| Title |
SELWYN COLLEGE AND SELWYN FAMILY HISTORY |
| Reference |
SEHR/1 |
| Covering Dates |
1878–2010 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 box, 6 bundles, 5 volumes; Paper |
|
| Content and context |
Papers and items on the history of the College and biographical details of the Selwyn family and other individuals related to College; this does not include members of Selwyn College and their relatives (see SEHR/2) |
| Selwyn/SEHR/1 contains: |
|
1
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Early New Zealand Ecclesiastical Architecture. Architectural drawings and plans of various early churches and other religious buildings in diocese of Auckland, erected whilst Bishop Selwyn was still Bishop of New Zealand; drawings prepared under the direction of Rt Rev. WJ Simkin; with one set of duplicate plans.
Creator: Sedcole and Crookes.
4 bundles; Paper. |
1930 |
|
2
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Bishop Selwyn biographical papers. Biography, newspaper articles on his life and death, Selwyn memorial; pedigrees. Also Selwyn family tree dated 13th January 1774.
1 file; Paper. |
1878–2004 |
|
3
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Biographies of Bishop Charlres John Abraham and of Caroline Harriet Abraham. Articles from Dictionary of New Zealand biography.
1 item; Paper. |
2005 |
|
4
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The Selwyns of Sussex by Revd. AA Evans, Vicar of East Dean and Friston, 1908-1929. History of Friston church and house.
1 item; Paper. |
2002 |
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5
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C.T.A & M.T.A and the homes they made by Virginia Browne-Wilkinson. Abraham Upping at Selwyn College, Cambridge 26-28 August 2005. Family history of Charles Thomas Abraham and his wife, Mary Theresa Furse, contains some images of family photographs.
Creator: Browne-Wilkinson, Virginia.
1 volume; Paper. |
2005 |
|
6
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No road for his coach: Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand by Joyce Reason and Enid Whitelaw, Eagle books no. 75 (London: Edinburgh House Press, 1961). Fictional account of Selwyn's time as Bishop in New Zealand - TO DISPLAY APRIL 2009.
1 item; Paper. |
1961 |
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8
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History of the woodwork/pannelling around the dais of Selwyn College Hall. Includes volume with articles on the demolition of St Mary's Church Rotterdam and the new and old woodwork of the hall with various copies of photographs; new volume on history of the Church and pannelling, which includes photographs of Selwyn pannelling on p. 44 copied from the older volume; information booklet produced in 1958 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the foundation of St. Mary's church in Rotterdam.
2 volumes; Paper. |
c. 1915–2008 |
|
9
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Reminiscences by Mrs. S.H. Selwyn 1809-1867 with an introduction and notes by Enid A Evans. This is an incomplete copy of a typescript.
1 item; Paper. |
1961 |
|
10
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Newspaper cutting about visit of Nicholas Selwyn to New Zealand in 2006. Copy of cutting with photograph of Nicholas Selwyn from the Auckland Diocesan periodical, "The Anglican.
1 item; Paper. |
2006 |
|
11
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William Charles Cotton MA 1813-1879: Priest, Missionary and Bee Master: a turbulent life. A biography by Arthur R Smith (Countyvise, 2006). Biography of Wiliam Cotton, the priest who accompanied Bishop Selwyn out to New Zealand. Includes references to the Cotton Letters in the Selwyn Letters collection in Selwyn Archives.
Creator: Smith, Arthur R.
1 volume; Paper. |
2006 |
|
12
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Memorials of Four Brothers [William (1806-75), George Augustus (1809-78), Thomas Kynaston (1812-34) and Charles Jasper Selwyn (1813-69)]. Hiscoke & Son, Printers, Richmond. A small volume with four biographies of the four Selwyn brothers, perhaps written by Charles Jasper Selwyn (unlikely as it includes an account of his death, more probably by Frances Elizabeth Selwyn 1815-1903); three of the biographies are accompanied by a photograph. Terry Brown writes 23/11/2008: 'Worldcat and others attribute the book to the oldest Selwyn sister, Laetitia Frances, not the youngest, as I suggested when I visited.'.
1 volume; Paper. |
c. 1882 |
|
13
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Sermons by Bishop John Richardson Selwyn. Offprints of sermons: Foreign missions (1892), Ordination Sermon (1895), Foreign Service Order (1896), Sermon preached by Vincent Henry Stanton after the death of John Richardson Selwyn(1898).
4 items; Paper. |
1892–1898 |
|
14
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The New Chapel of St Johns College [Cambridge]. A speech at the Annual Commemoration of Benefactors by William Selwyn.
1 item; Paper. |
1869 |
|
15
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Frederick Thatcher and St Pauls: an ecclesiological study by Margaret Alington. Pamphlet on the history of St Paul's Church, Wellington, New Zealand and the work of the architect,Thatcher, with Bishop Selwyn in New Zealand.
1 item; Paper. |
1965 |
|
16
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The Selwyn churches of Auckland by CR Knight. With letter by ?R Lisney to Chaplain, 1989.
1 volume; Paper. |
1972 |
|
17
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Patteson Memorial Chapel Norfolk Island .. Edited by Sir John Cutch and The Revd John Pinder. With letter to John? from John [Pinder]. Also photograph of memorial with transcript of inscription.
5 items; Paper. |
1980–2010 |
|
18
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The Cambridge Bull - a publication by the American students in uniform.. who..were privileged to attend the Michaelmas term 1945 edited by John Muellar.
1 volume; Paper. |
December 1945 |
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19
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Pamphlet and greetings card from Whitman College, Princeton University, designed by Porphyrios Associates. Pamphlet contains photos of buildings which are similar in style to Ann's Court at Selwyn College.
2 items; Paper. |
2007 |
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20
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A short history of Selwyn House, St James's London 1543-1949.
1 volume; Paper. |
1950 |
|
21
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Driffield bequest to Selwyn College. Order of Service for Marian Ethel Driffield with correspondence relating to gift of furniture to the College.
1 file; Paper. |
1962–1970 |
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22
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Papers and notes on Selwyn College properties. Notes on history of College properties and use of Loke House as name for different properties by Philomena Guillebaud, local history researcher; with copy of plan of College houses and hostels between Grange Road and West Road and also buildings on Selwyn Road.
1 file; Paper. |
2006–2008 |
|
23
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Selwyn College Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Printed war list for First World War; Also further list of names from the Roll of Honour with details of year of matriculation and membership of any sports photographs; with copies of photographs of 1913/1914 sports teams used for the permanent Library display and based on the Remembrance display (2009); electronic copies of the roll of honour.
1 item and electronic file; paper and electronic. |
1918–2010 |
|
24
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Memoir of the Life and Episcopate of George Augustus Selwyn, D.D. Bishop of New Zealand, 1841-1869; Bishop of Lichfield 1867-1878 by Rev. H.W. Tucker, M.A. Biography of Bishop Selwyn in two volumes.
2 volumes; Paper. |
1879 |
|
25
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Churchman Militant - George Augustus Selwyn Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield. Biography of Bishop Selwyn.
1 volume; Paper. |
1964 |
|
26
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The True Way of Service - The Pacific Story of the Melanesian Brotherhood 1925-2000 by Brian Macdonald-Milne.
Creator: Macdonald-Milne, Brian.
1 volume; Paper. |
2003 |
|
27
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Obituaries notices of death and memorial notices for John Richardson Selwyn, 1898. Volume containing newscuttings of obituaries and memorials pasted in with dates and titles of newspapers written beside each; initials at front of volume JJS [?perhaps John Jasper Selwyn b. 1918].
1 volume; Paper; Volume requires some attention. |
1898 |
|
28
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Transcript of talk on the role of the Selwyn family in Richmond and Kew presented to the Richmond Local History Society on Monday 20th April 2009. Illustrated talk by Nicholas Selwyn.
1 item; Paper. |
2009 |
|
29
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History of Grantchester/Newnham football club 1907-1913 by David Argent. Typescript account with notes on members of team who were servants at Selwyn and also members of servants sports teams as well as copies of Selwyn photographs. References on pp. 4, 8 and 21-4 to Selwyn servants as follows: Bertie Martin Gray, Frank Argent, Herbert Gerorge King and H. Moss. The first three were members of team which won the inter College Cup in 1925-6 and Frank Argent was also a member of the servants rowing team in 1913.
1 bundle; Paper. |
c. 1995 |
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30
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The Wooden spoon: Rank (dis)order in Cambridge 1753-1909 by Christopher Stray. Booklet on the history of the wooden spoon and produced to accompany an exhibition at St John's in 2009 which featured Selwyn's wooden spoon.
1 item; Paper. |
2009 |
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31
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Eton College - Part 1 of publication by Archie Hills. Compilation of biographies of Eton men including Bishop Selwyn with reproductions of various images of Selwyn, his family and maps of New Zealand, though no citations are given. One image is of the Richmond portrait of Selwyn.
Creator: Hill, Archie.
1 item; Paper. |
2010 |
|
32
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Selwyn Sundial. Information provided by the Master about the sundial.
1 file; Paper. |
2010 |
|
33
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Bibliographical Information. Information provided by Mary Sweet regarding information concerning the foundation of Selwyn college to be found in the Lichfield Diocesan magazine.
1 item; Paper. |
February 1996 |
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34
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Bourton. Property sale catalogue for 'Bourton' on West Road, Cambridge. According to catalogue the sale was made between Henry Hibb Sills of King's College and Godfrey Harold Alfred Wilson of Clare College.
1; Paper. |
June 1910 |
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35
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Social History of Selwyn College 1905-1925. A brief history of the college written by W. Nalder Williams at the request of the Master and some of the Fellows.
1 item; Paper. |
1965 |
|
36
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Selwyn College Special Funds. Handwritten notes describing the history of each of the funds that existed at Selwyn at the time of writing. Also includes two entries for minutes for Patteson studentship at the rear of the notebook (1931 and 1937).
1 item; Paper. |
c 1930 |
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37
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Selwyn College, Cambridge 1882 - 1939. A general guide and history of the college.
1 item; Paper. |
1947 |
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