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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.

Letters, documents, printed material, photographs, and ephemera documenting Larkin's years at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1961-1964 and 1965-1968, particularly his academic and athletics achievements. These are accompanied by a memoir written in 2024, "An Undergrad at Cambridge."

With a copy of a photograph of Eric Evan Spicer, copies of sketched and printed maps, and a copy of a photograph of his memorial inscription.

With two copies of telegrams and three copies of sketched maps of Ypres, St Julien, and Bapaume.

Contextual note written by Anthony John Spicer. With a transcription of a tape recording of Gerald Evan Spicer describing his wartime experiences, also by A. J. Spicer.

The correspondence in this section is presented as follows:

J/1-J/341: Alphabetical by correspondent, 1927-1994.
J/342-J/412: Shorter scientific correspondence, 1936-1993. Presented in chronological order; indexed.
J/413-J/422: Requests for off-prints, 1940-1990. Presented in alphabetical order; not indexed.
J/423-J/443: References and recommendations, 1948-1985 and undated. Further subdivided as follows:
J/423-J/424: Grants and funding, 1948-1976
J/425-J/430: Higher degrees, 1950-1980
J/431-J/435: Royal Society, 1951-1985
J/436-J/437, Honours and awards, 1951-1983
J/438-J/442: Appointments and promotions, 1954-171
J/443: Requests for advice
Note that some recommendations etc appear in the files of correspondence arranged alphabetically by correspondent, J/1-J/341.

A/1-A/77: biographical and personal material (1892-1996), arranged as follows: A/1-A/4, memoirs and obituaries; A/5-A/16, biographical and historical accounts and information; A/17, bibliographies; A/18-A/77, diaries.

A/78-A/116: material (1919-1945) relating to Synge's childhood and schooldays. A/78-A/82 is general material (1922-1926), A/83-A/100 relate to his time at Old Hill Preparatory School, and date from 1919-1945, and A/101-A/116 relate to Synge's time at Winchester College, and date from 1927-1933. A/117-A/153: material (1931-136) relating to Synge's time as an undergraduate, including manuscript and typescript notes on lectures and practical work, bound volumes of duplicated typescript work sheets for practical work (A/139-A/143), examination papers, correspondence etc. A/154-A/211: career, honours, and awards (1936-1992)

A/212-A/354: material relating to Synge's family. In some of the earlier material the family surname is spelled 'Sing' or 'Singe', reflecting its pronunciation. The current spelling seems to have been adopted consistently only after the First World War. Material arranged as follows: A/212-311, Laurence Millington Synge and Katherine Charlotte Synge, née Swan, Synge's parents; A/312-329, Ann Synge (née Stephen), his wife; A/330-335, Jane, Elizabeth, Patrick and Alexander, four of his seven children; A/336-343 Anne Dorothea (Anthea) and Katharine, Synge's sisters; A/344-347 Mary Synge, his paternal grandmother, and Emma Swan, his maternal grandmother; A/348-352; other relatives; A/353-354: miscellaneous family material. A/355-369: personal correspondence of Richard L. M. and Ann Synge (1920s-1991). Many correspondents are identified by first name only, and may include more distant relatives. A/370-377: requests for autographs, (1952-1992).

A/378-428: material related to Richard Synge's personal interests, arranged as follows: A/378-418, Politics. Synge was on the political Left. He was a member of the Communist Party in the 1930s and 1940s. His later political activity concentrated on the peace movement and organisations concerned with human rights; A/419-426, Travel, though the bulk of the material relating to Synge's visits is to be found in section G; A/427, Cairngorm Club; A/428, Volunteers for lonising Radiation (VIR).

A/429-435: material relating to finance and business (1933-1991), including correspondence, accounts and expenses. A/436-432: miscellaneous material. A/443-470: photographs (1918-1991)

The manuscript of and papers relating to A. H. F. Boughey's history of the college, which was left incomplete. The history covers the period up to the 1830s, but had projected chapters that would have brought the history up to the statutes of 1926.

The material includes correspondence and papers relating to Synge's appointment at the Lister Institute including his statement of proposed work, inventories of equipment and chemicals, and miscellaneous administrative material. B/7-B/13 comprise papers relating to Synge's visit to Tiselius's laboratory, and travels in Sweden and Norway, in 1946-1947: equipment, chemicals etc required and expenses of the visit.

The material covers twenty-four UK and overseas organisations with which Synge was involved, c 1936-1993. These are presented alphabetically, as follows:

H/1: Aberdeen Biochemical Association
H/2-H/26: Agricultural Research Council
H/27-H/42: Association of Scientific Workers
H/43-H/55: Biochemical Society
H/56-H/58: British National Committee for Biochemistry
H/59-H/67: British Nutrition Foundation
H/68: Cambridge University Natural Science Club
H/69-H/70: Chemical Society
H/71: Chemical Structure Association
H/72: Haldane Research Centre, India
H/73-H/74: Joint Consultative Organisation for Research and Development in Agriculture and Food
H/75: Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine
H/76: Medical Research Council
H/77-H/79: Nutrition Society
H/80: Ray Club
H/81-H/82: Royal Institute of Chemistry
H/83-H/95: Royal Society
H/96-H/101: Royal Society of Chemistry
H/102: Royal Society of Edinburgh
H/103: Société de Chimie Biologique
H/104: Society for Analytical Chemistry
H/105-H/109: Society for General Microbiology
H/110: United Kingdom Council for Food Science and Technology
H/111: Wallace & Tiernan Ltd

The material is presented as follows:

F/1-F/118: Publications (1940-1992). This material is further divided as follows:
Drafts, F/1-F/7. A chronological sequence of material relating to publications, or to the intention to publish. Where applicable reference has been made to the bibliography of Synge's published work in the Royal Society memoir of Synge (A/1) in the form Bibliog. .. (1940-1992)
Translations, F71-F/90, (c 1940-1977)
Editorial correspondence, F/91-F/118. Arranged alphabetically by publisher or journal title (1940-1992)

F/119-F/171: Lectures (1942-1984)

F/172-F/176: Broadcasts (1947-1961)

F/177-F/192: 'Unpublished Etc' (c 1938-1979). Contents of Synge's two folders so inscribed. The second folder was found inside the first. Chiefly drafts by Synge, including book-reviews.

F/193-F/197: Off-prints (1937-1992 and undated)

Notebooks, papers and correspondence documenting the bulk of Synge's research work. The material is presented as follows:

E/1-E/48: Notebooks, 1936-1933. The notebooks document Synge's research from postgraduate studies in the mid 1930s, through work for the Wool Industries Research Association in Leeds, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, Rowett Research Institute and Food Research Institute, to post-retirement work in the 1990s on electronic storage of chemical information. The bulk of the notebooks are a sequence I-XXVII running from 1938 to c 1979. There are also notebooks used for references from searches of the Science Citation Index. At E/43-E/48 are notebooks used by three collaborators: J.C. Wood (1952-1954); M.A. Youngson (1958-1962); and S. Matai (1968-1969).

E/49-E/101: Research notes, 1938-1987. The material includes: reports on work on proteins for the Wool Industries Research Association (E/49-E/59, 1938-1943); wartime work on grass protein (E/60-E/63, 1939-1943) and gramicidin (E/67, 1944-1946); studies on the nutritive value of by-products of the herring industry (E/75-E80, 1949-1951); papers relating to computer searching for chemical information (E/89-E/94,1981).

The material is not extensive, and is arranged as follows:

D/1-D/12: General correspondence and papers: including papers relating to Synge's appointment; his plan of research; and material relating to Lord Rothschild's 1971 Green Paper 'A Framework for Government Research and Development' (D/5-D/7),

D/13-D/17: Chemistry Division: administrative papers

D/18-D/19: Project reports on Synge's research

There is documentation of Synge's appointment: his headship of the Department of Protein and Carbohydrate Chemistry, including research programmes, equipment and staff; Agricultural Research Council Visiting Groups; and quite extensive administrative material. There is also material relating to the Institute's Strathcona Club of which Synge was a loyal member, and a little memorabilia.

The material is presented as follows:

C/1-C/2: Appointment

C/3-C/56: Protein and Carbohydrate Chemistry Department, including: C/3-C/7, research programme and reports; C8-C/20, estimates; C/21-C/37, equipments and supplies; C38-C/45, staffing; C/46-C/52, departmental notices; C/53-C/56, miscellaneous.

C/57-C/63: Agricultural Research Council

C/64-C/78: RRI administrative notices

C/79-C/92: RRI annual reports

C/93-C/96: RRI newletters

C/97-C/100: The Strathcona Club

C/101-C/103: memorabilia

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.

The letters and papers in this group all relate either to the books from which they were removed or to similar literary and bibliographical subjects. Two of the books were part of an abortive series of reprints. This series was first brought to the notice of the public in 1910 in a prospectus (2/1) in which McKerrow announced his intention of producing a short series of reprints of Elizabethan and Jacobean tracts, to be published for the editor by Sidgwick and Jackson and printed at the Oxford University Press. Subscribers were sought for the initial set of six volumes, and de-tails of the first five were given (the sixth was to be announced later), but McKerrow pointed out that, although the first two volumes would be is-sued in any case, he could not proceed further with the project unless he received the names of at least 150 subscribers. The first two books—editions of John Weever’s Epigrammes in the Oldest Cut and Newest Fashion, 1599, and of Greenes Newes both from Heauen and Hell, 1593 and Greenes Funeralls, 1594 (two texts in one volume)—were in sub-scribers’ hands by September 1911 (2/4) and a notice of the proposed series appeared in Notes and Queries in November (2/5), but the condition for its continuance was apparently not met, for no further volumes were issued. McKerrow’s account of subscriptions (2/2) indicates—if it is complete—that orders for only sixty-five sets were received.

These letters and papers in this group all relate either to the works from which they were removed or to similar literary and bibliographical subjects.

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