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From left: Mary Prior, George Hughes, Gillian Quentin-Baxter and Jack Smart

"The Priors in front of their home on 23 Vernon Terrace, Christchurch in 1958.
From left, Mary, Ann, Phillip Wollaston (family friend, the son of the artist Toss Woollaston) and Martin"

A memoir about Arthur Prior's life and work by his colleague and friend Anthony Kenny, written as an obituary for the British Academy. Kenny and Prior were both Philosophy Tutors at Balliol College in Oxford in the years before Prior's death.

Arthur Prior with his father Norman, step mother Jessie and half-sister Elein in 1957. Possibly, taken at Elaine's place in Warapa, Ahi Paku Long Bush. From left: Norman, Elaine, Jessie and Arthur Prior

A notice of the Royal Society of New Zealand's "Matter and Life" lecture series held at Canterbury University College. Popper's "Mechanism and Vitalism" was scheduled to be the final lecture.

A notice of the W.E.A. classes that states the title, time, location, and name of the tutor for each of the 13 classes. Popper's class was scheduled on Tuesdays.

A formal offer from George and Edith Roth to purchase the Poppers' house, which is in Hennie's name.

A photograph of Karl Popper in 1939, submitted as part of his application for employment at Canterbury University College.

A power bill addressed to Karl Popper from Heathcote County Council for electrical power, for £1-10s-1d.

A photograph of Prior's colleague Michael Shorter. Michael Shorter joined the Philosophy Department when Prior took his sabbatical year in 1956.