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Downing/SEA contains:
1 L C B Seaman's diaries
2 Diaries and commonplace book of William Campbell Seaman, LCB's grandfather
3 Letters and other papers relating to Seaman's ancestors
4 Copies of documents, letters, etc relating to Seaman's research into his ancestors
5 L C B Seaman's personal correspondence
6 Other records relating to Lewis Charles Bernard Seaman
7 Seaman's writings
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Seaman collection

Title Other records relating to Lewis Charles Bernard Seaman
Reference DCPP/SEA/6
Creator L C B Seaman
Covering Dates Mar 1912-Feb 1980
Extent and Medium 1 folder
Downing/SEA/DCPP/SEA/6 contains:
1 Folder of miscellaneous correspondence and other papers. Includes: small black and white photograph of Seaman; references; miscellaneous notes; accounts relating to the administration of the estate of Harriet Seaman (1936-37); personal accounts; menu (with notes); army papers; Polytechnic Secondary School list (July 1930); identity card for Charles V Seaman; two black and white negatives of children; small booklet, 'Punishment in Schools'; black and white photograph of formal dinner; ministerial order under the 1944 Education Act; small black and white photograph of the Quintin School boat club, 1st and 2nd eights, 1952; HMI report on the Quintin School, 1952; correspondence with the College of Arms; accounts for the funeral of Charles V Seaman; newspaper cuttings; accounts of Frances Seaman; Christmas and other cards; leaflet about the Cockpit Theatre and Arts Centre; letters and card on his retirement.
Creator: L C B Seaman.
1 folder.
July 1930-July 1971
2 Records relating to all the major employments of Seaman before Sept 1938 including letters from satisfied 'Survey' clients. Includes publications, newspaper cuttings, etc.
Creator: L C B Seaman.
1 folder.
Aug 1915-Oct 1938
3 Correspondence and other papers relating to Seaman's employment before 1950 (jobs, pay, pensions, etc). Includes correspondence from employers, references, tax papers, telegrams, certificate of ownership to a burial plot in Gravesend cemetery, and a national identity card. Employers include: London Polytechnic and Longmans (publishers). Telegrams appear to relate the birth of his three children.
Creator: L C B Seaman.
1 folder.
Nov 1932-Feb 1946
4 'The Polytechnic Magazine' [monthly journal of The Polytechnic Young Men's Christian Institute], vol LII, new series. With note by Seaman.
1 volume.
Mar 1912-Feb 1913
5 'An anthology' [poetry]. Includes cutting from 'The Times' about a poem.
Creator: L C B Seaman.
1 volume.
Sept 1923-Apr 1950
6 'A Record of Books Read by Lewis C Seaman from October 1924 till December 1927'. In small exercise book.
Creator: L C B Seaman.
1 volume; In need of conservation.
Oct 1924-Dec 1927
7 Quintin School paperwork: three letters and form relating to admission.
1 folder.
May 1923-Sept 1923
8 The Polytechnic Secondary School: printed lists of pupils.
1 folder [8 items]; In need of conservation.
July 1925-July 1930
9 The Polytechnic Secondary School: speech day programmes and concert programme. Include headmasters' reports.
1 folder; In need of conservation.
July 1925-July 1930
10 Two small exercise books containing English homework.
Creator: L C B Seaman.
2 booklets.
Sept 1926-Apr 1927
11 Photographs of school senior games teams and one photograph of boys in class.
1 envelope [7 items].
1927–1930
12 'Notes on coxing'. Seaman's copy.
Creator: Cambridge University Boat Club.
1 booklet.
1921
13 Student accounts.
Creator: L C B Seaman.
1 folder.
Oct 1930-June 1933
14 Cambridge University Quintinian Society: meeting minutes and dinner menu. Minutes in manuscript.
1 folder.
Oct 1930-Oct 1932
15 Menu cards, various societies. Some duplicates and some signed.
Creator: Downing College.
1 envelope [10 items].
Feb 1931-Feb 1980
16 List of entries for Henley Royal Regatta. Seaman took part in the Thames Challenge Cup.
1 item.
July 1932
17 Maitland Society: annual dinner menus.
1 folder [3 items].
Mar 1933-Feb 1980
18 'The Griffin'. Presumably Seaman's personal copy.
Creator: Downing College.
1 item.
Easter term 1933
19 'Festival Review', vol 6, no 99.
1 booklet.
Feb
20 Clients' accounts for private tuition. Includes letter from his first pupil, Robin Glicksman and list of pupils at back.
Creator: L C B Seaman.
1 volume.
Apr 1932-June 1938
21 Four ration cards.
4 items.
Oct 1941-May 1943
22 'News Letter and List of Members'. Includes notice of one of Seaman's books and the birth of his daughter.
Creator: Downing College Association.
1 item.
1950
23 Supplement to the 'News Letter'. Seaman's personal copy.
Creator: Downing College Association.
1 item; In need of conservation.
1950
24 'The Graystone Buildings of Downing College Cambridge' [opened 29 June 1953]. Presumably Seaman's personal copy.
Creator: Downing College.
1 booklet.
1954

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