St John‘s College Personal Collections

Papers of Ernest Alfred Benians

Benians
Fonds
1901-1983

The papers include Benians's correspondence, papers, lecture notes, and notes for speeches.

Benians, Ernest Alfred (1880-1952) historian and Master of St John's College, Cambridge

Letters to EAB from Herbert D. Wakely (matric. 1901), 1903-8

Benians/A/A1
File
1901-1908

Part of Papers of Ernest Alfred Benians

With a carte-de-visite photograph of HDW bearing his signature and the date 1901.

General correspondence

Benians/A
Series
1901-1955

Part of Papers of Ernest Alfred Benians

Papers relating to St John's College

Benians/J
Series
1903-1952

Part of Papers of Ernest Alfred Benians

Printed circulars 1903-42; list of committees 1951-2; programmes of meetings of the Book Club and the College Council 1951-2; four handwritten menus; admissions papers and notes relating to George Humphrey, W.G. Brock, Fred Hoyle, G.J. Morgan, and Michael Pybus; manuscript notes on the professions of parents of those admitted to the College in 1951.

Family letters

Benians/A/A7
File
1903-1955

Part of Papers of Ernest Alfred Benians

EAB's letters to his mother sent from abroad 1911-12; letters to EAB from his mother 1903-28 + undated; letters to EAB from his father, 1904-48 + undated; letters from EAB to his daughter Colette, 1945; Sylvia Benians correspondence 1951-55; family letters mostly to EAB, including letters from Edith, Elsie and Grace, 1903-51

General correspondence