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Papers and correspondence related to George Leslie Wates' involvement with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) including; 1. Letter from IEE Secretary, W K Brasher, to Wates, 1 April 1953, welcoming Wates as a Companion member. 2. Journal of the IEE, May 1953, listing the election of George Leslie Wates JP as a Companion on page 201. 3. Letter from W K Brasher, to Wates, 31 March 1955, informing Wates that he had been nominated for election to the IEE Council. 4. Letter from W K Brasher, to Wates, 13 May 1955, regarding the election of the new Council (including Wates). 5. Letter from W K Brasher, to Wates, 19 May 1955, setting out the meeting dates of the Council for the 1955-1956 session. 6. Letter from W K Brasher, to Wates, 15 August 1956, responding to news of Wates' illness and its impact on his work for the Council. 7. Letter from W Gordon Radley (Director General of the Post Office), to Wates, 16 August 1956, refering to his illness and hope that he could continue serving on the IEE Council. 8. Letter from W K Brasher, to Mrs Wates, 27 November 1956, commenting on the news of her husband's illness. 9. Letter from W K Brasher, to Wates, 10 December 1957, referring to the offer by Wates to donate a book to the IEE Library. There is also a copy of the IEE's commemorative booklet for the Conversazione at the Royal Festival Hall, 21 June 1956.