| King's/PP/WCG contains: |
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Correspondence |
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Works of WCG and others |
| 3 |
Images |
| 4 |
Genealogy and mementoes |
| 5 |
Acquisition correspondence and cataloguing notes. |
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The Papers of William Charles Green
| Title |
Works of WCG and others |
| Reference |
WCG/2 |
| Covering Dates |
1800–1940 (Dates have been estimated.) |
| Extent and Medium |
6 files; paper |
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| Content and context |
Some of these excerpts, transcripts, cuttings and artwork were written by WCG and some were not but were probably collected by him. |
| King's/PP/WCG/2 contains: |
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'A village coronation day 73 years ago'. MS memoir of Queen Victoria's coronation day, written by WCG.
Creator: Green, William Charles.
6 sheets; paper. |
28 Nov 1838-Jun 1911 |
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Miscellaneous printed items. The file comprises:. - 'Mort et Convoi de l'Invincible Malbrough'. - Newspaper cuttings of war poems on Flanders and Gallipoli. - 'Viae per Angliam Ferro Stratae', poem in Latin. - Verse by Arthur Coleridge James, 'Coll. Regale'. - 'Fragment from an Unpublished Tragedy. The fall of Haman.'. - Poem for Rugby School. - Newspaper clipping of a poem by WCG about chess, 'On the Square'. - 'Hymn for June 26th, 1902' written by WCG for the coronation of King Edward VII.
8 items; paper. |
1841–1915 |
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Women's degrees. The file comprises:. - MS parody of a tragic Messenger's Speech reporting the vote of 21 May 1897. - MS verse 'Pleinte des Fellows' . - MS parody note on 'Examination of Girls'. - Notes on possible arrangements for lectures for women, taken at a meeting at Professor [Henry?] Fawcett's house in October term 1869. - Newspaper cutting of a letter to the editor by WCG including verses. - Newspaper cutting parody 'Laws for Lady Undergraduates'.
9 sheets; paper. |
1869–1897 |
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Poetic excerpts. These MS excerpts from poems were not written by Green, but probably collected by him. Includes excerpts from Wordsworth's 'The Wanderer', Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Dante's 'Purgatorio', military verses, 'My Psalm' by JS Whittier, and 'Thomas a Kempis' by H Friswell.
16 items; paper. |
1800–1930 |
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Miscellaneous verses. MS short verses in various hands.
11 sheets; paper. |
1800–1940 |
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Drawings and sketches. The file comprises:. - Pen and watercolour rebus story from Mary Tovey (WCG's sister-in-law) to WCG's daughter Jeannette. - Cartoons, possibly by WCG of Eton masters. - Drawings and verses in pencil and pen, mostly on Old Testament subjects, probably by Jeanette . - Pencil sketch of a highwayman and a witch committing robbery.
11 sheets; paper. |
1850–1930 |
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