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The Old Library, which is distinct from the Pepys Library, is Magdalene’s collection of rare books and manuscripts which has evolved throughout the history of the College. The Old Library also collects modern publications relating to the College and to Cambridge more widely. There are also a small number of ephemeral items and archive-type collections in the Old Library, and it is this material which we aim to enter into this catalogue. For advice on locating the printed books and manuscripts in the Old Library online, please consult the following page: https://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/old-library/catalogues

The albums contain engraved portraits, autographs and correspondence of notable individuals chiefly from the United Kingdom, Belgium and France, but other countries are also represented. The vast majority of these items are from the 19th century, with an engraved portrait of the individual on the verso of the album page and a corresponding autograph/letter from that individual to Sylvain Van de Weyer or Elizabeth Van de Weyer on the recto of the album page. There is also a small grouping of older items relating to French historical figures.
Many of the items are undated, therefore the date range of the collection is taken from items which can be dated to a specific year.

This collection is distinct from the Pepys Library. It contains reference material relating to Pepys from the seventeenth century to the present day, the first transcription of his diary from the 19th century, and printed books (the latter being catalogued on the University of Cambridge's Library catalogue, 'idiscover').

Any records of the Pepys Librarians held by the college are in the 'Personal Papers' collection. Please see a list of former Pepys Librarians below (with an accompanying reference code to their personal papers if applicable). From 1724-1900, the position of Pepys Librarian was held by the Master of the College.

Daniel Waterland (Pepys Librarian, 1724-1740)
Edward Abbott (Pepys Librarian, 1740–1746)
Thomas Chapman (Pepys Librarian, 1746–1760)
George Sandby (Pepys Librarian, 1760–1774)
Barton Wallop (Pepys Librarian, 1774–1781)
Peter Peckard (Pepys Librarian, 1781–1797)
William Gretton (Pepys Librarian, 1797–1813)
George Neville-Grenville (Pepys Librarian, 1813–1853)
Latimer Neville (Pepys Librarian, 1853–1900)
A.S. Ramsey (Pepys Librarian, 1900-1904)
V. S. Stanley Jones (Pepys Librarian, 1904-1906): MCPP/VER
Percy Lubbock (Pepys Librarian, 1906-1908)
Stephen Gaselee (Pepys Librarian, 1908-1919)
Owen Morshead (Pepys Librarian, 1919-1926)
A.B. Ramsay (Pepys Librarian, 1926-1927)
Francis Turner (Pepys Librarian, 1927-1949): MCPP/FT
Richard Ladborough (Pepys Librarian, 1949-1972)
Robert Latham (Pepys Librarian, 1972-1982): MCPP/LAT
Richard Luckett (Pepys Librarian, 1982-2012): MCPP/LUC

The collection is in two parts:

(1) Original material:

• 19 Letters written while in residence in Magdalene: 17 letters to his mother Lady Acton (in French) and two to his brother Sir Richard Acton (in English), 13 Feb 1820 - 26 Aug 1821

(2) Supporting material:

• Photocopies of ten letters to his mother (in French) and sister Mrs Elizabeth Throckmorton, Sept 1821 - April 1837
• Photocopies of two reports on the interviews between Pope Gregory XVI and Czar Nicholas I of Russia, 1845
• Article on Cardinal Acton from the College Magazine
• Photographs of portraits of the Acton family

A collection of lecture notes, offprints, a report on 'Colossus', 2 photographs, and the speech he gave at the lunch to mark his 50th year as a Fellow. Collected from his room in College by the Archivist after his death to create this collection.

The collection contains some of Simon Barrington-Ward's letters, articles, sermons, and Christmas cards (sent to Ronald Hyam). There is a file about his appointment as Bishop of Coventry and a biographical file which includes his obituary.

A photograph album containing 96 carte de visite sized portraits, many of which are undergraduates (1873-1876).

C.S. Lewis was appointed the first Professor of Medieval & Renaissance English at Cambridge and moved from Magdalen College, Oxford, to take up the position in 1954. He was made a Professorial Fellow of Magdalene College in 1954, and he had rooms in First Court. He was made an Honorary Fellow in 1963 and died on 22 November 1963. A Memorial Service was held in the Chapel..

He described his move as a 'great success' and described Magdalene in the following terms:
‘My new college is a smaller, softer, more gracious place than my old. The mental and social atmosphere is like the sunny side of a wall in an old garden'; ‘A tiny little place … but a perfect gem architecturally and (I think) much more congenial socially and spiritually.’

See Walter Hooper (ed)., Collected Letters, 3 vols. (2000-2006), esp. Vol. III 'Narnia, Cambridge & Joy, 1950-1963'.
In addition to the letters in this archive, Hooper prints his ‘Easter hymn’ (F/FT/3); a letter about Canon Tibbats; and a letter about the possible deposit of Kipling’s papers in the College (p. 1261, 4 May 1961).

For other letters of College interest, see W.H. Lewis (ed) Letters of C.S. Lewis , p. 289 (Lady Willink's death), p. 293 (unexpurgated Pepys), and p. 308 (Hon. Fellowship).

Most of C.S. Lewis's papers are held in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

A substantial collection of correspondence, books and memorabilia, photographs, slides and audio-visual materials, drafts for books, lectures and poems, bequeathed to the College; together with the diaries of Dorothea Richards, which run from 1912 to 1986. The main archival collection is in 62 boxes and 50 notebooks. There is also a notable collection of Chinese scrolls, for which a special scrolarium table was constructed after the bequest came to the Old Library . Although many books and papers were removed and destroyed, or lost in flooding, during the lifetime of the donors, what remains gives a comprehensive representation.

Documents that belonged to Sylvia Thompson, governess to the children of Rudyard Kipling.

The collection is in two parts:

(1) CBE
(2) Order of service and eulogies at his memorial service

Diaries of Robert Broadbent who was an undergraduate at Magdalene College between 1928 and 1933 (the diaries start just before his arrival in College (Jan 1928) and run on after he has left (Dec 1933) and there are further entries for May 1934).

The diaries are in six volumes, one per year. There is also a shortened and edited version entitled Myself when Young, 1928-1933 which Broadbent completed for the College in 1980. There are three appendices:
(1) Principal characters
(2) Last days in India, 1947 based on letters to his wife
(3) one term's accounts as an undergraduate

There is also a copy of the address given at his funeral in 1989.

The diaries throw light on Cambridge and College life for an undergraduate of the period. He meets A.C. Benson, Fr R.H. Benson, Jim Butler, Rupert Brooke, Charles Sayle, and Frank Salter. His main friends are C.R.D. Lumby, (off and on) George Mallory, and some Old Reptonians. He is keen on antiquarian books, rowing and Union debating. He and Lumby explore the College Old Library, and undertake some cataloguing [see esp. MCPP/VEC/1/2 page 53 (17 Feb 1908)]. He goes to some history lectures and Conservative Party meetings, and takes some Sunday School classes. His days are regularly punctuated with invitations to breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and coffee; he 'keeps' compulsory Chapels, and the occasional 'Albi' (i.e. visits to the Master's Lodge). He is a member of the Marlowe Society, the Kingsley Club, the Carlton Club, the "Pepys Society" (a literary group including Keable and Grimble). He knows how to evaluate sermons, prints and furniture.

Photograph album containing images of J. Aubrey P. Edgcumbe's time at Magdalene as an undergraduate including Winchester College photographs, College buildings, football, rugby, and rowing.

An artificial collection of papers and photographs relating to Thomas Kerrich

Robert France was an undergraduate at Magdalene College and a member of the Boat Club. This collection of material was donated to the Archives by his family and covers his time as a member of the Boat Club.