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The personal effects of Alan Menzies Hiller

  • Hiller
  • Fonds
  • 1900–1999

Papers relating to Hiller's army career, letters to family, postcards, photographs and First World War ephemera.

Hiller, Alan Menzies (1895-1915)

The papers of Sir Albert Howard

  • HowardA
  • Fonds
  • 1873-1971

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.

Howard, Sir Albert (1873-1947), agricultural botanist

The papers of Peter Clarke

  • Clarke
  • Fonds
  • 1856-2020

The papers cover PFC's childhood and schooling, his time at University, his career, teaching and publications.

Clarke, Peter Frederick (1942-), historian

The Mallarmé-Brennan collection

  • Mallarmé
  • Fonds
  • 1870–1986

The collection comprises printed works by and about Mallarmé. Some of the volumes contain inscriptions by Mallarmé and Brennan. One volume contains letters to Brennan from Mallarmé, S.C. Leconte, A.W. Verrall and G.C. Toussaint. The collection also includes a volume of Mallarmé's verses written out by Brennan.

Brennan, Christopher John (1870-1932) poet

'St John's College Cambridge: Excellence and Diversity'

  • SJCBook
  • Collection
  • 1940-2006

A collection of letters from members of St John's College Cambridge addressed to David Morphet (BA 1961) in his capacity as editor of the book 'St John’s College Cambridge: Excellence and Diversity' (Published London: Third Millennium, 2007). Many contain reminiscences and anecdotes of St John's and Cambridge and some enclose photographs and items of ephemera.

St John's College, Cambridge

Slavery Abolition Movement

  • Slavery
  • Collection
  • 1749–2008

Material relating to the slavery abolition movement. Includes newspaper cuttings from the nineteenth century; letters and papers used in Parliamentary reports on the slave trade from 1814; accounts of Parliamentary debates and investigations; pamphlets written by Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce and other campaigners; pamphlets printed by the Anti Slavery Society in the 1970s; contemporary pamphlets and articles on abolition; material on events commemorating the 150th anniversary of Clarkson's death; contemporary records relating to slave ownership.

Various (003651)

Samuel Butler Collection

  • Butler
  • Fonds
  • 1728–

The collection includes Butler's books, manuscripts, music, photographs, pictures and drawings, and personal effects.

Butler, Samuel (1835-1902) writer, artist and photographer

Photographic and film collections

  • Photographs
  • Collection
  • 1851–2016

St John's College Library contains photographs of College alumni, buildings and grounds, as well as the photographic collections of a number of College alumni. It also has films of recent College events.

Various (003487)

Papers relating to the Whytehead family

  • Whytehead
  • Fonds
  • 1694–1940

An artificial collection consisting of four separate deposits made by members of the Whytehead family between 1938 and 1944. The papers relate principally to William Whytehead (d. 1817), Henry Robert Whytehead (1773-1818), Thomas Whytehead (1815-43, see ODNB) and Robert Yates Whytehead (1846-1938).

Various (003884)

Papers relating to the Cambridge Medieval History Series

  • Camb. Medieval History
  • Collection
  • 1911–1930 (Mainly dated between 1920 and 1930. A few dating from 1911.)

The papers in this collection relate to the work of C. W. Previté-Orton, J. R. Tanner and Z. N. Brooke, though there is some earlier correspondence relating to J. P. Whitney. Included is correspondence with historians and between the editors. There are also notebooks relating to the work of editorship.

The Cambridge Medieval History

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