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The collection contains literary papers, including notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of sketches, novels and scripts; personal papers, including school and university work, notebooks, and ephemera; audio-visual material; and personal effects and artefacts, spanning from Douglas Adams's childhood to his death in 2001. In addition there is a quantity of press cuttings postdating his death. Media other than paper include sound recordings (chiefly reel-to-reel studio tapes; some cassettes); photographs, 35 mm transparencies and plastic negatives (a large quantity of photographic material is from 'Last Chance to See'); and digital backup tapes.

Letters to and from Constable re the College Appeal Fund, 1958-67; brochures issued by St John's College in connection with the Appeal Fund, 1958-61; letters of congratulation on his election to a Fellowship, 1918; miscellaneous papers and menu cards.

Certificates and medals, together with material associated with the awards, biographical information, memoirs and obituaries, and some published matter.

The majority of this collection is by J. E. Marr. The papers relating to J. E. Marr are a collection of various items from his academic career and personal life. They contain: personal photo albums; photo albums of field trips; scrapbooks; geological pamphlets both by and sent to J. E. Marr; obituaries; sketches; and maps. The papers relating to F. A. Marr contain: photo albums, loose photos, and a file of correspondence and legal documents in relation to his parents' estates.

Family and professional papers relating to Sir Albert Howard and his wives Gabrielle and Louise Matthaei. The collection includes correspondence and diaries, drafts of publications and lectures, published works, photographs, and personal documents.

Photographs and ephemera relating to College and University sports teams.

Papers dating from student days, together with some later material.

A small quantity of personal and professional papers and medals, given by various sources.

Material relating to Benjamin Hall Kennedy's Latin primer gathered from various sources.

The collection consists primarily of forty-two bound volumes covering Roger Griffin's research and publications from circa 1955 to circa 1991. Topics and publications include observation logs, Observatory Magazine, The Spectroscopic Binaries, Griffin's Fellowship dissertation for St John's, computing, RV reductions, spectroscopy, and radial velocities.

Seven card-index boxes, made by Griffin, contain many years' worth of raw data from radial-velocity spectrometer observations. Digital versions can be viewed at https://www.squarewheels.org.uk/rfg/unpub/ .

There are also notebooks containing material on observations and telescope maintenance, a chart roll of spectrometer output, a 1977 leaflet on the Cambridge North Norway Expedition, and papers on the Cripps development at St John's.