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This is a miscellaneous collection of letters, printed papers, and memoranda relating to a number of Wright’s philological and literary interests, including English dialects and the works of Shakespeare.

This collection mainly comprises letters by people of public significance in Dawson Turner’s day, many of them with East Anglian connections.

The correspondence in this section is arranged in two alphabetical series, one longer (contained in HOUG/1-28) and one shorter (contained in HOUG/28-35). It is not now obvious how these series differ, but they may well originate with A. E. Scanes, the first person to arrange and catalogue the papers.

Individuals are often listed under their titles, so for example Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, appears in HOUG/1 under 'Aberdare' rather than HOUG/4 for 'Bruce'. In addition, letters sometimes appear under topics or institutions, so there are letters in HOUG/1 from Frederick Eaton, Solomon Hart, and J. P. Wright, re the [Royal] Academy of Arts.

1) Mayor Family Photograph Album I - with original images of John Grote and family. Photographs labelled, often with elaborate hand-drawn frames. Numerous illustrations in ink and watercolour of churches, houses, landscapes etc relevant to the figures whose photographs are pasted to the illustrated page.

2) Mayor Family Album II - mostly cartes de visite of Victorian national figures. Order of re-opening service to commemorate restoration of Acton Church, 25 Aug. 1898 at front. Includes foreign and British royalty and nobility, American Civil War figures, academics, writers, clergy, politicians, etc. Includes 2ff of carte de visite sized reproductions of portrait prints of Dutch notables. Loose photographs towards back of book: Dr Carpenter; Parnell; Bradlaugh; two with names not yet made out; Gambetta; G. H. Lewes; photograph labelled 'Giove, detto di Verospi... [Jupiter Verospi]. Reproduction of brass from tomb of Sir Roger de Trumpington pasted in at end

3) File of single photographs of the Mayor family: unidentified silhouette (drawing, not photograph); Joseph Bickersteth Mayor (2 copies, both labelled 'Grandpapa' on back, one incorrectly labelled 'Joseph B. Grote - by John Gibbins?); Alexandrina Mayor (labelled Mrs J. B. Grote on back), with imprinted image identified by John Gibbins as Leslie Stephen; John Barber Lightfoot, bishop of Durham; H. J. Roby; Joseph Bickersteth Mayor (as younger man). Originally in red file supplied by John Gibbins, removed as this was too small.

4) Grey folder of images used in the production of John Gibbins' biography of John Grote. Many of the photographs have notes of identity and ages by Gibbins. Glassine envelope labelled EDC 1160, containing photographs as follows: 'Mrs Joseph Grote; photograph of portrait of Selina Peckwell (later 'Mrs George Grote') by Lawrence; Alice Mayor; Robert Mayor; Robert and Caroline Mayor; Maria Grote (wife of Andrew Macdonald Grote); Isabella Grote (nee Moore, wife of Charles Grote); Joseph Bickersteth Mayor (two photographs, one a vignette of the second); photographs of J. B. Mayor and his wife Alexandrina backing each other on 1 sheet; J. B. Mayor; Robert John Grote Mayor, aged 2, with his father J. B. Mayor; Alice Mayor; Alexandrina Mayor; Lady Affleck. All the preceding carte de visite size. Mix of larger photographs and cartes de visite: Alexandrina Mayor; Brook Foss Westcott, bishop of Durham; John Grote, Alexandrina Grote, and Charlotte La Trobe; W. Wharton [?]; J. B. Mayor; John Grote; John Grote. Larger, loose photographs: George Grote; Benjamin Jowett; Mrs Cameron; bust of George Grote [at Trinity]; unidentified; photograph labelled 'Thomson master of Trinity', identified by Gibbins as 'Joseph Mayor Esq., St. John's College'; Sketch of Francis Grote; H. J. Roby; Leslie Stephen; engraving from sketch portrait of George Grote by Lowes Dickinson.

5) Contents of black box file, now discarded. Daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet [in leather case, believed by John Gibbins to be Andrew Grote, but Andrew Grote the elder died in 1835 and Claudet's studio at King William St did not open until 1844]. Brown envelope labelled 1-13a, containing two photographs of Alexandrina Grote/Mayor, 'A. G. Grote'/'Mrs George Grote', George Grote (all cartes de visite size), photographic reproduction of etching from 'Cambridgeshire Collection' (Cambridgeshire Libraries) showing 'Trumpington Church, Cambridge, Funeral of Mr Fawcett', sheet of paper with photocopies of this and three other images from the Cambridgeshire Collection, large portrait of Joseph Bickersteth Mayor with photograph labelled 'Rome. Models' on back (page from photograph album?). Brown envelope labelled 26-25, containing photographic postcard of John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, photographic reproduction of Selina Peckwell portrait, photographs of Andrew Grote (jr?), George Grote, Alexandrina Mayor (Mrs Joseph Mayor), Arthur Grote, Joseph Grote, J. E. B. Mayor, J. B. Pearson, and a photographic reproduction of portrait of George Grote sr. Brown envelope labelled 64-75, containing photograph of Alice [Mayor], photograph of Alexandrina Mayor with her son Robin as a baby, Robin Mayor, three figures (un-named), Alice and Robin Mayor, Robin and Henry Mayor, 'Dr Hart', Sir John Seeley, four photographs (all of Joseph Mayor? only one labelled as such). Small brown envelope labelled 'John Grote (Photos)', containing photographs of Joseph Bickersteth Mayor and one of Harold Browne.

6) Typed transcript of Robin John Grote Mayor's diary for 1892 covering a trip to Greece with friends. Two copies, each 109 ff. Second copy has typed poem, 'There is a Knowing', at end, 1 f.

7) Beatrice Mayor's autobiographical work, 'One Family of Ten'. Typescript, [5 ff.] + 75 ff., foliated.

Photograph album, mainly containing photographs of members of the Housman family, with list [in Kate Symons' hand?] identifying the subjects. Some loose photographs and reproductions.

Letter, 26 Jul. 1920, from A. E. Housman to his sister Kate Symons, written from Trinity College.

Letters to Gerald Symons, 1959-2014, from members of the Housman Society and re Housman related events. Letters to and copy letters of Gerald Symons, 1997-2002 re work on the letters of George Herbert Housman, which were published by the Housman Society, edited by Jeremy Bourne, in 2001.

Photostat copies of letters written by George Herbert Housman from Burma to his father, stepmother, and sister Kate, Dec. 1891-Dec. 1892, along with transcriptions of letters by Gerald Symons.

Ephemera collected by Gerald Symons, including tickets, menus, and programmes etc of Housman related events. Family trees; lists of Housman family memorabilia and works by A. E. Housman and Laurence Housman; notes on the Housman family, some evidently prepared as talks.

Newspaper cuttings and extracts on members of the Housman family, 1896-1990s, including several on Tom Stoppard's play about A. E. Housman, The Invention of Love. A number are mounted on paper, with dates and other annotations by Gerald Symons.

Two volumes of transcripts of letters, mostly Henry Venn Elliott's letters from a tour across Europe to Jerusalem; the second volume also includes transcripts of letters from his brother Edward Bishop Elliott who joined him part way, and of a couple of letters by his nephew Charles Boileau Elliott from India.
Two notebooks kept by Henry Venn Elliott, containing record of sermons delivered, accounts etc.
Theological notebook of Henry Venn Elliott.
Two volumes of transcripts of Henry Venn Elliott's sermons, taken by his daughter Eling.
Photographic reproduction of painting of Henry Venn Elliott's father Charles.

The material in this section is arranged as follows:

B/1-B/679: Correspondence and papers, 1836-1952. Family and personal correspondence of Sir J. J. Thomson is at B/1-B/44. At B/45-B/639, the bulk of this section, is the correspondence and papers of Thomson's wife Rose Elizabeth, Lady Thomson (née Paget): most of this is incoming correspondence from family members and friends; there are also notebooks and diaries at B/570-B/594, correspondence from and material relating to societies, organisations, and appeals at B/595-B/635, and miscellaneous material at B/636-B/639.

There is also family and personal correspondence of other family members including their son George Paget Thomson, B/640-656, and daughter Joan Paget Thomson, B/657-B/658. The correspondence between family members is arranged by recipient, thus letters from J. J. Thomson to his wife are to be found in the incoming correspondence of Rose Thomson at B/45-B/53 rather than in the family correspondence of Thomson himself (B/1-B/6).

B/680-B/688: Photographs, 1917-1925

B/689-B/719: Accounts, 1888-1951. This material consists chiefly of Thomson household accounts, which were kept by Lady Thomson, and have been arranged, in chronological order.

B/720-B/731: Miscellaneous, 1918-1944

The material in this section is arranged as follows:

A/1-A/4: Obituary notices, 1940-1942

A/5-A/31: Biographical notes, 1909-1958. Within this group, A/23-A/31 comprises correspondence and papers found together. The bulk of this material was originally assembled by Lord Rayleigh whilst writing his biography The Life of Sir J. J. Thomson O.M. sometime master of Trinity College, Cambridge, published in 1942 by Cambridge University Press. There is also a little material added later by the family.

A/32-A/71A: Career, honours, and awards, 1874-1940. This section also includes letters of congratulation to Thomson's mother Emma on his early successes, and letters of condolence to his wife on his death.

A/72-A/103: Certificates, 1900-1937. A number of these awards are also documented at A/32-71.

A/104-A/109: 'J.J. on Education', 1918-1940 (material found together, and thus entitled, by Lord Rayleigh in the course of writing his biography of Thomson). See A/120 for press cuttings re Thomson's interest in Education.

A/110-A/143: Press cuttings, 1888-1956. Arranged in chronological order, and including press cuttings re Thomson's lectures and publications.

A/144: Diary of J. J. Thomson

A/145-152: Financial papers, 1878-1938

A/153-160: Photographs, 1909-1932

A/161-165: Invitations, 1885-1936. Social invitations received by Thomson. See also C/81-C/130

A/166-176: Miscellaneous, 1878-1956

These papers comprise five letters to Lord Kelvin (as Sir William Thomson), some lecture notes by him, and two letters to W. Craig Henderson.

Includes undated letters from the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s.

Some letters in shorthand.

Drafts and proofs of Aldis Wright's editions for the Cambridge edition of Shakespeare and for the Clarendon Press edition.