, ‘Kinnie’, 7 December (ERS/2/3/117); meeting of the Teesside Further Education Sub-committee, 8 December (ERS/2/3/118); holiday in Kenya, 11 December onwards (ERS/2/3/118-133)

ERS/2/4/1-138   7 January 1972 – 1 January 1973
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning continuation of holiday in Kenya, 7-10 January (ERS/2/4/1-2); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee to discuss the reorganisation of Catholic schools, 13-23 January (ERS/2/4/3-6); speech to the Alnwick Inner Wheel Club and views on the miners' strike, 5-23 February (ERS/2/4/10-15); Governors' meeting at Newcastle Central High School and participation in the radio programme, “A word in edgeways”, 24 February – 2 March (ERS/2/4/16-18); meeting of the Soroptomists, 3-11 March (ERS/2/4/19-21); Civil Service selection boards, 12-21 March (ERS/2/4/22-24), 24 April – 2 May (ERS/2/4/39-41), 5-13 July (ERS/2/4/64-66); lecture to County Council employees on municipal administration, 22-28 March (ERS/2/4/25-27); visit to Chartres, 30 March – 7 April (ERS/2/4/28-33); lecture on physical education to Loughborough College of Education, 6-13 April (ERS/2/4/33-35); meetings of the Teesside Local Education Committee to approve a development plan for the new Teesside Polytechnic, and the Durham Conservation Trust, 14-23 April (ERS/2/4/36-38); meeting of the governors of Newcastle Central High School, 12-20 May (ERS/2/4/45-47); meeting of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 30 May – 9 June (ERS/2/4/51-54); prize-giving at St Ethelburga's Girls' Boarding School in Harrogate and summer ordination in the cathedral, 19-25 June (ERS/2/4/58-60); first meeting of the Teesside Research sub-committee, 26 June – 3 July (ERS/2/4/61-63); Civil Service selection board, 9-12 July (ERS/2/4/65-66); Miners Gala, 15 July and Civil Service selection board, 18-20 July (ERS/2/4/69); mention of writing a book for schools on “The Civil Service”, 14 August (ERS/2/4/77); discussion with Canon Professor Douglas Jones regarding the Creed and the Nicene Creed, 15 August (ERS/2/4/78); holiday in Ohio, USA, 19 August - 21 September (ERS/2/4/80-100); comments on the First World War play “Journey's End” viewed in London, 19 August (ERS/2/4/80); meeting of the Soroptomists, 2 October (ERS/2/4/104); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 4 October (ERS/2/4/105); Board of Studies meeting, 6 October (ERS/2/4/105); letter of condolence sent to the wife of Bishop Ramsey, 7 October (ERS/2/4105-106); speech given at a prize-giving at Cavendish School in Buxton, 11 October (ERS/2/4/107); emergency meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, missed the memorial service for the Bishop held in the Cathedral, 13 October (ERS/2/4/108); asked to become chairman of the Conservation County Trust, 16 October (ERS/2/4/110); prize-giving at Newcastle City Hall for Newcastle Central High School, 17 October (ERS/2/4/110); guest speaker at a school in Grantham, 18 October (ERS/2/4/111); meeting of the Council of the Conservation Trust, 19 October (ERS/2/4/111); Conference on Water Pollution organised by the Conservation Trust, 21 October (ERS/2/4/112); Great Founders and Benefactors' Service in the Cathedral, 25 October (ERS/2/4/114); Conservation Trust AGM and meeting of the re-elected Council, 26 October (ERS/2/4/114); guest speaker at the dinner of the Woodhouse Grove School Old Boys' Association, 27 October (ERS/2/4/115); meeting of the Teesside Education Sub Committee, 1 November (ERS/2/4/117); meeting between secondary school governors and members of the Education Committee, 2 November (ERS/2/4/117); visit to Fenham Flats near Holy Island, 4 November (ERS/2/4/118); Soroptomists dinner, 6 November (ERS/2/4/118-119); party given by the Bishop of Jarrow, 9 November (ERS/2/4/120); service for Armistice Sunday in the Cathedral, 12 November (ERS/2/4/121); meeting of a special committee of the Durham Conservation Trust, 13 November (ERS/2/4/121); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 15 November (ERS/2/4/121); speaker at a prize giving at the Cambridge Girls' Grammar School, 16 November (ERS/2/4/122); dinner party for the Newcastle judge, James West, 21 November (ERS/2/4/123); meeting of the Newnham Governing Body, 25 November (ERS/2/4/124); visit to a nature reserve just north of Newcastle, then Derwent Reservoir, 2 December (ERS/2/4/127); monthly dinner of the Soroptomists, 4 December (ERS/2/4/128); Durham Union debate, 5 December (ERS/2/4/128); Teesside Further Education Sub-committee and meeting of the embryonic Durham Group of the Conservation Trust, 6 December (ERS/2/4/129); meeting at Washington New Town in connection with the Washington Wild Fowl Trust, 7 December (ERS/2/4/129); day spent at Fenham Flats, 9 December (ERS/2/4/130); speech to the Berwick Ladies' Conservative Club, 13 December (ERS/2/4/131); Civil Service Selection Board meeting, 14 December (ERS/2/4/132); Civil Service College lecture on setting up the Health Service, 15 December (ERS/2/4/132); meeting of Teesside Education Committee, 18 December (ERS/2/4/133); holiday to Inwardleigh, Devon 20 December - 28 December (ERS/2/4/134-137); visit to Craster, 30 December (ERS/2/4/137-138); visit to Castle Eden Dene, 31 December (ERS/2/4/138)

ERS/3/1/1-149    2 January 1973 - 1 January 1974
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning a visit to Bamburgh, 6 January (ERS/3/1/2); dinner given by the Charterhouse Companies, 8 January (ERS/3/1/2); asked to take part in a discussion on the ordaining of women, in February, 9 January (ERS/3/1/3); Board of Studies meeting, 10 January (ERS/3/1/3); meeting of the Committee of the Conservation Trust, 11 January (ERS/3/1/4); meeting at Newnham College, attended the annual dinner of the Women's Research Club, 12 January (ERS/3/1/4); three day Civil Service board, 15-17 January (ERS/3/1/6); Civil Service seminar, 24 January (ERS/3/1/9); talk to Billingham upper sixth formers, 25 January (ERS/3/1/9); trip to Newnham College, 26 January (ERS/3/1/10); meeting of the Teesside Further Education Sub-committee, 31 January (ERS/3/1/11-12); meeting of the County Conservation Trust, 1 February (ERS/3/1/12); visit to the Slimbridge Wildfowl Reserve, 2 February (ERS/3/1/12); opened the discussion at a meeting on women priests at Durham, 7 February (ERS/3/1/14); fell-walking in Bellingham, 10 February (ERS/3/1/15); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 14 February (ERS/3/1/16); intention to resign from the Governors of the Central High School in Newcastle, 15 February (ERS/3/1/16-17); attended talk by Dr Dunsire, senior lecturer in Politics at York, meeting of the Appeals Committee of the Washington Wildfowl Reserve, 16 February (ERS/3/1/17); day spent at the Great Forest of Wark in NorthTynedale, 17 February (ERS/3/1/17); Civil Service Selection Board, 18- 20 February (ERS/3/1/18-19); day spent in the Allen Gorge, 24 February (ERS/3/1/20); attended lecture by a Foreign Service Assistant Secretary at University College, 26 February (ERS/3/1/20-21); Civil Servant Lecture, 5 March (ERS/3/1/23); talk given at the Durham Professional & Business Women's Club, 6 March (ERS/3/1/24); trip to Dumfries with a party from the Teesmouth Bird Club, 9-10 March (ERS/3/1/24-25); meetings of the Teesside Further Education Sub-committee and Teesside Research Sub-committee, 14 March (ERS/3/1/26); meeting of the Washington Wildfowl Trust, 16 March (ERS/3/1/26-27); day spent at a nature reserve in Harwood Forest, 17 March (ERS/3/1/27); Civil Service Selection Board, attended 46th birthday lunch of the Newcastle Electrical Association for Women, 20-23 March (ERS/3/1/28-29); visit to Beamish Museum, 25 March (ERS/3/1/30); inaugural lecture given at a course for health visitors run by Durham Technical College, 26 March (ERS/3/1/30); talk on conservation given to a meeting of women in Witton Gilbert, 27 March (ERS/3/1/31); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 28 March (ERS/3/1/31); dinner party to mark the end of Sir James Steel's first year as High Sheriff of the county, 29 March (ERS/3/1/31); Soroptomists' monthly supper party, attended the annual dinner of the Durham branch of the National Council of Women, 2 April (ERS/3/1/33); attended a prize-giving at Durham Technical College, 10 April (ERS/3/1/36); day-trip to Farndale, Yorkshire Dales, 14 April (ERS/3/1/37); visit to Mount Grace Priory, 15 April (ERS/3/1/38); lecture given to local government officer students run by Durham County Council, 17 April (ERS/3/1/39); camping holiday in Scotland, 18-26 April (ERS/3/1/39-46); annual reunion of the St Aidan's Association, 28 April (ERS/3/1/47); meeting of the Durham Conservation Trust, 2 May (ERS/3/1/48); meeting of the Washington Wildfowl Trust, 4 May (ERS/3/1/49); meeting of the Soroptomists, 7 May (ERS/3/1/50); missed previous day's meeting of the Committee of the Friends of the Cathedral, 8 May (ERS/3/1/50-51); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 14 May (ERS/3/1/52-53); dinner with the headmaster of Durham School, 15 May (ERS/3/1/53); Board of studies meeting, 16 May (ERS/3/1/53); Teesside Education Committee meeting, 17 May (ERS/3/1/53-54); attendance at the service for the enthroning of the new bishop, 19 May (ERS/3/1/54); attendance at a special service of Matins for Durham judges, 20 May (ERS/3/1/55); lecture given at the Civil Service College on negotiations leading up to the National Health Service, 21 May (ERS/3/1/55); attendance at the Jarrow lecture, 23 May (ERS/3/1/56); last meeting of the Governors of the Central High School before resignation, 24 May (ERS/3/1/56); attendance at a party to bid farewell to the Dean, 26 May (ERS/3/1/57); meeting of the Teesside Further Education Sub-committee, 31 May (ERS/3/1/59); purchase of new car, 1 June (ERS/3/1/59-60); annual meeting of the Friends of Durham Cathedral & re-election to the committee, 2 June (ERS/3/1/60); supper with the Soroptomists, 4 June (ERS/3/1/61); monthly luncheon of the Durham branch of the National Council of Women with an address on politicians and civil servants, meeting attempting to organise a local group of the County Conservation Trust, 5 June (ERS/3/1/61); tour of Durham by Dr Gibby, 8 June (ERS/3/1/62); participated in a foray led by David Bellamy, 10 June (ERS/3/1/63); Teesside Education Committee meeting, 13 June (ERS/3/1/64); trip to Holy Island, 16 June (ERS/3/1/65); presentation of a silver vase to a women's Judoka team from London, 17 June (ERS/3/1/66); meeting of the Washington Wildfowl Committee, 22 June (ERS/3/1/67-68); monthly dinner of the Soroptomists, 2 July (ERS/3/1/72); recorded local radio interview to be aired in October, 3 July (ERS/3/1/72-73); Teesside Research Sub-committee meeting, 5 July (ERS/3/1/73); Civil Service Selection Board, 10-13 July (ERS/3/1/75-76); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 18 July (ERS/3/1/78); attended the Teesside Education Committee annual holiday centre inspection, meeting with the officers of the Conservation Trust, 24 July (ERS/3/1/80-81); meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 27 July (ERS/3/1/81-82); recollections of Newnham College Boat Club, 15 August (ERS/3/1/89); comment on the Washington Wildfowl Committee Appeal, 29 August (ERS/3/1/95); help given at the Witton le Wear Open Day, 2 September (ERS/3/1/97); attended Soroptomists' dinner, 3 September (ERS/3/1/97); lunch with Rudolf Klein who is writing a book on the Health Service, 4 September (ERS/3/1/98); Civil Service Selection Board, 5-7 September (ERS/3/1/98-99); talk given to health visitors on a Field Workers' course at St Mary's College, 8 September (ERS/3/1/99); day spent on Teesside committee hearing first Teesside teachers' appeal, 10 September (ERS/3/1/101); second Teesside teachers' appeal, 12 September (ERS/3/1/101-102); holiday to India and Nepal, 14 September - 8 October (ERS/3/1/102-119); lecture given at the Civil Service College, meeting of the County Conservation Trust, 11 October (ERS/3/1/120); first tutorial with new group of tutees, 18 October (ERS/3/1/123); meeting of the Washington Wildfowl Appeal Committee, 23 October (ERS/3/1/124); talk about understanding young people at the Hartlepool Branch of the National Council of Women, 25 October (ERS/3/1/125); thoughts regarding persons promoted from Executive to Administrative grades in Civil Service, 30 October (ERS/3/1/127); meeting of the Teesside Further Education Sub-committee, 31 October (ERS/3/1/127); plans to write a record of the making of St Aidan's garden, 2 November (ERS/3/1/128); meeting of the Politics Board of Studies, 7 November (ERS/3/1/130); meeting of the moribund Teesside Local Education Committee, 14 November (ERS/3/1/132); meeting of the County Conservation Trust, appointment as the new Chairman of the Council of the Trust, 17 November (ERS/3/1/134); acceptance of school book Modern Bureaucracy: the Home Civil Service for publication, 27 November (ERS/3/1/138); last meeting of the Teesside Research Sub-committee, 4 December (ERS/3/1/141); first meeting as Chairman of the County Conservation Trust, 6 December (ERS/3/1/142); annual conference of assessors of Civil Service Selection Boards, 13 December (ERS/3/1/144); Christmas spent with family at Inwardleigh, Devon 20-28 December (ERS/3/1/147-149)

ERS/3/2/1-158    2 January 1974 - 3 January 1975
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning time spent in Cambridge discussing new Newnham College salary structure ,13-15 January (ERS/3/2/4-6); Civil Service Selection Board, 21- 23 January (ERS/3/2/7-8); meeting of the Durham Conservation Group, 25 January (ERS/3/2/9); elected an Honorary Fellow of Newnham College, 29 January (ERS/3/2/10); attended farewell meeting for the Director of Education, 30 January (ERS/3/2/10); first full meeting of the new Cleveland County Council, 13 February (ERS/3/2/16); talk at St Hild's Church of England Women's Training College, 18 February (ERS/3/2/19); attended lecture given by Deputy Head of Civil Service, 21 February (ERS/3/2/20); Civil Service Selection Board, 25-27 February (ERS/3/2/22-23); meeting of the new Cleveland Education Committee, 1 March (ERS/3/2/23-24); meeting of the Washington Wildfowl Reserve Committee, 4 March (ERS/3/2/25); bird-watching along the Solway Firth with the Teesmouth Bird Club, 8 March (ERS/3/2/26-27); final meeting of the Teesside Education Committee, 20 March (ERS/3/2/31-32); talk given at the Soroptomists' dinner on the obligations of equality (for women), 3 April (ERS/3/2/37-38); talk given at the Annual Conference of the Housewives Register in Darlington, 6 April (ERS/3/2/39); talk on “Developments in the Wefare State” given to local government officers, 8 April (ERS/3/2/40); short break in the Lake District, 9-10 April (ERS/3/2/40-41); holiday in South East England, incorporating a conference in Canterbury to discuss “What Society expects of Physical Education” and the Newnham Commemoration Lunch, 9-21 April (ERS/3/2/40-48); meeting of the Cleveland Further Education Committee, 23 April (ERS/3/2/48); Civil Service Selection Board assessors' conference, 6 May (ERS/3/2/52); day spent with the Bishop Auckland Inner Wheel, 7 May (ERS/3/2/53); lecture given to the Agricultural College on “Developments of the Welfare State after 1945 ”, 13 May (ERS/3/2/56); meeting of the committee of the Conservation Trust, 14 May (ERS/3/2/56); Civil Service Selection Board, 20-22 May (ERS/3/2/59-60); meeting with two representatives of the Conservation Trust, 4 June (ERS/3/2/65); Talk entitled “Civil servants and their Ministers”, given to the local branch of the National Council of Women, 6 June (ERS/3/2/65-66); attendance at the Staff/Student committee meeting, 14 June (ERS/3/2/68); spending cuts announced at the meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, 19 June (ERS/3/2/71); quarterly meeting of the Conservation Trust, 20 June (ERS/3/2/71); day spent at the Farne Islands with the Teesmouth Bird Club, Civil Service Selection Board, 8-10 July (ERS/3/2/79); talk entitled “Historical retrospect: when co-operation was a dirty word”, given to members of the Royal College of Nursing, 11 July (ERS/3/2/80); day trip to Holy Island with the Durham City Group of the Conservation Trust , 13 July (ERS/3/2/81); Conservation Trust work in connection with the County Council, 23 July (ERS/3/2/85); meeting of the committee of the Conservation Trust, 29 July (ERS/3/2/87); Civil Service Selection Board, 2-4 September (ERS/3/2/102-103); agreed to serve on a new committee concerning Washington Wildfowl Trust, 5 September (ERS/3/2/103); quarterly meeting of the Conservation Trust at which the 24 page document on the County Council's new structure plan was discussed, 10 September (ERS/3/2/105); discussion with the Dean about plans of the Friends of the Cathedral, 12 September (ERS/3/2/106-107); annual Open Day of the Conservation Trust at their Witton-le-Wear Nature Reserve, 13 September (ERS/3/2/107); holiday to Persia, 17 September - 5 October (ERS/3/2/109-122); comments on the state of the economy, 7 October (ERS/3/2/123); meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, 9 October (ERS/3/2/124); Washington Wildfowl Appeal Committee update, 14 October (ERS/3/2/126); meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, meeting of the Friends of the Cathedral, 24 October (ERS/3/2/130); Civil Service Selection Board, 28-30 October (ERS/3/2/131-132); meeting in the Adult Education Department about the Interpretive Centre in Teesdale, 5 November (ERS/3/2/135); dinner with the principal of St Anne's, Oxford, 7 November (ERS/3/2/136); talk given to a group of Sunderland Trade Unionists entitled “Politicians and Principles”, 9 November (ERS/3/2/137); meeting regarding the membership campaign for the Friends of the Cathedral, 15 November (ERS/3/2/140); re-elected as Chairman of the Conservation Trust, 16 November (ERS/3/2/140); meeting of the Cleveland Local Education Committee, 20 November (ERS/3/2/141); comments on the Birmingham pub bombings, 22 November (ERS/3/2/142); fossil collecting trip to Frosterley, 23 November (ERS/3/2/142); meeting of the newly-formed Washington group of the Conservation Trust, 25 November (ERS/3/2/144); time spent writing examination questions, 26 November (ERS/3/2/144); Newnham College salary structure problems, meeting of the Executive Committee of the Conservation Trust, 9 December (ERS/3/2/149); attendance at Civil Service Selection Board annual meeting of assessors, 12 December (ERS/3/2/150); day spent discussing the future development of the Washington Wildfowl Refuge, 16 December (ERS/3/2/152); Christmas break spent between Milland Farm, Devon, Sherborne, Dorset and Shenfield, Essex 19 December - 1 January (ERS/3/2/153-157)

ERS/3/3/1-155   1975 January 4 - 1976 January 5
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning a meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, 8 January (ERS/3/3/2); Civil Service Selection Board, 12-15 January (ERS/3/3/4-5); lecture entitled “The Setting up of the National Health Service” given to the Civil Service College, 16 January (ERS/3/3/5-6); attended publishers' party at Birkbeck College to launch her new book Modern Bureaucracy: the Home Civil Service, 17 January (ERS/3/3/6); lunch with the widow of Sam Watson, the former NUM secretary, 19 January (ERS/3/3/7); quarterly meeting of the Conservation Trust, 23 January (ERS/3/3/9); meeting of the Cleveland Further Education Sub-committee, 27 January (ERS/3/3/10-11); Civil Service Selection Board, 2 February (ERS/3/3/13); defeat of Ted Heath in the election for the leadership of the Conservative party, 5 February (ERS/3/3/14); meeting with the Sociology Department, 10 February (ERS/3/3/16); attended Civil Service lecture at Durham, 11 February (ERS/3/3/16); meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, 12 February (ERS/3/3/17); dinner at Grey College, 13 February (ERS/3/3/17-18); attended a meeting of the Durham branch of the British Federation of University Women 24 February (ERS/3/3/22-23); meeting concerning the Wildfowl Refuge and meeting of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 10 March (ERS/3/3/29); meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, 19 March (ERS/3/3/33); visit to Fountains Abbey, 23 March (ERS/3/3/34); holiday to North West England, 24 March - 1 April (ERS/3/3/34-39); decision to take on the chairmanship of St Paul's Development Trust restoring Jarrow Hall, 8 April (ERS/3/3/41); Conservation Trust's Management Committee business, 14 April (ERS/3/3/43); attended a funeral at Bedford, 18 April (ERS/3/3/45); first meeting of the Committee of Age Concern, 21 April (ERS/3/3/46); meeting of the Cleveland Further Education Sub-committee, 28 April (ERS/3/3/49); talk on “The Purpose of a University” given in Darlington to the representatives of the British Federation of University Women, 3 May (ERS/3/3/51); meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, 14 May (ERS/3/3/56); visit to a Durham Council educational field centre in Ireshopeburn, 17 May (ERS/3/3/57); attended the annual Jarrow lecture, 23 May (ERS/3/3/60); Civil Service Selection Board, 2-4 June (ERS/3/3/61-62); Open Day for the Conservation Trust, 7 June (ERS/3/3/63); appointment of the new Professor of Politics, 11 June (ERS/3/3/64); tour of several sites given by the open-cast Division of the Coal Board, 13 June (ERS/3/3/65); asked to take over the Conservation Trust's Committee on the Bowlees Chapel, 16 June (ERS/3/3/66); interview with two people from BBC Radio Cleveland, 17 June (ERS/3/3/67); fears over the financial viability of Jarrow Hall, 1 July (ERS/3/3/73); discussion with Tyne and Wear County Council regarding taking over ownership of Jarrow Hall, 5 July (ERS/3/3/75); meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, 9 July (ERS/3/3/76); Civil Service Selection Board, 18-21 August (ERS/3/3/92-94); attendance at the Durham Carnival, 31 August (ERS/3/3/97); holiday to the Balkans, 2-17 September (ERS/3/3/98-110); talk given to the Townswomen's Guild entitled “A lively mind in a lively body”, 1 October (ERS/3/3/115); meeting between the Jarrow Trustees and Tyne and Wear County Council regarding the survival of Jarrow Hall, 6 October (ERS/3/3/118); meeting of the Cleveland Further Education Committee, 13 October (ERS/3/3/121); attendance at Solemn Admission and College Feast at Newnham College, 14 October (ERS/3/3/121); meeting of the Conservation Trust, 16 October (ERS/3/3/122); attended Union Debate on “This House believes that the power of the electorate is smothered by the Civil Service” 24 October (ERS/3/3/126); attended a David Bellamy lecture arranged by the Conservation Trust, 30 October (ERS/3/3/129); confirmation received regarding an annual sum to be paid to the Jarrow Development Trust, 14 November (ERS/3/3/131); Conservation Trust AGM at which Dame Enid retired as chairman, 15 November (ERS/3/3/131); talk given at the Gateshead Rotary Club, 17 November (ERS/3/3/133); talk given to the Retired Teachers' Asoociation, Gateshead Branch, 8 December (ERS/3/3/142); meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, 10 December (ERS/3/3/142); offer of funding from the Countryside Commission to Bowlees Chapel Scheme, 17 December (ERS/3/3/145); Christmas break spent in Knayton, North Yorkshire, 23-29 December (ERS/3/3/148-151); resignation tendered to the Executive Committee of Age Concern, 5 January (ERS/3/3/154)

ERS/3/4/1-146   6 January 1976 - 7 January 1977
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning a special meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, 6 January (ERS/3/4/1); Civil Service Selection Board, 12- 14 January (ERS/3/4/4); attended the Heritage Year Award Certificate presentation given by the Mayor of South Tyneside, 19 January (ERS/3/4/6); meeting with new head of the Politics Department, 20 January (ERS/3/4/7); attended first meeting as a governor of Sherburn Hospital, 22 January (ERS/3/4/7-8); talk given to the Durham Ladies' Lecture Club, 25 January (ERS/3/4/9); talk given at the annual meeting of the Durham Professional & Business Women's Club, 19 February (ERS/3/4/18); meeting with the new Team Rector at Jarrow, 25 February (ERS/3/4/20); meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, 3 March (ERS/3/4/23); resignation of Lord Brown from the Labour Party, 4 March (ERS/3/4/24); Civil Service Selection Board, 8-10 March (ERS/3/4/25-26); tour around Sherburn Hospital, 16 March (ERS/3/4/28); Civil Service Selection Board, 31 March-2 April (ERS/3/4/34-35); Easter Break spent in Dorset, 10-20 April (ERS/3/4/37-43); on the interview panel for the job of Warden at the Bowlees Centre, 27 April (ERS/3/4/46); trip to the Farne Islands with the Durham Group of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 8 May (ERS/3/4/49); attended Women's Judo Championships in Thornaby, 16 May (ERS/3/4/52); trip to Teesdale via Bowlees, 22 May (ERS/3/4/54); Civil Service Selection Board, 24-26 May (ERS/3/4/55); meeting of the governors of Sherburn Hospital, attended Ascension Day service at Jarrow, 27 May (ERS/3/4/56); attended the annual Jarrow Lecture, 28 May (ERS/3/4/56); meeting of the Committee for the Wildfowl Refuge, 10 June (ERS/3/4/61); attended the Festival of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 12 June (ERS/3/4/61); day spent preparing for the opening of Bowlees Chapel, 15 June (ERS/3/4/63); talk given at the AGM of the Northern Region of the National Council of Women, 21 June (ERS/3/4/65); Bowlees business, 24-25 June (ERS/3/4/66); Open Day for the Conservation Trust, 27 June (ERS/3/4/66); Choristers prize-giving, 15 July (ERS/3/4/72); opening of the Visitor Centre at Bowlees, 16 July (ERS/3/4/73); meeting of the Committee of the Governors of Sherburn Hospital, 22 July (ERS/3/4/74-75); visited the archaeological excavations on the Jarrow Monastic site, 3 August (ERS/3/4/79); day spent in Teesdale at the Bowlees Visitor Centre, 13 August (ERS/3/4/83); escorted Sir Kingsley and Lady Dunham to Bowlees Visitor Centre, 18 August (ERS/3/4/85); annual inspection of local farms by governors of Sherburn Hospital, 19 August (ERS/3/4/85); discussion with Catherine Cookson regarding the forthcoming BBC Good Cause Appeal, 22 August (ERS/3/4/87); mentions that she was asked to write down recollections of Lady Reading for the WRVS, 24 August (ERS/3/4/88); comments on reading her old letters, 25-26 August (ERS/3/4/88-89); receipt of Catherine Cookson's speech, 31 August (ERS/3/4/91); formal opening of the Bowlees Visitor Centre, 4 September (ERS/3/4/92); attended a “bottle rally” held at Jarrow Hall, 5 September (ERS/3/4/93); holiday to Romania, 15-29 September (ERS/3/4/97-107); day of the radio appeal by Catherine Cookson on behalf of the Jarrow Development Trust, 3 October (ERS/3/4/109); meeting of the Board of Studies, 5 October (ERS/3/4/110); first seminar with new class, 8 October (ERS/3/4/111); update on the Catherine Cookson appeal, 9 October (ERS/3/4/111); mention of response to the Catherine Cookson appeal, 11 October (ERS/3/4/112); talk given to the Mothers' Union and the CEMS about the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 19 October (ERS/3/4/116); second meeting of the Bowlees Management Committee, 20 October (ERS/3/4/116); meeting of a Committee of the Cathedral Friends, 26 October (ERS/3/4/118); meeting of the Sherburn Hospital governors, 28 October (ERS/3/4/119); attended public lecture given by visiting Dutch Professor on the Rhine Delta, 16 November (ERS/3/4/125); on the interview panel for the position of Warden at Sherburn Hospital, 22 November (ERS/3/4/127); involved in a car accident with a cyclist, 28 November (ERS/3/4/130); visit to the Pompeii exhibition in London, 8 December (ERS/3/4/135); attended a meeting of Civil Service Selection Board chairmen and assessors, 9 December (ERS/3/4/135); meeting with the new treasurer to the Conservation Trust and the outgoing treasurer to the Bowlees Visitor Centre, 13 December (ERS/3/4/137); speech to the Hetton-le-Hole Rotary Club on behalf of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 14 December (ERS/3/4/137); meeting of the Bowlees Executive Sub-committee, 20 December (ERS/3/4/140); Christmas break spent in Knayton, 23-29 December (ERS/3/4/141-144); tea with one of the Jarrow Trustees, 31 December (ERS/3/4/144); talk given to the local branch of the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship, 4 January (ERS/3/4/145); meeting of the trustees at Jarrow Hall, 5 January (ERS/3/4/146)

ERS/4/1/1-145    8 January 1977 - 31 December 1977
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning a talk given at the annual dinner of the Conservation Trust in the Great Hall of Durham Castle, 10 January (ERS/3/4/1); news of the death of Anthony Eden, 14 January (ERS/3/4/3); Civil Service Selection Board, 17-19 January (ERS/3/4/5); meeting of the Sherburn governors, 31 January (ERS/3/4/10); attended to Jarrow Trust business, 4 February (ERS/3/4/12); staff/student meeting at which the future of St Hild & St Bede was discussed, 9 February (ERS/3/4/14); Board of Studies meeting with the Philosophy Department to discuss changes to the joint honours course, 12 February (ERS/3/4/15); talk given to the Murton Ladies Club attached to St Paul's Methodist Church, 21 February (ERS/3/4/18); attended the last of the Civil Service lectures, 22 February (ERS/3/4/19); talk given to a group of church women at West Cornforth, 2 March (ERS/3/4/22); interviewed by the BBC for a series on northern museums, 5 March (ERS/3/4/23); dinner with the Crown Court Judge, Alastair Sharp and a High Court Judge, 8 March (ERS/3/4/24); meeting with the Northumbria Tourist Board regarding the roof at Jarrow Hall, 15 March (ERS/3/4/27); interviewing for the job of curator at Jarrow Hall, 17 March (ERS/3/4/27-28); attended an emergency meeting of the Jarrow Trustees to consider launching a fund-raising appeal, 28 March (ERS/3/4/32); Civil Service Selection Board, 30 March-1 April (ERS/3/4/33-34); gathering of the Directors of Education to discuss better use of educational facilities at Jarrow Hall, 4 April (ERS/3/4/35); Easter holiday spent in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Devon & Northamptonshire, 6-12 April (ERS/3/4/35-36); first Steering Committee meeting to raise funds for Jarrow Hall, 15 April (ERS/3/4/40); annual meeting of the St Aidan's Association, 16 April (ERS/3/4/40-41); death of two swans at the Washington Waterfowl Park, 8 May (ERS/3/4/49-50); attended “The Wealth of the Roman World” exhibition at the British Museum, 17 May (ERS/3/4/53-54); Civil Service Selection Board, 18- 20 May (ERS/3/4/54-55); received a hearing aid, 24 May (ERS/3/4/56); meeting of the Sherburn Hospital governors, attended the annual Jarrow lecture 26 May (ERS/3/4/56-57); attended the Festival of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 28 May (ERS/3/4/58); meeting regarding problems with the roof at Jarrow Hall, 31 May (ERS/3/4/59); selection of a candidate for the post created for an unemployed teacher to work at Jarrow Hall, 1 June (ERS/3/4/59); day trip spent walking along Hadrian's Wall, 12 June (ERS/3/4/63); lunch with Lady Starmer, 26 June (ERS/3/4/68); steering committee meeting at Jarrow Hall, 29 June (ERS/3/4/69); represented St Paul's Development Trust at a service inaugurating the new Team Ministry, 30 June (ERS/3/4/69-70); meeting of the Consultative Committee on the Washington Waterfowl Park, 1 July (ERS/3/4/70); attended Conservation Trust annual Open Day, 3 July (ERS/3/4/71); persuaded the Chairman of Vaux Brewery to join the Jarrow Appeal Committee, 6 July (ERS/3/4/72); meeting to discuss dry rot in Jarrow Hall, 7 July (ERS/3/4/73); further dry rot found at Jarrow, 11 July (ERS/3/4/74); visit to Durham by the Queen, 15 July (ERS/3/4/75); attended an exhibition at Jarrow Hall of a selection of paintings from the Society of Wild Life Artists' Summer Exhibition in London, 4 August (ERS/3/4/83); meeting to decide the future running of the Friends of the Cathedral, 9 August (ERS/3/4/85); introduced Sir James Steel, chairman of the Jarrow Appeal Committee to the Appeal Director, 12 September (ERS/3/4/99); evening spent at a flower festival in Raby Castle, 15 September (ERS/3/4/100-101); speculates her Civil Service Selection Board activities will shortly come to an end due to the findings of a recent report on the Civil Service, 20 September (ERS/3/4/103); attended the opening of the South Shields Mission to Seamen headquarters following improvements, 23 September (ERS/3/4/104); attended a meeting of the Educational Advisory Committee 4 October (ERS/3/4/108); first major donation given to the Jarrow Appeal, 20 October (ERS/3/4/111); comments on the relationship between senior civil servants and their ministers, 21 October (ERS/3/4/112); description of the Three Great Processions at Durham Cathedral, 26 October (ERS/3/4/114); launch of the Jarrow Appeal, 28 October (ERS/3/4/115); staff/student committee meeting, 2 November (ERS/3/4/117); attended Washington Waterfowl Park Advisory Committee meeting, 4 November (ERS/3/4/118); took part in one of three symposia as part of the mission to the University, 9 November (ERS/3/4/121); attended the University Union debate to discuss the motion that “This house is of the opinion that the country's problems are spiritual more so than economic”, 18 November (ERS/3/4/125); dinner with Dame Geraldine Aves, 3 December (ERS/3/4/130-131); holiday to Kenya, 3-30 December (ERS/3/4/130-145)

ERS/4/2/1-157    9 January 1978 - 7 January 1979
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning taking on an appeal to re-hang Durham Cathedral bells, 19 January (ERS/4/2/4); Jarrow Hall committee meeting, 1 February (ERS/4/2/9); her thoughts on British democracy, 3 February (ERS/4/2/10); attended annual Civil Service lecture, 7 February (ERS/4/2/12); attended Civil Service Selection Board in London, 13-15 February (ERS/4/2/14-15); attended final Civil Servants lecture, 21 February (ERS/4/2/17); meeting of the governors of Sherburn Hospital, 22 February (ERS/4/2/17-18); Board of Studies meeting, 1 March (ERS/4/2/20); questioning the effectiveness of her teaching style, 8 March (ERS/4/2/23); Civil Service Selection Board in London, 15-17 March (ERS/4/2/27); problems with the structure of the committee of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 20 March (ERS/4/2/28); holiday spent in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, 21-29 March (ERS/4/2/29-35); Civil Service Selection Board, 3-5 April (ERS/4/2/36-37); attended Harvey's “History of Wine” exhibition at Jarrow Hall, 7 April (ERS/4/2/37); afternoon spent at Sherburn Hospital, 19 April (ERS/4/2/42); interviewing for vacancies at Jarrow Hall, 21 April (ERS/4/2/43-44); meeting of the governors of Sherburn Hospital regarding admissions policy, 26 April (ERS/4/2/46); attended Daffodil Sunday at Sherburn Hospital, 30 April (ERS/4/2/47); made a rare contribution in the Board of Studies meeting, 10 May (ERS/4/2/51); attended committee meeting at Jarrow Hall, 16 May (ERS/4/2/53); attended Festival of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 20 May (ERS/4/2/55); watched the “Bede Walk” at Jarrow, 21 May (ERS/4/2/56); attended the Jarrow lecture, 26 May (ERS/4/2/58); day spent walking in the Pennines, 27 May (ERS/4/2/58-59); visit to Chillingham to see the only wild cattle in the world, 19 June (ERS/4/2/68); meeting of the Sherburn Hospital Working Committee, 26 June (ERS/4/2/71-72); interviewing candidates for work at Jarrow Hall, 27 June (ERS/4/2/72); attended ceremony at Durham Cathedral to install new canons, 29 June (ERS/4/2/73); Civil Service Selection Board in London, 4-6 July (ERS/4/2/76-77); note regarding the disposal of her letter collections, 13 July (ERS/4/2/79); day spent climbing Cross Fell in the Pennine Hills, 15 July (ERS/4/2/80); day spent at Vindolanda, 30 July (ERS/4/2/88); day spent on Jarrow business, 4 August (ERS/4/2/89-90); holiday to Turkey, 22 August-7 September (ERS/4/2/97-109); preparations for the next meeting of the Jarrow trustees, 14 September (ERS/4/2/111); party given at Jarrow Hall to thank those involved with the fund raising appeal, 20 September (ERS/4/2/113); day spent preparing for the launch of the new museum at Jarrow, also discussion regarding bringing the Codex Amiatinus to Jarrow, 22 September (ERS/4/2/114); attended meeting of the Jarrow trustees previous day, 5 October (ERS/4/2/118); attended a dinner party held by Richard Chapman, 7 October (ERS/4/2/119); comments on public administration in technical colleges and colleges of further education, 9 October (ERS/4/2/119-120); attended meeting of the Education Liaison Committee at Jarrow, 10 October (ERS/4/2/120); attended Board of Studies meeting, 11 October (ERS/4/2/120); lunch with the Chief Planner of South Tyneside Council, 12 October (ERS/4/2/121); appointed an examiner for an MA thesis for the first time, 16 October (ERS/4/2/123); discussion regarding preparations to bring the Saint Petersburg Bede to Jarrow, 17 October (ERS/4/2/123-124); guest speaker at prize-giving at Durham High School, 26 October (ERS/4/2/127); discussion regarding publication of a candidate's MA thesis, 27 October (ERS/4/2/127); views on The systems approach, 7 November (ERS/4/2/132); meeting between St Paul's Development Trustees and the Parochial Church Council, 13 November (ERS/4/2/134); lunch with the Director of Education for South Tyneside at Jarrow Hall, 21 November (ERS/4/2/137); meeting of the governors of Sherburn Hospital, 22 November (ERS/4/2/138); St Aidan's Garden Committee, 24 November (ERS/4/2/139); production of examination questions, 28 November (ERS/4/2/140); St Aidan's Christmas Feast, 1 December (ERS/4/2/141); attended the Advent procession and carols in Durham Cathedral, 3 December (ERS/4/2/143); farewell party for the Vice-Chancellor, 11 December (ERS/4/2/146); Jarrow Trustees' meeting, 12 December (ERS/4/2/146-147); visited the “Gold of Eldorado” exhibition at Burlington House and “The Frozen Tombs” at The British Museum, 13 December (ERS/4/2/147); conference of Civil Service Selection Board assessors, 14 December (ERS/4/2/147); discussion with the Treasurer of the St Paul's Development Trust regarding its finances, 17 December (ERS/4/2/149); prize-giving at Brinkburn Comprehensive School near Hartlepool, 18 December (ERS/4/2/149); interviewing for an exhibition assistant post at Jarrow in preparation for the new museum, 20 December (ERS/4/2/150); attended Aunt Win's funeral in Harrogate, 22 December (ERS/4/2/152); Christmas spent with family, 21-29 December (ERS/4/2/151-154); day spent writing an essay for the Civil Service Selection Board refuting the charge of bias in selecting administration trainees, 28 December (ERS/4/2/153-154)

ERS/4/3/1-134    8 January 1979 - 5 January 1980
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning a meeting of the Jarrow trustees, 10 January (ERS/4/3/1-2); her fears for the state of the country, 15 January (ERS/4/3/4); annoyance with three students for not answering an examination question correctly, 16 January (ERS/4/3/4); thoughts on the loss of the Dean and Vice-Chancellor, 21 January (ERS/4/3/6); attended a meeting of the Jarrow Education Committee, 30 January (ERS/4/3/10); feeling rather depressed following a meeting of the Board of Studies in Politics, 31 January (ERS/4/3/11); business lunch with a local Travel Agent to discuss marketing Jarrow Hall, 7 February (ERS/4/3/13-14); asked to take over the Politics course in the absence of Richard Chapman, 9 February (ERS/4/3/14-15); shown plans for a proposed extra building at St Aidan's, 8 March (ERS/4/3/25-26); Civil Service Selection Board in London, 14-16 March (ERS/4/3/28-29); greatest depth of snow fallen since arrival in Durham, 18 March (ERS/4/3/29-30); visit to the Tate Gallery, 20 March (ERS/4/3/31); Civil Service Selection Board in London, 21-23 March (ERS/4/3/31-32); fatal accident on her train returning from London, 24 March (ERS/4/3/32-33); Government lose a vote of confidence in the Commons leading to a general election, 28 March (ERS/4/3/34-35); assassination of Airey Neave, Conservative Shadow Secretary for Northern Ireland, 30 March (ERS/4/3/35); talk given about Durham Cathedral to the Mothers' Union in the village of Chopwell, 4 April (ERS/4/3/37-38); discussion with Richard Chapman about two Dutchmen attempting to set up a course for training senior policy-makers in the Civil Service, 5 April (ERS/4/3/38); Easter holiday spent in the Lake District, 9-17 April (ERS/4/3/40-46); guest speaker at a meeting of a group of Women's Institutes from around Durham, 24 April (ERS/4/3/48); lunch with some of the residents of Sherburn Hospital, 25 April (ERS/4/3/49); expresses her desire to leave the chairmanship of St Paul's Jarrow Development Trust, 2 May (ERS/4/3/52); Margaret Thatcher voted in as Prime Minister, 4 May (ERS/4/3/52-53); expresses concerns over the new museum at Jarrow, 10 May (ERS/4/3/55); problems with attendance of the Hon Secretary of the Jarrow Trustees, 18 May (ERS/4/3/58); meeting of the Education Liaison Committee, 22 May (ERS/4/3/60); lunch at Sherburn Hospital as part of the governors' efforts to get to know the residents, 23 May (ERS/4/3/60-61); press conference at Jarrow in preparation for the opening of the new museum, mention of the arrival of the Leningrad Bede and other treasures at Jarrow, 24 May (ERS/4/3/61); opening of the Bede Monastery Museum in Jarrow Hall, 26 May (ERS/4/3/62); met the Archbishop of York at Jarrow Hall, 27 May (ERS/4/3/63); given a tour of some of the lesser known parts of Durham Cathedral, 30 May (ERS/4/3/64); comments on A-Level standards, 4 June (ERS/4/3/66-67); day spent on the Farne Islands 18 June (ERS/4/3/72); visitor numbers to the new museum at Jarrow, 20 June (ERS/4/3/73); visit to Cragside, 21 June (ERS/4/3/74-75); attended Politics Board of Studies meeting, 25 June (ERS/4/3/76); interviewed candidates for an extension of the STEP scheme, 29 June (ERS/4/3/77); climbed Helvellyn in the Lake District, 17 July (ERS/4/3/80); meeting with a fellow governor of Sherburn Hospital over the increasing age of residents, 6 August (ERS/4/3/87); short break spent in Devon, 13-16 August (ERS/4/3/89-91); mention of an appeal for an extension to St Aidan's College, 23 August (ERS/4/3/93); assassination of Lord Mountbatten, 27 August (ERS/4/3/95); holiday to Egypt, (newspaper article on Omm Seti enclosed) 28 August - 15 September (ERS/4/3/95-106); buffet lunch with the applicants for the Clerk's job at Sherburn Hospital, 20 September (ERS/4/3/107); talk given to some of the residents of Sherburn Hospital, 25 September (ERS/4/3/108-109); attended a meeting of the Jarrow Trustees, 3 October (ERS/4/3/111); meeting with the Chief Education Officers of Sunderland and South Tyneside to increase the grant given to the Jarrow Trustees, 9 October (ERS/4/3/112); Board of Studies meeting, 10 October (ERS/4/3/113); attended the great debate held in the Student Union on the EEC, 12 October (ERS/4/3/113); meeting with the Chairman of the Northumbria Tourist Board and an English Tourist Board marketing specialist from London to promote Jarrow Hall, meeting of the Friends of the Cathedral Committee regarding the re-hanging of the bells, 18 October (ERS/4/3/115); first time the Cathedral bells have not rung since WWII, 21 October (ERS/4/3/116); comments on the reporting of Anthony Blunt's unmasking as a spy, 20 November (ERS/4/3/123); smaller number of students turned up for weekly seminar, 23 November (ERS/4/3/124); informed by Nigel Sherlock that he will take over the chairmanship of the Jarrow Trustees, 26 November (ERS/4/3/124); removal of the bells from Durham Cathedral, 27 November (ERS/4/3/124); attended Durham Cathedral Advent carol service, 2 December (ERS/4/3/126); last AGM of Civil Service Seleciton Board after being dispensed with, 17 December (ERS/4/3/129); thoughts on some of the subjects raised at the AGM, 22 December (ERS/4/3/130); Christmas spent in Devon with family, 24 - 28 December (ERS/4/3/131-133)

ERS/4/4/1-105   6 January 1980 - 1 January 1981
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning her last meeting of the Jarrow Trustees before leaving, 9 January (ERS/4/4/1); comments on Barbara Castle's diaries, 20 January (ERS/4/4/4); supper with the Civil Service lecturer, 22 January (ERS/4/4/5); attended meeting of the committee of the Washington Waterfowl Park, 30 January (ERS/4/4/7); attended the first of the Civil Service lectures given by an Under-Secretary from the Department of the Environment, 5 February (ERS/4/4/9); attended the ceremony for the installation of the new Dean, 6 February (ERS/4/4/9); attended a meeting of the St Aidan's Garden Committee, 27 February (ERS/4/4/14); meeting with the new Dean regarding the appeal for rehanging Durham Cathedral bells, 12 March (ERS/4/4/17); Easter break spent in Mull and Iona, 31 March - 9 April (ERS/4/4/22-27); visit by an Oxford research student to talk about the early years of the Ministry of Health, 15 April (ERS/4/4/29); frustration with the unnecessary length of Board of Studies meetings, 16 April (ERS/4/4/29); retirement presentation to the St Aidan's gardener after 21 years service, 29 April (ERS/4/4/32); attended the Staff/Student Consultative Committee, 7 May (ERS/4/4/34); visit to Beamish Open-air Museum, 12 May (ERS/4/4/35); day spent at Holy Island, 17 May (ERS/4/4/36); day spent at Sherburn Hospital, 21 May (ERS/4/4/38); tea with an old Public Administration student now employed in the Ministry of Agriculture, 23 May (ERS/4/4/38); intention to write an account of her experience in the Civil Service, 26 May (ERS/4/4/39); attended the Festival of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 31 May (ERS/4/4/40); more on her intention to write an account of the work carried out by a typical Civil Servant during her service, 16 July (ERS/4/4/53); day spent with the Northumberland Natural History Society at Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, 19 July (ERS/4/4/53); asked by the Teesdale Committee of the Bowlees Visitors' Centre to become a trustee for an appeal to raise funds to prepare a Roman Fort for exhibition to the public, 23 July (ERS/4/4/54); talk on Durham Cathedral given to the Durham branch of the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship, 5 August (ERS/4/4/57); holiday in Spain, 4-18 September (ERS/4/4/64-73); most of the day spent at Sherburn Hospital, 24 September (ERS/4/4/74) Attended a reception for the retirement of the Master of Grey College, 30 September (ERS/4/4/76); opening of an extension to the Washington Waterfowl Park by the Duchess of Gloucester, 7 October (ERS/4/4/78); committee meeting at Sherburn Hospital to consider how best to sell some land, 22 October (ERS/4/4/81); attended the service for the Commemoration of Founders and Benefactors of the Cathedral Church, 29 October (ERS/4/4/83); resignation from the Washington Waterfowl Park Committee, 4 November (ERS/4/4/84); resignation from St Aidan's Garden Committee, attended a talk by Leo Pliatzky, retired Permanent Secretary to the Department of Trade, 18 November (ERS/4/4/88); comments regarding recruitment and promotion within the Civil Service, 21 November (ERS/4/4/89); holiday in Africa, 12 December - 8 January (ERS/4/4/96-105)

ERS/4/5/1-96    2 January 1981 - 4 January 1982
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning the Master of Grey College awarded the CBE, 10 January (ERS/4/5/4); questioning the quality of university courses, 12 January (ERS/4/5/4); proposal not to replace the Matron at Sherburn Hospital in the summer, 21 January (ERS/4/5/6); Civil Service lecture on what the government was trying to do, 28 January (ERS/4/5/8); dinner with the new Principal of Trevelyan College, 2 February (ERS/4/5/9); Civil Service lecture at which the rate support grant was discussed, 10 February (ERS/4/5/11); talk entitled “Changing views on the role of government” given to a group of Trade Unionists, 14 February (ERS/4/5/12); announcement that four local pits will close, 16 February (ERS/4/5/13); discussion with the new Principal of Trevelyan College regarding the position of women in Durham, 17 February (ERS/4/5/13); a building belonging to the governors of Sherburn Hospital left in a mess by a group of work experience trainees, 18 February (ERS/4/5/13); meeting of the Committee of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 19 February (ERS/4/5/13); possibility of an exhange of teaching staff with the University of Wisconsin, 27 February (ERS/4/5/15); attended a talk by Baroness Lockwood, 12 March (ERS/4/5/18); Chairman of the Equal Opportunites Commission, 12 March (ERS/4/5/18-19); AGM of the Old Students of St Aidan's, 21 March (ERS/4/5/20); memories of Durham before WWI from a dinner party guest, 25 March (ERS/4/5/21); attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, 30 March (ERS/4/5/23); meeting of the Committee of Friends of Durham Cathedral following the Dean's ideas for new copes, 3 April (ERS/4/5/24); some criticisms of the standards at Sherburn Hospital, 8 April (ERS/4/5/25); Easter break spent in Wales, 13-21 April (ERS/4/5/26-31); Politics class attend an industrial tribunal held in Newcastle upon Tyne, attended a lecture by an expert on industrial tribunals, 27 April (ERS/4/5/33); argued in the Durham Union Debate on blood sports, 1 May (ERS/4/5/34); mention of Omm Seti whom she met in Egypt, 6 May (ERS/4/5/35); talk with the Dean regarding the proposed copes at Durham Cathedral, 14 May (ERS/4/5/37); attended a lecture by a Visiting Fellow on Trollope's political novels, 15 May (ERS/4/5/37); meeting of the Committee and Council of Durham Cathedral Friends, 21 May (ERS/4/5/39); conversation with Dr C.W Gibby regarding his short history of Sherburn Hospital, 24 May (ERS/4/5/40); begun to write a short paper on the early stages of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 28 May (ERS/4/5/41); attended the Festival of the Friends of Durham Cathedral including a talk on the Cathedral organs, 30 May (ERS/4/5/42); further work on the early stages of the Cathedral Friends, 3 June (ERS/4/5/43); interviewing for the role of deputy warden at Sherburn Hospital, 5 June (ERS/4/5/44); attended the annual Bede Lecture at Jarrow, 5 June (ERS/4/5/44); meeting of the sub-committee of the Friends of Durham Cathedral to prepare a new constitution, 17 June (ERS/4/5/46); meeting of the examiners, 19 June (ERS/4/5/47); talk given on conservation to the National Council of Women, 25 June (ERS/4/5/48); meeting of the governors of Sherburn Hospital, 1 July (ERS/4/5/50); walk to Beaurepaire, 3 July (ERS/4/5/50); talk about Durham Cathedral and other ancient monuments given to a Saga tour, 15 July (ERS/4/5/53); the Royal wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, 29 July (ERS/4/5/57). Letters are missing between 6-12 August holiday spent in Okehampton with family, after 5 August-16 August (ERS/4/5/59-60); first contact with a Rubik's cube, 18 August (ERS/4/5/61); holiday to the Middle East, 9-22 September (ERS/4/5/66-78); letters missing between 5-8 September and 27 September - 9 October. Second year students recruited for the politics course as third year numbers not sufficient, 16 October (ERS/4/5/80); Board of Studies meeting at which ways of cutting expenditure were discussed instead of making redundancies, declined an invitation from the president of the Durham Students' Union to debate whether capital punishment should be restored, 21 October (ERS/4/5/81); preliminary airing of the new Friends of Durham Cathedral constitution, 26 October (ERS/4/5/82); increase in visitor numbers at Washington Waterfowl Park, 30 October (ERS/4/5/83); attended the Remembrance Day service at Durham Cathedral, 8 November (ERS/4/5/85); thoughts on the abolition of the Civil Service Department, 12 November (ERS/4/5/85); two hour seminar at which “The Human Relations Approach to Administration” was discussed, 13 November (ERS/4/5/86); thoughts on The Systems Approach, 20 November (ERS/4/5/87); road collision caused by a burst tyre, 21 November (ERS/4/5/87-88); thoughts on efficiency and effectiveness, 4 December (ERS/4/5/89); coldest night since records began, 13 December (ERS/4/5/91); party given by the departing Headmaster of Durham School, 22 December (ERS/4/5/94); Christmas spent in Northallerton with family, 24-26 December (ERS/4/5/94-95); attended meeting of the Finance Committee of the Sherburn governors, 30 December (ERS/4/5/95)

ERS/5/1/1-89   5 January 1982 - 5 January 1983
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning the collection of contents from old car after it was written off in an accident, 5 January (ERS/5/1/1); River Wear frozen, 11 January (ERS/5/1/2); rail strike, 13 January (ERS/5/1/2); meeting of the governors of Sherburn Hospital, 20 February (ERS/5/1/3); drove to Salter's Gate, 23 January (ERS/5/1/4); views on ‘A’ Level candidates, 26 January (ERS/5/1/4); second Civil Service lecture on “The way Department managed grants given to the Arts”, 16 February (ERS/5/1/8); last of the Civil Service lectures by a Deputy Secretary in the Department of the Environment, 2 March (ERS/5/1/11); two-hour seminar on the re-organisation of the Civil Service and why so many suggestions have not been carried out, 5 March (ERS/5/1/12); talk on “The Natural Wonders of America” given to the Spennymoor Probus club, 9 March (ERS/5/1/13); Washington Waterfowl Park congratulated on being one of the few tourist attractions in the country to see an increase in visitor numbers, 14 March (ERS/5/1/14); attended a colloquium at Birkbeck College on “Administrative History between the Wars”, 2 April (ERS/5/1/17); visited the great Indian exhibition at the Hayward Galleries, 3 April (ERS/5/1/18); comments on the outbreak of the Falklands crisis, 6-7 April (ERS/5/1/19); break spent in Scotland, 9-17 April (ERS/5/1/19-23); attended a meeting of the St Aidan's Old Students, 24 April (ERS/5/1/24); visit to Jarrow Hall to see an exhibition of the plan of St Gall, 2 May (ERS/5/1/26); meeting of the Sherburn governors, 5 May (ERS/5/1/27); Union debate on “The Falkland Islands are not worth the risk”, 7 May (ERS/5/1/27); attended a public lecture by a junior member of the Government dealing with Universities, 14 May (ERS/5/1/29); discussion with a number of trade unionists about the Falklands crisis,15 May (ERS/5/1/30); attended the Jarrow lecture on the subject of Scriptorium, 21 May (ERS/5/1/31); news of the amphibious landings on East Falkland, 22 May (ERS/5/1/32); meeting of the Sherburn governors, 26 May (ERS/5/1/32); exhibition of the Dean's cope at the combined Committee and Council of the Friends of the Cathedral, 27 May (ERS/5/1/33); comments on the Pope's visit, 2 June (ERS/5/1/35); attended the Festival of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 5 June (ERS/5/1/36); comments on the Falklands crisis following the announcement of the Argentine surrender, 14-16 June (ERS/5/1/38); recording session recalling the first days of St Aidan's in the new building, 24 June (ERS/5/1/40); installation of Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias as the new Chancellor of Durham, 1 July (ERS/5/1/42); asked to do a series of talks to Saga tours, 13 July (ERS/5/1/45); 80th birthday of Dr Gibby, 16 July (ERS/5/1/46); attempted coup in Kenya, 31 July (ERS/5/1/49); attended a family wedding in Gwent, 20-25 August (ERS/5/1/54-56); comments on the Trade Union Congress held in Brighton, 7 September (ERS/5/1/59); visited St Andrew's church in Bishop Auckland to see an eighth century saxon cross, 11 September (ERS/5/1/60); holiday in Tunisia, 20 September - 4 October (ERS/5/1/63-71); description of St Aidan's new extension, 5 October (ERS/5/1/72); diminishing numbers on the Politics course, 28 October (ERS/5/1/77); Christmas spent with family in Gretton, 20- 28 December (ERS/5/1/87)

ERS/5/2/1-75    6 January 1983 - 2 January 1984
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning preparations for a Union debate with the proposition that “there has been a decline of moral standards”, 10-14 January (ERS/5/2/1-2); mention of resigning from the Sherburn governors, 19 January (ERS/5/2/3); first Civil Service lecture by a Deputy Secretary in the Department of the Environment, 1 February (ERS/5/2/5); visit to Hexham Abbey with visiting professor from Japan, 6 February (ERS/5/2/6); comments on criticism of the Civil Service by a committee set up in the 1960s, 18 February (ERS/5/2/9); 80th birthday party held at St Aidan's, 2 March (ERS/5/2/13); holiday in Wales, 29 March - 5 April (ERS/5/2/20-24); attended a series of lectures on Durham Cathedral given by, amongst others, a geologist and an archaeologist, 21-30 April (ERS/5/2/27-29); announcement of the date of the general election, 9/10 May (ERS/5/2/31); smaller numbers applying for the Politics course for the following year, 13 May (ERS/5/2/32); re-opening of Durham swimming baths, 16 May (ERS/5/2/33); attended the Festival of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 28 May (ERS/5/2/35-36); continuous thunder and lightening throughout the night, 8 June (ERS/5/2/37); polling day, with thoughts on the election, 9 June (ERS/5/2/38); visit from the official historian of the Health Service to consult the “famous letters”, 13-14 June (ERS/5/2/39); thoughts on polytechnics, 30 June (ERS/5/2/42); decision to resign from the governors of Sherburn Hospital, 9 July (ERS/5/2/44); letter of resignation sent to Sherburn Hospital governors, 15 July (ERS/5/2/45); 100th Miners' Gala, 16 July (ERS/5/2/45); visit to the Bishop's Palace at Bishop Auckland, 17 July (ERS/5/2/46); read an article sent by the official historian of the Health Service entitled “Healthy or Hungry Thirties”, 11 August (ERS/5/2/83); attended a lecture on Gertrude Jekyll, 5 September (ERS/5/2/51); visit by the official historian for the Health Service, 13/14 September (ERS/5/2/56); holiday to Morocco, 29 September - 5 October (ERS/5/2/58-60); attended a lecture by the recently retired Head of the Civil Service, Lord Bancroft, 1 November (ERS/5/2/64); attended a lecture given by Archbishop Lord Ramsey on “Miners and Bishops”, 11 November (ERS/5/2/65); lunch and a retirement presentation given by the Sherburn Hospital governors, 14 December (ERS/5/2/66); Christmas spent with family in Gretton, 23-30 December (ERS/5/2/83)

ERS/5/3/1-42   5 January 1984 - 15 January 1985
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family concerning a Civil Service lecture given by a Deputy Secretary in the Department of the Environment, 1 February (ERS/5/2/4); talk given to the AGM of the Durham branch of the National Trust, 9 February (ERS/5/2/5); attended the second Civil Service Lecture, 15 February (ERS/5/2/5); preparations for a talk on “Small Islands” around the UK, 22 February (ERS/5/2/6); decision to write to family only when something of special interest to say, 24 February (ERS/5/2/); two hour seminar on “Local Government”, 2 March (ERS/5/2/8); attended dinner in the Senate Room in Durham Castle at which the VC spoke of impending University cuts, 9 March (ERS/5/3/8); decision to revert back to writing to family every day, 31 March (ERS/5/3/10); attended a lecture by the astronomer, Patrick Moore, 12 April (ERS/5/3/12); Easter break with family in Cornwall, 14-24 April (ERS/5/3/12-15); day spent in the Greta Valley, 5 May (ERS/5/3/16); attended the Jarrow lecture given by a lecturer in Medieval History from Glasgow University on the conversion of England, 18 May (ERS/5/3/18); attended a preview of a collection of pictures by Cedric Morris at the Bowes Museum, 25 May (ERS/5/3/19); attended a mission by the preacher, Billy Graham, at Roker Park, 1 June (ERS/5/3/20); meetings of external examiners, 22 June (ERS/5/3/22); mention of University redundancies, 5 July (ERS/5/3/24); fire at York Minster, 9 July (ERS/5/3/25); aweek of talks to various organisations, 13 July (ERS/5/3/25); first “welcome” speech to the Saga tour held in Collingwood College, 15 July (ERS/5/3/26); aprotester at matins in Durham Cathedral, 5 August (ERS/5/3/27); holiday in Bulgaria, 17- 31 August (ERS/5/3/28-32); attended the enthronement of the new Bishop of Durham, 21 September (ERS/5/3/34); talk with a group of elderly trade unionists on “Violence on the picket line”, 22 September (ERS/5/3/35); attended a “Kirchentag” in Durham Cathedral following the arrival of the new Bishop, 29 September (ERS/5/3/36); greater numbers attending the first seminar on the Politics course, 12 October (ERS/5/3/37); talk given to Durham School on “Ministers I have known”, 15 October (ERS/5/3/38); attended a lecture given by Lord Shackleton, 18 October (ERS/5/3/38); spent the afternoon with a group of enthusiasts re-enacting the Battle of Neville's Cross, 3 November (ERS/5/3/39). Letters missing 17 November -22 December. Holiday with family in Kenya, 22 December-15 January (ERS/5/3/40-42).

ERS/5/4/1-25    15 January 1985 - 4 March 1986
Personal letters from Dame Enid to her family, with large gaps, concerning attendance at the Civil Service lecture, 30 January (ERS/5/4/1); comments on views expressed by the Bishop of Durham, 10 February (ERS/5/4/2); Civil Service lecture given by the northern controller for the Department of the Environment and Transport in Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 February (ERS/5/4/3); intention to leave her teaching post in the Politics Department, 15 February (ERS/5/4/3); afternoon spent at Jarrow Hall for the opening of an exhibition room named after a trustee, 18 February (ERS/5/4/3); afternoon spent in Hawthorn Dene to see the snowdrops, 9 March (ERS/5/4/4); supper at the Deanery hosted by the Bishop's wife to raise funds for a children's refuge, 26 March (ERS/5/4/5); Easter spent with family at Wood Cottage, Ladock, 4 April (ERS/5/4/6); visited the Bowlees Visitor Centre after being asked to open the refurbished edition of the exhibition, 4 May (ERS/5/4/9); holiday in the USSR, 21 September - 19 October (ERS/5/4/14-17); talk given to a group of elderly ladies at Allington House Community Association, 31 October (ERS/5/20); spent a week in hospital during December, broken arm sustained after falling down stairs, 19 January (ERS/5/4/22); letter from Ray and Doll 28 March (ERS/5/4/24); eulogy on Klaus Paul by Theodore Sanger, 11 December (ERS/5/4/25)

ERS/6/1/1-20   1973-1974
Correspondence related to Durham County Conservation Trust during Dame Enid's time as chairman between 1973-1975, including letters between J.C. Coulson, Dame Enid and Dr K.R. Ashby regarding Coulson's decision to resign from the Trust, 1973 (ERS/6/1/1-6); Margaret [Bradshaw]? to Dame Enid regarding the spraying of roadside verges, 24 June 1974 (ERS/6/1/7); Margaret [Bradshaw]? to Dame Enid regarding her criticism of the Trust, listing her priorities and matters of concern and questioning the effectiveness of the Honorary Secretary, 27 November 1973 (ERS/6/1/8-11); letters between “Denis”, Margaret [Bradshaw]? and “Ken” concerning membership of the Teesdale Committee of the Conservation Trust (ERS/6/1/12-13); between J.C. Coulson, Dame Enid and Tom Buffey regarding membership of the Council of DCCT, 1974 (ERS/6/1/14-19); and from Mrs P Garrod, Honorary Programme Secretary of the Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists Field Club to Dame Enid regarding her lecture on “Small Islands” (ERS/6/1/20)

ERS/7/1/1-167   1965
Speech at Darlington Training College to the Historical Society entitled “The Civil Service in wartime: government evacuation scheme”, 15 March (ERS/7/1/1-6)
Speech at a DAUW Dinner, 22 March (ERS/7/1/7-9)
Speech given at a prize-giving at Middlesbrough High School for Girls, together with correspondence leading up to the event, a map showing Middlesbrough Town Hall and a letter of thanks following the prize-giving, 23 March (ERS/7/1/10-22)
Speech at Queen Margaret's School, York entitled “What is the point of being educated”, together with correspondence following the event, 2 July (ERS/7/1/23-28)
Speech given at Cheltenham Ladies' College entitled “What is the good of educating women”. There are two typescript copies of the speech and a letter from the Gloucestershire Echo requesting a copy of Dame Enid's notes together with her response to the newspaper, 10 July (ERS/7/1/29-44)
Speech given at St Luke's Hospital, Middlesbrough for a nurses' prize-giving, correspondence leading up to and following the event and a programme of the day, 27 August 1965 (ERS/7/1/45-53)
Speech given at the Institute of Hospital Administrators' Day Conference entitled “Communications from the department in retrospect”, with journal article from British Hospital and Social Service Review by L.W.Hunt entitled “Problems of communication” in which Dame Enid's speech is summarised, 27 August (ERS/7/1/54-64)
Speech at a Red Cross training weekend held at Lambton Castle entitled “Long-term planning in the National Health Service”, Durham County Branch Red Cross news sheet dated September 1965 and correspondence following the day, 26 September (ERS/7/1/65-76)
Speech on volunteer bodies and volunteers given at St John's Nursing Division for a sale of work and correspondence following the event, 2 October (ERS/7/1/77-81)
Speech given at the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Consett and District Club at their 24th birthday dinner, 2 October (ERS/7/1/82-87)
Welcome talk given to first years of St Aidan's College, 5 October (ERS/7/1/88-91)
Speech for a prize-giving at Polam Hall School with correspondence prior to the day, 16 October (ERS/7/1/92-100)
Speech for a prize-giving at High Storrs Grammar School for Girls, Sheffield, 29 October (ERS/7/1/101-105)
Speech given at Church High School, Sunderland and programme of the day, 4 November (ERS/7/1/106-109)
Speech given at a Politics Department seminar entitled “What is administration”, 5 November (ERS/7/1/110-120)
Talk given to Durham Association of University Women on “Higher education and employment”, 9 November (ERS/7/1/121-129)
Speech for a prize-giving at South Shields Grammar School for Girls with correspondence following the event, 10 November (ERS/7/1/130-135)
Address given to the Grammar School, New Mills, correspondence following the event and a newspaper article entitled “Education: too much emphasis on analysis”, 12 November (ERS/7/1/136-143)
A “Reply to the guests” at the Northumberland and North Durham Branch of the Association of Optical Practitioners, 24 November (ERS/7/1/144-146)
Talk given to the Stockton and District Branch of the National Council of Women entitled “Women's societies: should they still exist?”, correspondence following the day and a newspaper article covering the event, 2 December (ERS/7/1/147-154)
Speech given to Bede Grammar School for Girls, Sunderland entitled “Education for happiness”. Attached to the speech are three newspaper articles from The Times dated 22, 23 and 27 September 1965; speech dated 9 December (ERS/7/1/155-163)
Speech for a prize-giving at Bishop Auckland Grammar School entitled “Filling in one's time at school”, 17 December (ERS/7/1/164-167)

ERS/7/2/1-97   1966
Speech to the Assistant Principals entitled “Lessons of 38 Years: 1925-1963”, 15-16 January (ERS/7/2/1-7)
Speech at Consett Grammar/Technical School entitled “Education for independence”, 16 February (ERS/7/2/8-12)
Speech at Hartlepool Club entitled “The challenge of a changing world in education: educating ourselves” 22 February (ERS/7/2/13-21)
Speech to the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Durham entitled “Education for jobs”, 1 March (ERS/7/2/22-27)
Speech at the annual dinner of the Manchester Association of Cambridge University Women entitled “Rip Van Winkle comes back”, with letter outlining arrangements for the event, 25 March (ERS/7/2/28-32)
Speech to Gateshead Soroptomists entitled “Higher education for what?”, 28 March (ERS/7/2/33-38)
Speech at the Soroptimists Conference entitled “Towards understanding”, 2 April(ERS/7/2/39-41)
Speech at the Newcastle branch of the Association of Hospital Treasurers entitled “The hospital service as an employer of labour”, 15 April (ERS/7/2/42-49)
Speech to the Royal College of Nursing, Newcastle tutor group entitled “What is the object of a university education”, 20 April (ERS/7/2/50-54)
Speech to the Medical Women's Federation council dinner, 6 May (ERS/7/2/55-57)
Part of a speech at the formal opening ceremony at St Aidan's College, 18 June (ERS/7/2/58-60)
Speech at Newnham College Roll, 30 June (ERS/7/2/61-64)
Speech at the Rotary Club of Newcastle entitled “Problems of young people” 12 August (ERS/7/2/65-68)
Speech at the North Eastern Division of National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs entitled “Individual responsibility”, 17 September (ERS/7/2/69-74)
Speech at a freshers' debate, the topic of discussion “That this House believes that work is the curse of the drinking classes”, 8 October (ERS/7/2/75-77)
Speech at a prize-giving at Newcastle Central High School entitled “Problems of adult life” witha newspaper article, dated 29 October from the Evening Chronicle in which Dame Enid gives advice to students preparing for university, 19 October (ERS/7/2/78-83)
Speech given at the Gateshead Soroptimist Club entitled “Propose Soroptimism”, 12 November (ERS/7/2/84-86)
Speech at a prize-giving at Rutherford High School, Newcastle, 30 November (ERS/7/2/87-90)
Speech to the National Council of Women, entitled “Beginning again at sixty”, 6 December (ERS/7/2/91-94)
Speech at the prize-giving at Newcastle General Hospital on “Enjoying life ”, 13 December (ERS/7/2/95-97)

ERS/7/3/1-78   1967
Speech to the Physical Education Association entitled “Enjoying health for life”, with notes on questions, 4 January (ERS/7/3/1-8)
Speech at a prize-giving at Beaconsfield Grammar School, Gateshead entitled “Are prize-givings a good thing”, with a programme for the event, 9 February (ERS/7/3/9-11)
Speech at the Sunderland Soroptimists annual dinner entitled “Towards understanding young people”, 4 March (ERS/7/3/12-19)
Two copies of a lecture given to students at the Municipal College of Commerce, Newcastle entitled “The role of the public administrator”, with two copies of a list of important points entitled “Administrators of the future”, and correspondence following the event, 11 April (ERS/7/3/20-49)
Speech at a prize-giving at Shotley Bridge General Hospital, 6 May (ERS/7/3/50-55)
Speech at the Three Tuns Hotel for a Blood Transfusion Service badge presentation ceremony, 30 May (ERS/7/3/56-57)
Speech at Winterton Hospital prize-giving entitled “On managing one's job”, 13 September (ERS/7/3/58-61)
Lecture to sixth formers at Downside School, 29 September (ERS/7/3/62-64)
Talk to Freshers of St Aidan's College, October (ERS/7/3/65-67)
Speech at a prize-giving at Cherry Knowle Hospital entitled “Avoiding rigidity” 19 October (ERS/7/3/68-70)
Speech at Tormead School, Guildford, 3 November (ERS/7/3/71-74)
Speech at the Morpeth branch of the National Council of Women entitled “Living with the young”, 9 November (ERS/7/3/75-78)

ERS/7/4/1-85   1970
Speech to the Crossley and Porter School, Halifax entitled “Organising life”, together with correspondence following the event (ERS/7/4/1-10)
Speech given on 10 April to Workington Conservative Women's Lunch Club entitled “The student and the university”, with correspondence following the event (ERS/7/4/11-22)
Invitation to join a forum of the residential section of the Institutional Management Association on 12 April, also a transcript of the talk given at the forum (ERS/7/4/23-29)
Talk given to the spring council meeting of the Northumberland Federation of Women's Institutes entitled “Understanding young people”, 23 April (ERS/7/4/30-37)
Durham Union Society debate that “This House believes in full equality for women”, argued on 30 April (ERS/7/4/38-41)
Talk given to Coombe Lodge, the Further Education Staff College in Blagden entitled “Educating for the future”, dated 12 June, together with supplementary notes entitled “Qualities required of future Local Government Officers” and a pamphlet on Coombe Lodge (ERS/7/4/42-55)
Talk given at a St Aidan's College service on the theme of “Martha and Mary”, 22 June (ERS/7/4/56-58)
Speech given at an Inaugural address at the Council for the Training of Health Visitors at Trevelyan College entitled “Professional training in the modern world”, 22 July (ERS/7/4/59-61)
Speech at Durham nurses prize-giving entitled “On entering a profession” 30 July, also, correspondence following the event (ERS/7/4/62-68)
Speech at a dinner for Dame Enid's retirement from St Aidan's College 29 September (ERS/7/4/69-72)
Talk given at the Thursday Club, Elvet Methodist Church on “The Civil Service”, 29 October (ERS/7/4/73-75)
Talk at the Newcastle Diocesan Council for Moral and Social Welfare, Church House, Grainger Park Road entitled “Problems facing university students and young people generally” 25 November (ERS/7/4/76-79)
Talk to the Association of Independent and Direct Grant Schools on preparing for university, at Convocation Hall, Church House, Westminster, 19 November (ERS/7/4/80-82)
Talk given to the Duchess's Girls' Grammar School, Alnwick entitled “Leaving School”, 10 December (ERS/7/4/83-85)

ERS/7/5/1-66   1971
Two typescript copies of a talk given at Sarum St Michael College entitled “Education and training in public administration”, both annotated 22 April (ERS/7/5/1-16)
Speech given at Civil Service College entitled “Methods of informal consultation used by government with particular reference to professional organisations”, 2 June (ERS/7/5/17-19)
Talk given at Merchant Taylors School for Girls, Liverpool entitled “What comes next?”, 27 October, also letter of thanks following the event (ERS/7/5/20-27)
Talk given at Silksworth, 31 October (ERS/7/5/28-29)
Two copies of a talk given at a Women's National Advisory Committee course held at Swinton Conservative College entitled “Problem of Students”, 14 November, with programme for the event (ERS/7/5/30-50)
Two copies of a talk given at Bournemouth on “The Role of the Civil Servant” 22 November (ERS/7/5/51-62)
Newspaper article entitled “The Inquiring mind of the Teenager”, reporting on Dame Enid's speech at the Sunderland Soroptimist Club, date unknown (ERS/7/5/63)
Speech at St Mary's College dinner on “Coming to Durham in advanced middle age”, 25 November (ERS/7/5/64-66)

ERS/7/6/1-57   1972
Speech given to the Alnwick Inner Wheel Club on “Problems of young people”, 10 February (ERS/7/6/1-6)
Speech to a group of local government students of the Central Departments and Local Authorities Department in Municipal Administration at Houghall, 27 March, also invitation letter to Dame Enid regarding the event (ERS/7/6/7-13)
Speech at Loughborough College of Education entitled “A life of adventure”, 11 April (ERS/7/6/14-21)
Talk at Queen Ethelburga's School, Harrogate entitled “What comes next?”, 24 June (ERS/7/6/22-29)
Speech given at the annual reunion dinner of the Old Grovian Association, Woodhouse Grove School, entitled “The school and the Old Grovian Association”, 28 October, also invitation letter to Dame Enid regarding the event (ERS/7/6/30-37)
Two copies of a speech entitled “What comes next”, the same talk delivered to Queen Ethelburga's School on 24 June. Both copies are annotated, the first with notes for help at job interviews. The talk was given at Cavendish Grammar School for Girls on 11 October, Grantham and Kestevan Girls' Grammar School, 18 October and Cambridge Girls' Grammar School, 16 November (ERS/7/6/38-53)
An argument for the Durham Union debate entitled “Double-barrel names are a bore”, in which Dame Enid argued against, 5 December (ERS/7/6/54-57)