[Album containing letters and cards congratulating Clay on investiture as Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ] , 1987

In 1987 Clay was made Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Folder 1/7/2 includes congratulatory letters, cards and telegrams from Clay's friends and colleagues, correspondence relating to the Investiture Ceremony performed at Government House, Wellington and two photographs of the event.

In the same year Clay was also invited to give the University of Auckland's Graduation address and drafts of the address can be found in folder 1/7/2.

Folder 1/7/1 includes Clay's New Zealand Reading Association, Citation of Merit certificate and related correspondence, and papers relating to her time as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford.