Janus: Personal Papers of Kathleen Mary Peace

Girton/GCPP Peace contains:
1	School records
2	Verse and songs
3	Religion, ethics and philosophy
4	Publications by or about Girton and Girtonians
5	College Records
6	Photographs
7	Peace family papers
8	Ephemera & Artefacts

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Personal Papers of Kathleen Mary Peace

Title	Verse and songs
Reference	GCPP Peace 2
Creator	Peace, Kathleen M; Various
Covering Dates	1912–1950
Extent and Medium	7 items; Paper

Content and context

This collection comprises poetry and verse written by Kathleen Peace as well work of others, and represents her creative interest in this area. All poems and verses are written by Kathleen Peace unless otherwise stated.

Girton/GCPP Peace 2 contains:

'Rhymes of all sorts' an exercise book containing verses. Loose sheets found inside the book are housed in a separate folder. A few poems by . T R Peace are included in this collection. The titles of the verses are as follows:. 1) 'A Soldiers Friend', 20 September 1914. 2) 'Crown Imperial', 28 October 1917. 3) 'Forget-me-not', 4 November 1917. 4) 'The Prince', 13 August 1918. 5) 'Nasturtiums', 18 August 1918. 6) 'Spring by the Woods', 18 August, 1918. 7) 'Evening by the River', 6 June 1919. 8) 'High Leigh', July 1927. 9) 'Holy Trinity Church Council Speaks', not dated. 10) 'Upon Your Birthday Mother', 25 February 1923, hand-painted . 11) 'When the Voice of the Pheasant is heard', winning entry for the limerick competition by Kathleen Peace, newspaper cutting from 'The Spectator', 30 January 1932. 12) 'Apology' by T R Peace, 15 May 1930 . 13) 'On Seeing the Coronation Stands in Hyde Park' by T R Peace, 1937 (2 copies). 14) 'Brown - A Moral Tale' by T R Peace, not dated.
Creator: Peace, Kathleen M; Peace, T R.
1 volume and 1 file; Paper.

1912–1937

A collection of handwritten or typed verse by Katheen Peace. The titles of the verses are as follows:. 1) 'Cambridge', Autumn 1921. 2) 'The Remembered River', Winter 1921-2. 3) 'Cambridge in April', Spring 1921. 4) 'To a Teacher of English', Autumn 1921. 5) 'There is a Country', Summer 1922. 6) 'Oft when I Lie and Dream of Lovely Places', Autumn 1922. 7) 'July', July 1922. 8) 'I have seen Lovely Things', Autumn 1922. 9) 'Lines Written on a Sultry Day in December', December 1922. 10) 'These Enchanted Woods', June 1923. 11) 'Autumn Rain', November 1924. 12) 'To One who, having expected a Third, has been Ploughed', June 1926. 13) 'To the God of Paradise', January 1926 & September 1930. 14) 'A Countryman in London', not dated. 15) 'High Leigh'1927, July 1927. 16) 'A Blackbird in July', July 1929. 17) 'On the Flight of Time', October 1930. 18) 'Here Will I Lie', January 1931. 19) 'Rainy April', September/October 1934. 20) 'As in a Glass, Darkly', January 1936. 21) 'May Morning', May 1936. 22) 'Casual Encounter', January 1937. 23) 'Awaiting Bombardment', May 1940. 24) 'Youth Remembered', June 1957.
Creator: Peace, Kathleen M.
1 file; Paper.

1921–1957

Collection of loose sheets of verse and cartoons by Katheen Peace and colleagues. The titles of the verses and cartoons are as follows:. 1) 'New substitute for the Red Herring. Red Octopus', cartoon by Alison A B Fairlie. 2) 'When dons delight in argument', sonnet, by Muriel C Bradbrook. 3) 'High Table conversation', 4 verses, by T R Peace, 1947. 4) 'Spring comes to Cambridge', poem, 1929. 5) 'Her Public Duties, for the moment, over', Janet R Bacon to Mary Clover and Kathleen Peace: verse, 12 May 1930. 6) 'Reply. The Efforts of a Substitute untried', Kathleen Peace to Janet R Bacon, verse. 7) 'A substitute who plies so apt a wit', Janet R Bacon to Kathleen Peace, verse, 13 May 1930. 8) Janet R Bacon to the Master of Emmanuel College, 13 May 1930, with copies of the three poems above (GCPP Peace 2/3/5, 6 & 7). 9) Lines written by the Secretary of Girton to her Predecessor in Thanks for a Gift'. 10) 'Litany for College Officers, particularly such as are Administrative Officers; to be said at all seasons but especially before Committee Meetings'. 11) 'Apotheosis of J R B [Janet R Bacon]', by Helen M Cam, 29 July 1935. 12) 'To KMP 27 August 1938 VALE', verse by Janet R Bacon, found inside front cover of Seton Gordon 'Thirty Years of Nature Photography' (Cassell, London, 1936). . 13) 'Post-War Song of College Administration', May 1946. 14) 'Education Board': 'The bats are weaving in our hair', by Muriel C Bradbrook, May 1946. 15) 'Girton College. Meeting of Special Purposes Committee. 29 February 1950'. Parody (cyclostyled typescript). 16) 'Round and round a table sat/The Education Board to chat', poem by Alison A B Fairlie, 8 March 1950. 17) 'The Governors in silence sit', poem written by Alison A B Fairlie at a Governors' Meeting, 1950-51. 18) Parody of a letter from an Entrance and Scholarship Examination Candidate, written by Alison A B Fairlie during Education Board Meeting, 25 October 1950. 19) Parody of a letter from a candidate who has mislaid her entry form, with details of her educational qualifications, written by Alison A B Fairlie on the same occasion. 20) 'To the Fellows' Mutiny', poem, by Muriel C Bradbrook. 21) 'Diagram of Exasperometer', by Alison A B Fairlie, designed at the Education Board Meeting of 27 January 1954. 22) 'Disjointed Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in Doodling, Idle Thought and Irrelevance', Nora to Kathleen Peace, 4 November 1950, (cyclostyled typescript). 23) 'Addendum to Council Minutes of 27 October 1951': 'There once was a Master of Clare', limerick by Muriel C Bradbrook. 24) 'To KMP. Suggestions for the Rose Garden', poem by Alison A B Fairlie, written at the Fellows' Meeting of 30 January 1952; with a 'Schematic diagram of the proposed amelioration of the Rose Garden'. 25) 'Appointment Committee's Song', by Muriel C Bradbrook, 25 January 1952. 26) Drawing of a porteress (?) opening the gate, by H D M [Helen D Megaw], 9 February 1952. 27) 'The Ballad of the Yarrow Board', by Kathleen Peace, 5 February 1952; with 'Postscript by B Jeffreys' [Bertha Jeffreys]. 28) Drawing of the acoustic screen, by H D M [Helen D Megaw?], 27 February 1952. 29) 'Recording angel (Kathleen Peace 1923-1953)', poem, by Muriel C Bradbrook. 30) 'I'd sing a hymn of praise ... Our K M P', by Alison A B Fairlie, October 1953. 31) 'Frivolous song of prophecy', by Alison A B Fairlie, written at Fellows' Meeting, 4 February 1954. 32) 'Secretary - Luminary', by Alison A B Fairlie, 24 April 1954. 33) 'A Respectful Tribute on the Approaching Decease of the Governors', poem, by Muriel C Bradbrook, May 1954. 34) 'The Council met for hours and hours' and 'Fragments', poems by Alison A B Fairlie, 12 November 1954. 35) 'A bad plan' [re plan for College Grounds], drawn by Alison A B Fairlie, 3 December 1954. 36) 'Disordered Reflections', poem, by Alison A B Fairlie, 4 December 1954. 37) 'Poem for a poor pluralist' [Sheila Gillies?], by Alison A B Fairlie, 10 February 1956. 38) 'The Deposed Director', poem, written by Alison A B Fairlie at the Council Meeting of 3 March 1956. 39) 'Those who like feathers more than flowers', poem by sister/brother (?) of K M . 40) 'Lines on the choice of a scientific Founders' Lecturer', poem written at the Council Meeting of 12 February 1960. 41) 'To Kay [Kathleen Peace]', poem by Muriel C Bradbrook, December 1961. 42) 'When I see my Ordinances', poem, by Sheila Gillies (?), 12 June 1964. 43) 'There was a strong man on a syndicate' anonymous.
Creator: Peace, Kathleen M; Various.
1 file; Paper.

1930–1964

Newspaper cuttings of prize-winning poetry and verses from the 'Problems and Prizes' pages of the 'Saturday Westminster Gazette'.
Creator: Unknown.
1 file; Paper.

1907–1912

'Comparative Values', cutting from 'The Manchester Guardian', 2 Jul 1943 with inscription [by Kathleen Peace?].
Creator: Unknown.
1 item; Paper.

1943

College Songs. 2 booklets and 1 typed sheet of college songs:. 1) Girton College Songs, 1922 (printed). 2) Girton College Songs, a selection revised with editions [sic], May 1950 [proof copy] . 3) 'The Girton Flag' [and other College songs], with inscription by Muriel C Bradbrook, not dated.
Creator: Various.
1 file; Paper.

1922–1950