A handwritten letter from Michael Brooks in New College, Oxford, to his parents in 1943. Michael Brooks (donor) had rowed in the Boat Race that year, then awarded a war blue and elected a member of Vincent's Club, Oxford.
A handwritten letter from Michael Brooks in New College, Oxford, to his parents after the 1943 Boat Race, in which he rowed. He describes there being 7000 people watching the race with aeroplanes overhead and it being recorded for television.
A handwritten letter from Michael Brooks in New College, Oxford, to his parents before the 1943 Boat Race, in which he rowed. He says the race will be rowed from Abingdon to Radley instead of Henley, because of transport problems.