Five Autograph Letters Signed and one Typed Letter Signed to G. K. Menzies, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts.

British railway magnate and industrialist in India (1862-1949). The collection is very good. The five autograph letters are 12mo, and printed on letterheads. All items signed 'C H Armstrong'. Several items docketed and bearing the Society's stamp. Mainly concerned with Society committee matters, but two letters of interest. The first (autograph, 15 February 1928, 2 pages, 12mo): 'You will no doubt have seen the remarks of the Lord Chief Justice in the Mitchell Hedges case - Times of 14 inst page 5 column 2 - on "learned societies . . . . which for the payment of a modest sum were prepared to confer upon anybody what ought to be the honorific title of "Fellow" | As the Royal Society of Arts comes under this Category would it not be admirable - if the Chairman agrees - for the Council to discuss the matter at their next monthly meeting?' Letter two (autograph, 18 February 1928, two pages, 12mo): '[...] I do not think we ought to confer the title of "Fellow" without qualification of any kind. My suggestion is therefore that for 3 or 5 years a new subscriber should be an "Associate" or "Associate Member" only and after that a "Fellow" [...]'.