Correspondant de l'Acadmie des Sciences Letters to De Beer from the Institut de France Acadmie des Sciences, informing him that he has been nominated as a corresponding member. Later letters consist of acknowledgements of papers received from De Beer; discussing De Beer's donation of his medals to the archives of the Acadmie; and regarding the Acadmie des Sciences tricentenary celebrations, with enclosed programme and invitations to various functions. Copies of De Beer's outgoing letters are interspersed throughout. 1952-1971