Item 3 - 'Record book of John Sime'

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Add. MS a/723/3

Title

'Record book of John Sime'

Date(s)

  • 1950-1967 (Creation)

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Notebook with red hardback cover, c 199 x 122 x 8 mm, 89 ff.

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Name of creator

Sime, H. Frederick John (1925-2001), art-school principal, bookseller
(1925-2001)

Repository

Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Title in pencil on f. 1r. Entries kept under headings below, which reoccur throughout the book.

List of books read, Jan. 1950-Mar. 1969. Each with reference number, title, author, publisher, start and end dates of reading, and source of book. Places where read recorded at top of page.
List of plays seen, Nov. 1956-Aug. 1960. Recording dates seen, title, place of production, actors/company, and where seen
List of films seen, Nov. 1956-Feb. 1967. Recording date seen, title, place of production, actors, and where seen.
'8mm films hired'. Nov. 1956-May. 1957, f. 20v only.
'Remarkable Television Programs', Oct. 1957-Dec. 1964. Recording date seen, channel, actors.

At back of book:
List of books read before notebook was begun, with reference number, title, author, and approximate date read, 1942-1947.
List of records to buy, undated, f. 73v only.
List of books to read, 1954 [?]-1957.

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