Including material on the Wiggin-Layton Committee and Report.
11: Contains sketch of loch near Helensburgh, Aug. 1839
26: On printed list, 'Works illustrative of the charges against Lord Palmerston', 1841
34-43: VACANT
46: Enclosing verses in another hand, 'Believe not that your inner eye...' [by Milnes]
78: Dictated to his wife Wilhelmina.
1: written after 10 Jul 1895, on letter from J. Forsyth to B. Franklin.
2: 5 Aug 1895, signature on medical certificate prepared by J. Forsyth, 1 Aug 1895
- 5 Aug 1895, with enclosure, J Forsyth to B. Franklin, 4 Aug 1895.
Printed items relating to three lectures given by Lilly Frazer: 6 copies of a printed booklet, 'Liverpool Teachers' Guild. Words of French Songs Illustrating Mrs. Groves' Lecture on French Nursery Rhymes. March 7, 1896' (Item 1), an advertisement for a lecture for the Yorkshire Ladies' Council of Education in Leeds, entitled 'The Use of the Phonograph in Teaching Foreign Languages' dated 7 March 1906 (Item 4), and a programme for a lecture at the Perse Grammar School in Cambridge on 'The French Tricolor', dated 13 March 1906 (Item 5). Items relating to plays staged by and/or written by Lilly Frazer include a printed advertisement of 'Les Femmes Savantes' of Molière performed by Mrs. J. G. Frazer's French Dramatic Society at the Perse Grammar School (Item 6), a mechanical copy of an invitation to 'Les Femmes Savantes' (Item 7); mechanical copies of two programmes featuring scenes from Molière (Items 8 and 9, of which there are 6 copies), with notes by Lilly Frazer on the versos; 5 copies of a printed advertisement of Trois Scènes de Mrs. J. G. Frazer, 'Avant la Soirée', 'Pendant la Soirée', and 'Après la Soirée' of 29 Jan. 1903 (Item 2), and a programme 'For the benefit of the distressed Breton fisherfolk' of scenes by Mrs. J. G. Frazer and A.D. (Item 3).
Includes cuttings from the Daily Worker, G. K.'s Weekly, Wimbledon Borough News, West Middlesex Gazette, News Chronicle, and Time and Tide, as well as copy letters from Layton and a letter from Frederick Pethick-Lawrence to Layton, 3 Jun. 1937.
On the front is stamped ‘ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS & PAPERS.’ The documents are accompanied by folded sheets of blue paper bearing descriptions of the documents, in which they were evidently kept before they were bound.
Sandars, Samuel (1837-1894), librarian and benefactorMinutes for May Balls from 1949 to 1963, with additional reports of meetings of the Joint May Balls Committee, and a few cuttings from newspapers mentioning the Trinity May Ball. Minutes are signed by Hon. Secretaries John A. N. Graham, Roger S. Money-Kyrle, Alan F. Niekirk, George Nissen, Malcolm Gomme-Duncan, Alan C. C. Vincent with assistance from Malcolm Davidson, Russell Carver, John R W. Pardey, Peter A. Drake, Ian N. Hardy, Willie Marsden, and Martin C. Clarke.
On the spine is stamped ‘DECLAMATIONES | — | TRIN. COLL. CANTAB. | TOM. | I. | 1799–1809’, and inside the front cover is written, ‘Declamationes in Coll. S.S. Trinitatis Cantabrigiae | habitae | Tomus. I. | 1799–1809’. The dates in these titles do not match those of the contents. The manuscripts in the volume appear to be autograph.
Renouard, John Henry (1758–1830), college teacherIncludes letters by J. O. Halliwell, J. M. Heath about the August 1846 storm in Cambridge, H. Montagu Butler about a bust of Archdeacon Hare, Vernon Musgrave about a memorial to Archbishop Musgrave, with a draft from William Whewell to Vernon Musgrave.
Wright, William Aldis (1831-1914), literary and biblical scholarOn the fly-leaf are some lines of poetry partly pencilled and then inked over, partly in ink originally. On the fly-leaves at the other end are further fragments in ink and pencil, and one is headed: ‘Plan of a Poem. The Seasons. | Spring. The Visitation, &c.’ Other verses in pencil are on blank pages in the body of the volume, which consists of botanical notes, predominantly on fungi. At the other end is the date 23 Sept. 1793.
Crabbe, George (1754-1832), poet and Church of England clergymanMostly printed. Also including several pieces by Richard Shilleto.
Collected by William Hepworth Thompson?
A collection of some of the printed material and letters received by Whewell between 1819 to 1833, of which the materials relating to the Cambridge elections of 1829 and 1830 form a part.
Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of scienceTwo letters relating to observations of tides.
Germar, Friedrich Heinrich (1776-1859) theologian