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Photographs taken in Rhodes by Daniel Anderson and Branden Chan.

Photographic prints and reproductions of engravings used in Henry Festing Jones's 'Memoir' of Samuel Butler (2 vols; first published 1919).

This subseries contains various documents pertaining to the Unservile State Group and associated groups and projects, including minutes, publication information and cuttings. A small group of other political documents has been appended. Items will ultimately be catalogued individually; for now, a list follows.

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COLLECTION INFORMATION

Description by 'J.B.' of the contents of an earlier version of the papers
'Manuscript Collection': George Watson's description of the papers (25 May 1978)
Leaflet describing the Archives of Stanford University's Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace (presumably considered as a potential depository)

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'UNSERVILE STATE, 1953-1991'

Retrospective article by George Watson, in typescript and published form (22 February 1991)

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MEMBERSHIP AND CONTACTS

Membership lists
List of Liberal peers (January 1966)
Contact details of European liberal figures
List of academic libraries in Eastern Europe

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POLICY STATEMENTS

Unservile State Group
National Campaign on Behalf of the Low-income Groups
The Acton Society Trust

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AGENDAS AND MINUTES

10 February 1956 minutes
22-23 June 1956 minutes
27 July 1956 minutes

17 May 1957 agenda
17 May 1957 minutes
28 August 1957 minutes

10 May 1968 minutes

18 May 1970 minutes

4 March 1971 minutes
19 May 1971 minutes

7 December 1972 agenda

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Memorandum: 'The Liberal Party and Co-ownership' (April 1954)

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PUBLICATIONS

'The projected Liberal "Yellow Book"' (circa July 1953)
'Memorandum on a Projected Book on British Liberalism in the Mid-century' (July 1954)
Arthur Holt, pamphlet suggestions (undated)
Memorandum of pamphlet suggestions (undated)
'Liberty in the Welfare State' comments (1956)

'The Unservile State' copyright agreements (1956)
'The Unservile State' contributor information (book published 25 July 1957)

'Radical Alternative' progress report (30 August 1961)
'Radical Alternative' preface (May 1962)
'Radical Alternative' revised prelims
'Radical Alternative' notes on contributors

Notes pertaining to Edwin George West, perhaps the second edition (1970) of his 'Education and the State' (1965)

University of Leeds press release about The Elliott Dodds Lecture (24 January 1972)

Richard Moore and Christine Morgan, 'The Liberals in Europe' pamphlet (1974)

Samuel Brittan and Barry Riley, 'A People's Stake in North Sea Oil' pamphlet (1980)

Photocopy of Christopher Mayhew's 'Liberals, Social Democrats and Defence' pamphlet (1984)

Michael Meadowcroft, 'Dear David, Thanks, Yours Neil' (20 May 1990)

Report by 'Nick' on an unknown pamphlet or article

List of the Unservile State Papers pamphlets

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Three sheets of Unservile State Group stationery

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CUTTINGS

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Folder labelled 'USG Agendas Addresses etc'

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OTHER POLITICAL DOCUMENTS

'Co-ownership in Industry' (April 1952)
'Co-ownership at Work' (October 1952)

'Books for Poland: A report to the Secretary of the Writers and Publishers Committee for European Cooperation', to which is attached a list of pertinent Polish addresses (1957)

Copied pages from Frank O'Gorman's 'Voters, Patrons and Parties' (1989)

Derek Beales, 'The Electorate before and after 1832' (14 October 1991)

Vote count for the 2005 Parliamentary Council Election in Cambridge

Photo albums of trips taken to Appleby, Settle, Switzerland, and a trip with the Sedgwick Club to Coniston. There are also two personal albums embossed with 'J. E. M.', one containing photos from his student years at St John's College, the other containing a collection of portraits (both named and unnamed). There is one album which contains loose photographs, sketches, cards, and dinner menus.

Material relating to obituaries written by PFC.

This subseries collects documents pertaining to George Watson's role as a Fellow of St John's and a lecturer and examiner in the Cambridge English Faculty. Items will ultimately be catalogued individually; for now, a list follows.

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CAMBRIDGE KEEPSAKES

Heffers bookmark
Rickards ‘Welcome to Great Britain’ brochure, with an image of the Bridge of Sighs, 1970

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TEACHING

MHRA Style Book flyers
University Microfilms International booklet about dissertation research

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FACULTY OF ENGLISH

John Holloway, ‘Chairman’s Report’, November 1971, plus response from Leo Salingar
Hugh Sykes Davies, ‘Working Party on University and College Teaching in English’, 23 February 1983

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ST JOHN'S COLLEGE

Letter from Francis Puryer White to Reinhold Regensburger, 20 July 1942
Note apologising for Hugh Sykes Davies’s unavailability to students, 14 January (1964/1969/1975)
Council minutes, 11 January 1979
‘List of Noted Johnians’, June 1982
Malcolm Underwood, ‘Some Historical Notes for the Three Thousandth Meeting of the College Council’, 11 November 1991
College Calendar, 2012-2013

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COLLEAGUES

John Renford Bambrough’s curriculum vitae
Photograph of Herbert Butterfield
Hugh Sykes Davies, ‘The Scales of Disaster: Elegy for an endangered species’
Robert Aubrey Hinde’s curriculum vitae
Research material on Philip Kermode, whom Watson suspected to be a relative of Frank Kermode
Richard Luckett's curriculum vitae
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry on Hugh Trevor-Roper

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REPORTS

BAGCHI, J, ‘Walter Pater’s Criticism and Its Contemporary Relations’ (doctoral dissertation)

DALE, Peter A, ‘Poetics & Historical Thought in England 1830-80: Carlyle, Arnold & Pater’ (doctoral dissertation), 21 October 1974

GUTTERIDGE, J D, application for Junior Research Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge, 10 May 1975

HERTZ, A L, ‘“Macmillan’s Magazine” under David Masson 1859-67’ (doctoral dissertation), circa April 1982
HOLLOWAY, John, application for Litt.D. degree, 1969

KEARNEY, C J, ‘The Writings of B.R. Haydon’ (doctoral dissertation)

LARSEN, Kenneth J, 'The Religious Sources of Crashaw's Poetry' (doctoral dissertation; reports by Muriel Bradbrook and Elsie Duncan-Jones)

O’SULLIVAN, K P D M, ‘The Rise of the Irish Novel’ (doctoral dissertation), 15 March 1969

PAGE, A, ‘Coleridge’s Philosophy of Language’ (doctoral dissertation), August 1981
PHILLIPS, C L, ‘A Critical Study of Robert Bridges’ “Testament of Beauty” and Its Relation to His Intellectual Development’ (doctoral dissertation), February 1983

SKILTON, D J, ‘Anthony Trollope and His Contemporary Critics’ (doctoral dissertation), 25 August 1969 and 6 March 1971 (resubmission)
SPENCE, G W, ‘John Stuart Mill on Sociology and the Art of Life’ (doctoral dissertation), 1968

THOMAS, William David Aitken, ‘A Variorum Edition of the Poetry of Robert Graves’ (research proposal), circa 1975

Assorted documents from Adams's personal life and professional life, ranging from electronics instructions booklets to the order of service for his funeral.

Filofax volume containing handwritten notes and reminiscences, with occasional press cuttings pasted in, mainly pertaining to annual rainfall statistics and other weather trends. A note by Engledow on the pastedown reads '1909-43 written retrospectively (while @ the Crown, Oakham)'.

Printed pamphlets, offprints, extracts and papers relating to Samuel Butler, his works and legacy.