St John‘s College Personal Collections

Suitcase-styled box with 'Alaska', 'France' and 'Italy' stickers and a 'Douglas Adams' tag.

AdamsDN/1/14/48
File
1952-1970 (Circa.)

Previously contained the four vinyl records at AdamsDN/1/10/25.

AdamsDN/1/11
Subseries
1953-1970 (Circa.)

A small selection of books owned by Adams.

A Commentary and Questionnaire on As You Like It (Shakespeare) (Commentaries and Questionnaires in English Literature series).

AdamsDN/1/11/11
File
1953

Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1953.

Orchard, M (fl 1953)

School

AdamsDN/1/3
Subseries
1954-1988 (Circa.)

Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams

Includes schoolwork, exam papers, reports, awards certificates, publications, items from extracurricular pastimes, and related ephemera.

Personal, Family and Business Material

AdamsDN/1
Series
1954-2001 (Circa. The publication dates of some items precede Adams's birth: publication dates, rather than the unknown dates of acquisition, have been given for those items.)

Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams

Contents of this series include manuscript and printed papers, photographs, correspondence (personal and business) and school/university work; juvenilia; diaries and address books; other printed materials such as posters and Aston Martin publications; artefacts (personal effects, awards, etc.).

Schoolwork, documentation and extracurricular activities

AdamsDN/1/3/1
File
1954-1971

Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams

Medical documentation from Adams's childhood.

AdamsDN/1/1/1
File
17 March 1954-29 May 1956

Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams

Details of a medical examination. Discusses an attack of diarrhoea, Adams's use of his 'own laguage' (sic), and the possibility of 'mental deficiency'. 17 March 1954. Copied typescript.
Letter to Dr [G.] Brooks from A.T. Fripp. Discusses a fracture in Adams's foot. 14 June 1954. Copied typescript.
Letter to Dr G. Brooks from D.G. Leys. Discusses Adams's 'poor vocabulary'. 4 August 1954. Copied typescript.
Letter to Dr A.R. Reid from Denis Browne. Discusses Adams's 'bad walking', and suggests remedies. 29 May 1956. Copied typescript.

Personal and business documentation

AdamsDN/1/1
Subseries
17 March 1954-17 September 2001

Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams

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

Raleigh Industries Limited, 'Care for Your Cycle'.

AdamsDN/1/9/1
File
1955-1960 (Circa.)

Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams

'67646 GG' is written twice on the back cover in manuscript.

'Brentwood Pictures'.

AdamsDN/1/3/1/1
Item
July 1955 (Circa. This is the date of C. Ralph Allison's introduction.)

Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams

Booklet containing photographs of Brentwood School with captions; intended as 'an introduction and a reminder'.

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