| Repository details |
| The Library periodically acquires papers of members of the College, and archival material illustrative of College life, through donation, bequest, or purchase. For further information about St John's College and the Library see: T. Baker, "History of the College of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge" edited by John E.B. Mayor (Cambridge, 1869). A. Crook, "From the foundation to Gilbert Scott: a history of the buildings of St John's College, Cambridge 1511 to 1885" (Cambridge, 1980). A. Crook, "Penrose to Cripps: a century of building in the College of St John the Evangelist, Cambridge" (Cambridge, 1978). E. Miller, "Portrait of a College: a history of the College of Saint John the Evangelist Cambridge" (Cambridge, 1961). R.F. Scott (ed.), "Admissions to the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge. Part I II Jan. 1629/30 - July 1715" (Cambridge, 1893). R.F. Scott (ed.), "Admissions to the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge. Part III July 1715 - November 1767" (Cambridge, 1903). P.A. Linehan (ed.), "St John's College Cambridge: a history" (Woodbridge, 2011).
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| St John's Library contains: |
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Abbott
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Papers of Edwin Abbott Abbott.
St John's College Library. Creator: Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926).
9 boxes; paper. |
1875–1928 |
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Adams
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Papers of John Couch Adams.
St John's College Library. Creator: John Couch Adams (1819-1892).
45 boxes; paper. |
1701–1996 |
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Allen
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Papers of Frank James Allen.
St John's College Library. Creator: Frank James Allen (1854-1942).
1 box; paper. |
1876–1940 |
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Anderson
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Papers of William Blair Anderson.
St John's College Library. Creator: William Blair Anderson (1877-1959).
3 boxes; paper. |
1888–1960 |
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Ashby
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Papers of George Ashby.
St John's College Library. Creator: Ashby, George (1724-1808).
7 folders; paper; Much of the material is in poor condition. Conservation action has been taken, but some of the material is difficult to read.. |
1760–1800 |
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Atkin
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Papers of Peter Atkin.
St John's College Library. Creator: Peter Richard Atkin (b 1945).
10 boxes. |
1994–2007 |
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Bailey
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Papers of Stanley John Bailey.
St John's College Library. Creator: Stanley John Bailey (1901-80).
2 boxes; paper. |
1930–1970 |
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Balls
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Papers of William Lawrence Balls.
St John's College Library. Creator: William Lawrence Balls (1882-1960).
3 boxes; paper. |
1905–1960 |
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Barrere
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Papers of Jean-Bertrand Marie Barrère.
St John's College Library. Creator: Jean-Bertrand Marie Barrère (1914-1985).
1 box; paper. |
1980 |
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Beaton
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Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton.
St John's College Library. Creator: Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980).
38 boxes; paper. |
1922–1980 |
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Benians
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Papers of Ernest Alfred Benians.
St John's College Library. Creator: Ernest Alfred Benians (1880-1952).
18 boxes; paper. |
1901–1983 |
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Bezzant
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Papers of James Stanley Bezzant.
St John's College Library. Creator: James Stanley Bezzant (1897-1967).
1 box. |
1900–1967 |
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Bland
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Papers of Miles Bland.
St John's College Library. Creator: Miles Bland (1786-1867).
19 boxes; paper. |
1801–1849 |
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Boys Smith
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Papers of John Sandwith Boys Smith.
St John's College Library. Creator: John Sandwith Boys Smith (1901-1991).
3 boxes. |
1926–1992 |
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Brindley
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Papers of Harold Hulme Brindley.
St John's College Library. Creator: Harold Hulme Brindley (1865-1944).
4 boxes. |
1884–1935 |
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Bromwich
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Papers of John I'Anson Bromwich.
St John's College Library. Creator: John I'Anson Bromwich (1915-1990).
2 boxes; paper. |
1970 |
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Brown
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Papers of William Henry Brown.
St John's College Library. Creator: William Henry Brown (1863-1945).
1 box. |
1880–1946 |
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Butler
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Samuel Butler Collection.
St John's College Library. Creator: Butler, Samuel (1835-1902).
c.100 boxes, 1600 glass negatives, 600 shelved volumes, 450 pictures and 50 artefacts. |
1835–1902 |
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Camb. Medieval History
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Papers relating to the Cambridge Medieval History Series.
St John's College Library.
4 Boxes; paper. |
1911–1930 |
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Campbell
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Papers of Archibald Young Campbell.
St John's College Library. Creator: Archibald Young Campbell (1885-1958).
1 box; paper. |
1917–1957 |
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Carrighan
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Papers of Arthur Carrighan.
St John's College Library. Creator: Carrighan, Arthur Judd (1781-1845).
2 boxes. |
1802–1953 |
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Castlereagh
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Letters from Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh.
St John's College Library. Creator: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 1769-1822.
5 letters; paper; Manuscript. |
1799–1821 |
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Chemistry
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Chemistry papers.
St John's College Library. Creator: Various.
2 boxes; paper. |
1874–1898 |
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Clarkson
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Papers of Thomas Clarkson.
St John's College Library. Creator: Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846).
201 items; paper. |
1787–1996 |
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Colenso
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Papers of John William Colenso.
St John's College Library. Creator: John William Colenso (1814-1883).
6 Folders; paper. |
1863–1886 |
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Constable
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Papers of William George Constable.
St John's College Library. Creator: William George Constable (1887-1976).
1 box; paper. |
1893–1969 |
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Coulton
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Papers of George Gordon Coulton.
St John's College Library. Creator: George Gordon Coulton (1858-1947).
4 boxes; paper. |
1880–1948 |
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Crook
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Papers of John Anthony Crook.
St John's College Library. Creator: John Anthony Crook (1921-2007).
67 boxes; paper. |
1880–2008 |
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D5 New Court
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Material found in D5 New Court during refurbishment, July 2006.
St John's College Library. Creator: Various.
30 items; paper. |
1888–1945 |
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Daniel
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Papers of Glyn Daniel.
St John's College Library. Creator: Glyn Edmund Daniel (1914-1986).
18 boxes, 2 portfolios. |
1885–2002 |
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Davies
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Papers of Hugh Sykes Davies.
St John's College Library. Creator: Davies, Hugh Sykes (1909-1984).
15 boxes. |
1928–1986 |
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Engledow
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Papers of Sir Frank Leonard Engledow.
St John's College Library. Creator: Sir Frank Leonard Engledow (1890-1985).
4 boxes. |
1914–1986 |
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Evans
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Papers of George Clifford Evans.
St John's College Library. Creator: George Clifford Evans (1913-2006).
4 boxes. |
1913–2004 |
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Glover
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Papers of Terrot Reavely Glover.
St John's College Library. Creator: Terrot Reaveley Glover (1869-1943).
73 boxes. |
1850–1955 |
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Goody
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Papers of Sir Jack Goody.
St John's College Library. Creator: Sir Jack Goody (b 1919).
c. 35 files, 50 boxes; paper. |
1950–2000 |
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Guest
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Papers of George Guest.
St John's College Library. Creator: George Howell Guest (1924-2002).
2 boxes; paper. |
1959–1991 |
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Harman
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Papers of Nathaniel Bishop Harman.
St John's College Library. Creator: Nathaniel Bishop Harman (1869-1945).
1 box; paper. |
1900–1943 |
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Harper
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Papers of Charles Hugh Richardson Harper.
St John's College Library. Creator: Charles Hugh Richardson Harper (1869-1947).
5 boxes; paper. |
1935–1948 |
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Heitland
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Papers of William Emerton Heitland.
St John's College Library. Creator: William Emerton Heitland (1847-1935).
2 boxes; paper. |
1864–1899 |
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Herschel
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Papers of Sir John Herschel.
St John's College Library. Creator: Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, 1792-1871.
64 items; paper. |
1812–1979 |
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Hiller
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The personal effects of Alan Menzies Hiller.
St John's College Library. Creator: Alan Menzies Hiller (1895-1915).
1 box. |
1900–1999 |
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How
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Papers of John Charles Halland How.
St John's College Library. Creator: John Charles Halland How (1881-1961).
8 diaries; paper. |
1904–1910 |
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Howard
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Papers of Sir Henry Fraser Howard.
St John's College Library. Creator: Sir Henry Fraser Howard (1874-1943).
2 boxes; paper. |
1891–1935 |
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Hoyle
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Papers of Sir Fred Hoyle.
St John's College Library. Creator: Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001).
121 boxes, personal effects. |
1915–2001 |
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Jeffreys
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Papers and correspondence of Sir Harold Jeffreys.
St John's College Library. Creator: Sir Harold Jeffreys (1891-1989).
69 boxes, ca 760 items; paper. |
1886–1999 |
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JeffreysB
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Papers of Bertha Jeffreys.
St John's College Library. Creator: Bertha Jeffreys (1903-1999).
55 boxes, ca 900 items. |
1871–2006 |
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Jopson
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Papers of Norman Brooke Jopson.
St John's College Library. Creator: Norman Brooke Jopson (1890-1969).
7 items; paper. |
1920–1965 |
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Kendall
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Papers of Sir Maurice George Kendall.
St John's College Library. Creator: Sir Maurice George Kendall (1907-1983).
3 boxes; paper. |
1929–2006 |
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Kendon
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Papers of Frank Samuel Herbert Kendon.
St John's College Library. Creator: Frank Samuel Herbert Kendon (1893-1959).
15 boxes; paper. |
1896–1958 |
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Larmor
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Papers of Sir Joseph Larmor.
St John's College Library. Creator: Larmor, Sir Joseph (1857-1942).
4 boxes; paper. |
1908–1942 |
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Lee
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Papers of John Lee.
St John's College Library. Creator: Lee, John (1783-1866).
87 items; paper. |
1793–1865 |
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Liturgical Psalter
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Liturgical Psalter projects 1975-77, 1993-99.
St John's College Library. Creator: Various.
3 boxes; paper. |
1975–1999 |
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Lunn
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Papers of John Robert Lunn.
St John's College Library. Creator: John Robert Lunn (1831-1899).
4 boxes, 1 vol.; paper. |
1831–1901 |
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Mallarmé
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The Mallarmé-Brennan collection.
St John's College Library. Creator: Christopher John Brennan (1870-1932).
25 vols., 8 letters; paper. |
1870–1986 |
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Maskelyne
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Papers of Nevil Maskelyne.
St John's College Library. Creator: Maskelyne, Nevil (1732-1811).
27 items; paper. |
1765–1830 |
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Mayor
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Notebooks of John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor.
St John's College Library. Creator: John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1825-1910).
32 vols.; paper. |
1650–1910 |
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Merry
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Papers of Douglas Cooper Merry.
St John's College Library. Creator: Douglas Cooper Merry (1910-1997).
3 boxes; paper. |
1930–1970 |
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Miller
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Papers of Edward Miller.
St John's College Library. Creator: Edward Miller (1915-2000).
11 boxes; paper. |
1950–1990 |
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Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous Papers.
St John's College Library. Creator: Various.
18 boxes; paper. |
1550–2001 |
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Monro
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Papers of Peter Alexander George Monro, alias Xander.
St John's College Library. Creator: Peter Alexander George Monro (1919-2005).
19 boxes. |
1935–2005 |
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Mordell
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Papers of Louis Joel Mordell.
St John's College Library. Creator: Louis Joel Mordell (1888-1972).
7 boxes; paper, photographs. |
1907–1974 |
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Morton
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Papers of William Blair Morton.
St John's College Library. Creator: William Blair Morton (1868-1949).
2 boxes; paper. |
1889–1892 |
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Mullinger
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Papers of James Bass Mullinger.
St John's College Library. Creator: Mullinger, James Bass, 1834-1917.
12 boxes + 7 letters; paper. |
1873–1915 |
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Napoleonic War
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Napoleonic War Letters and Documents.
St John's College Library. Creator: Alexander John Scott (1768-1840).
c. 460 items including some envelopes; paper. |
1786-Dec. 1804 |
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NewmanL
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Papers of Lyn Newman.
St John's College Library. Creator: Lyn Newman (1901-1973).
34 boxes; paper. |
1900–1978 |
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NewmanM
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Papers of Max Newman.
St John's College Library. Creator: Maxwell Herman Alexander Newman (1897-1984).
5 boxes; paper. |
1889–2001 |
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Notcutt
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Letters of Stephen Abbott Notcutt.
St John's College Library. Creator: Stephen Abbott Notcutt (1865-1923).
37 items; paper. |
1883–1977 |
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Orr
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Papers of Robin Orr.
St John's College Library. Creator: Robert (Robin) Kemsley Orr (1909-2006).
5 boxes; paper. |
1937–2001 |
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Page
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Papers of Thomas Ethelbert Page.
St John's College Library. Creator: Thomas Ethelbert Page (1850-1936).
7 boxes; paper. |
1878–1937 |
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Palmerston
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Papers of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.
St John's College Library. Creator: Henry John Temple (1784-1865) 3rd Viscount Palmerston.
76 items; paper. |
1812–1865 |
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Parkinson
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Papers of Stephen Parkinson.
St John's College Library. Creator: Stephen Parkinson (1823-1889).
19 notebooks; paper. |
1845–1889 |
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Parsons
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Papers of The Hon. Sir Charles Algernon Parsons.
St John's College Library. Creator: Parsons, Charles, Sir, 1854-1931.
53 letters; paper. |
1890–1927 |
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Peirson
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Papers of Robert Peirson.
St John's College Library. Creator: Robert Peirson (1821-1891).
50 boxes; paper. |
1854–1890 |
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Pelling
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Papers of Henry Mathison Pelling.
St John's College Library. Creator: Henry Mathison Pelling (1920-1997).
6 boxes. |
1948–1994 |
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Pendlebury
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Papers of Richard Pendlebury.
St John's College Library. Creator: Richard Pendlebury (1847-1902).
2 boxes; paper. |
1872–1902 |
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Photographs
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Photographic collections.
St John's College Library. Creator: Various. |
1851–1967 |
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Rapson
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Papers of Edward James Rapson.
St John's College Library. Creator: Edward James Rapson (1861-1937).
1 box; paper. |
1882–1940 |
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Ratcliff
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Papers of E.C. Ratcliff.
St John's College Library. Creator: Edward Craddock Ratcliff (1896-1967).
4 boxes; paper. |
1927–1972 |
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Roberts
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Papers of Ian M. Roberts.
St John's College Library. Creator: Roberts, Ian Michael (1957-).
3 boxes; paper. |
1974–1992 |
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Rootham
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Papers of Cyril Bradley Rootham.
St John's College Library. Creator: Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875-1938).
16 boxes; paper. |
1850–1995 |
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Sandys
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Papers of Sir John Edwin Sandys.
St John's College Library. Creator: Sir John Edwin Sandys (1844-1922).
2 boxes; paper. |
1870–1934 |
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Selwyn
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Papers of William Selwyn.
St John's College Library. Creator: William Selwyn (1806-1875).
1 box; paper. |
1875–1876 |
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Shore
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Papers of Lewis Erle Shore.
St John's College Library. Creator: Lewis Erle Shore (1863-1944).
2 boxes; paper. |
1900–1940 |
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Sikes
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Papers of Edward Ernest Sikes.
St John's College Library. Creator: Edward Ernest Sikes (1867-1940).
5 vols.; paper. |
1887–1910 |
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Simpson
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Papers of David Simpson.
St John's College Library. Creator: David Simpson (1745-1799).
4 boxes; paper. |
1772–1798 |
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Sinclair
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Papers of Thomas Alan Sinclair.
St John's College Library. Creator: Thomas Alan Sinclair (1899-1961).
1 box; paper. |
1920–1960 |
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Slavery
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Slavery Abolition Movement.
St John's College Library. Creator: Various.
6 boxes; paper. |
1787–2008 |
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Smith
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Papers of Arthur Edward Smith.
St John's College Library. Creator: Arthur Edward Smith (1871-1952).
39 items; paper. |
1930–1969 |
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Smithies
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Papers of Frank Smithies.
St John's College Library. Creator: Frank Smithies (1912-2002).
34 boxes, 8 albums. |
1912–2002 |
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Stewart
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Papers of Hugh Fraser Stewart.
St John's College Library. Creator: Hugh Fraser Stewart (1863-1948).
74 items; paper. |
1911–1914 |
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Swift
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Papers of Herbert Walker Swift.
St John's College Library. Creator: Herbert Walker Swift (1894-1960).
2 boxes; paper. |
1931–1997 |
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Sylvester
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Papers of James Joseph Sylvester.
St John's College Library. Creator: Sylvester, James Joseph (1814-1897).
12 Boxes; paper. |
1844–1976 |
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Tanner
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Papers of Joseph Robson Tanner.
St John's College Library. Creator: Joseph Robson Tanner (1860-1931).
16 boxes; paper. |
1881–1926 |
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TaylorB
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Papers of Brook Taylor.
St John's College Library. Creator: Brook Taylor (1685-1731).
2 boxes; paper. |
1701–1981 |
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TaylorC
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Papers of Charles Taylor.
St John's College Library. Creator: Charles Taylor (1840-1908).
2 boxes, 1 vol., 1 envelope; paper. |
1861–1909 |
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Todhunter
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Papers of Isaac Todhunter.
St John's College Library. Creator: Isaac Todhunter (1820-1884).
8 boxes; paper. |
1814–1884 |
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Webb
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Papers of Robert Rumsey Webb.
St John's College Library. Creator: Robert Rumsey Webb (1850-1936).
1 box; paper. |
1880–1910 |
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White
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Papers of Francis Puryer White.
St John's College Library. Creator: Francis Puryer White (1893-1969).
6 boxes; paper. |
1915–1961 |
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Whittaker
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Papers of John William Whittaker.
St John's College Library. Creator: John William Whittaker (1791-1854).
18 folders; paper. |
1798–1955 |
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Whytehead
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Papers relating to the Whytehead family.
St John's College Library. Creator: Various.
1 box. |
1694–1940 |
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Wilberforce
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Papers of William Wilberforce.
St John's College Library. Creator: William Wilberforce (1759-1833).
25 items; paper. |
1737–1833 |
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Wilkes
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Papers of Maurice Wilkes.
St John's College Library. Creator: Maurice Vincent Wilkes (1913-2010).
34 boxes and several awards; paper. |
1850–2010 |
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Wood
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Papers of James Wood.
St John's College Library. Creator: James Wood (1760-1839).
6 boxes; paper. |
1754–1817 |
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Wordsworth
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Papers of William Wordsworth.
St John's College Library. Creator: William Wordsworth (1770-1850).
26 folders; paper. |
1806–1975 |
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