Catalogue of Taylor's books, lecture notebooks, passports,some invitation cards and menus, a notebook recording invitations given and received throughout Taylor's time as Master, letters, annotated copies of his works, College bills. Appointment diaries from the Master's Lodge 1887-1908, plus Mrs Taylor's diaries for 1907-08.
Taylor, Charles (1840-1908) Hebrew scholar and Master of St John's College, Cambridge
Notebooks of John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor
Manuscript notebooks owned and compiled by Mayor, mostly classical and biographical.
Mayor, John Eyton Bickersteth (1825-1910) classical scholar
Mathematical notes.
Webb, Robert Rumsey (1850-1936) mathematician
4 volumes of manuscript notes for lectures on Martial, Greek and Latin verse compositions.
Sikes, Edward Ernest (1867-1940) classicist
Papers of John Charles Halland How
Diaries. Gives details of religious life in Edwardian Cambridge, especially with reference to Anglo-Catholicism. Includes letters to How and printed material regarding church matters.
How, John Charles Halland (1881-1961)
Letters from various correspondents regarding Stewart's 'Twelve Cambridge sermons by John E.B. Mayor; edited, with a memoir, by H.F. Stewart', published by Cambridge University Press in 1911, and 'Twelve parochial sermons', published in 1913.
Stewart, Hugh Fraser (1863-1948) academic and literary critic
Papers of James Bass Mullinger
Notebooks and papers containing lecture notes, examination questions, general historical notes and notes concerning JBM's work on the history of Cambridge University. Also includes a few letters.
Mullinger, James Bass (1834-1917) historian
Memorabilia of Thomas Hartley Foster
Memorabilia from THF's time at St John's: a framed matriculation photograph for 1920, two sets of mathematical instruments, a slide rule, a wooden ruler with initials C.F.H., a printed booklet of logarithms, a silver cigarette case embossed with the College crest, a small wooden box with the College crest on the top.
Foster, Thomas Hartley (1902-1995)
Papers of Joseph Robson Tanner
Miscellaneous notes; lecture notes.
Tanner, Joseph Robson (1860-1931) historian
Papers of The Hon. Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
Letters from Sir Charles Parsons to his brother, mainly concerning the development and testing of marine steam turbines; letters to Sir Joseph Larmor concerning Cambridge University business and other subjects; other letters.
Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon (1854-1931) Knight, engineer and scientist