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- 1896-1922 (Creation)
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4 boxes
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Gift of J. M. E. McTaggart to Trinity College via the Vice Master, Jan. 1924.
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Gift of F. C. Burkitt and C. D. Broad, Jan. 1934.
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Trinity College stories gathered by McTaggart from Henry Jackson and others, numbered and arranged by date from 1896 to 1922. Following the main grouping of stories are light verses related to College matters by James Clerk Maxwell, J. P. Postgate, F. M. Cornford, Kennedy, and J. K. Stephen, and a cutting of a poem about William Whewell by [Tom Taylor?]; printed obituaries of William Hepworth Thompson, a letter from James Mayo dated 20 Jan. 1905, and two letters from Henry Jackson dated 8-9 Oct. 1879.
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With a note from McTaggart to the Vice Master 11 Aug. 1923 which originally accompanied the box of stories.
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- Jackson, Henry (1839-1921), classical scholar (Subject)
- Stephen, James Kenneth (1859-1892) poet (Subject)
- Cornford, Francis Macdonald (1874-1943), classical scholar (Subject)
- Postgate, John Percival (1853-1926), classical scholar (Subject)
- Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science (Subject)
- Taylor, Tom (1817-1880), playwright and comic writer (Subject)
- Thompson, William Hepworth (1810-1886), college head (Subject)
- Mayo, James (1840-1920) clergyman (Subject)
- Maxwell, James Clerk (1831-1879), physicist (Subject)
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Scope and content and name access points added in June 2021.