Seven Typed Letters Signed (one 'Charles Allom' and the other six 'Chas. C. Allom') to various secretaries (Wood, Menzies and Perry) of the Royal Society of Arts.

All seven items 4to, 1 p. Each good, on lightly-aged paper. All bearing the Society's stamp, and six docketed. Letter Two to Sir Henry Trueman Wood, Three to Six to G. K. Menzies, and Seven to W. Perry. Letter One: 9 July 1914. Querying whether members of the Society can describe themselves as 'Fellows'. Letter Two: 22 March 1916. Being 'unable to get an earlier passage [to America] owing to cancellation of boats', he will be delighted to preside over a meeting. 'I have delayed answering your invitation on account of the uncertainty of being able to book a passage at the present time, other than on an English boat, which is naturally extra dangerous.' Letter Three: 4 February 1918. He feels that 'there is an immense field open to the Society of Arts in drawing attention especially to the lamentable lack of taste in our architecture & in the education of the public taste. I am sorry to tell you that in my opinion, as one who has been through the Arts Schools and having a very practical knowledge of the subject that many of those whose opinions are guiding us to-day are the opinions of men very little fitted to lead the public in matters of taste.' Letter Four: 16 February 1918. He proposes a meeting to 'talk over the question of improving design.' 'With regard to lord Leverhulme's paper, it was at first magnificent, but I feel, and I am sure many others present felt, that it was lamentably weak at the end, in fact, most impracticable.' He would 'like one day to meet lord Leverhulme and see if my own views grated on to his, would not make a totally different plant of it. The first two-thirds of his paper were truly splendid, and all the time I was wishing that the working men and the members of the Cabinet were there to hear it'. He suggests that 'in future very ancient speakers should if possible be avoided, as these are days when the more brilliant thoughts of some younger men with newer ideas, might be of much more value'. Letter Five: 19 Febuary 1918. Suggesting lunch at the Devonshire Club. Letter Six: 14 March 1918. Regarding an invitation to join the 'Industrial Arts Committee'. Letter Seven: 23 February 1931. Sixteen lines. Regarding the woods used by his company. It disappoints him 'that pine, of which we use a good deal, is being severely reduced in value by that which comes from Russia, and upon which, I understand, prison or forced labour is employed. We also use oak, mahogany, walnut, a little teak, and a certain amount of deal, [...]'.