Documents from this file include: correspondence between Dale Trendall and Evelyn Shaw (BSR Honorary General Secretary); correspondence between Trendall and Colin Hardie (BSR Director); correspondence between Trendall and Mrs. Brogan (FAHL's Secretary); reference letters; application form; curriculum vitae. His proposed field of study was on the pottery of South Italy, especially that of the style known as Paestan, and the general history of the towns of South Italy during the fourth and third centuries B.C.; CV and list of publications updated to 1990 and sent to Ruth Whitehouse (FAHL's Chair), 12 September 1990.