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Amalgamation Club Balance Sheets, 1890 - 1920

Printed annual balance sheets for the Amalgamation Club, 1890 - 1907 [missing 1902], 1913-14, 1918-19, 1919-20. Also hand written statement of receipts and expenses in connection with the new ground from the date of purchase up to 23 September 1911 and a list of subscriptions gathered giving name and amount.

Boat Club Committee of Management Minute Book, 1982-2003

Minutes of the Magdalene Boat Club Committee of Management meetings held on the following dates:

Special Meeting, 11 Jun 1982
First meeting: 15 Oct 1982
25 Jan 1983, 29 Apr 1983, 14 Oct 1983
28 Feb 1984, Captain's Report as at 9 May 1984
8 Jun 1985, 25 Oct 1985
14 Jun 1986
30 Oct 1987 [agenda only]
20 May 1994, 26 Oct 1994
27 Jan 1995, 5 May 1995, 17 Jun 1995, 5 May 1995
13 Nov 1997, 17 Nov 1997
16 Feb 1996, 14 Nov 1996,
Treasurer's Report for Lent term 1997
13 Nov 1998, Lent term 1998, May term 1998
Treasurer's Report for Lent term 1998
25 May 2003

Boswell the Biographer

File about Mallory's book Boswell the Biographer including letters from John Murray (publishers), Smith, Elder & Co [who published the book]; an account showing sales; Mallory's account showing he had ordered six copies to be sent to Charterhouse (3 copies), G. Sayle, G. L. Keynes, and St John's Vicarage [his parents]; and press cuttings of reviews.

Also a copy of the book text published by Amazon 2016 (Create Space Independent Publishing Platform), printed in Poland.

Correspondence

Letters from V. Vernon-Jones [20 January 1901], S. A. Donaldson [2 May 1905], and A. C. Benson [5 May 1905] accepting honorary membership of the Amalgamated Club. One letter from Selina Gill [mother of W. A. Gill (Fellow), founder of the Club], acknowledging condolences on his death.

Letters of Condolence, 1924

Letters of condolence written to Ruth Mallory on the death of her husband George Mallory on Mount Everest from:

Mary Anne O'Malley; Jelly d'Aranji; Geoffrey Keynes; Geoffrey Young; Robert Graves; E. F. Norton; George Trevelyan; Will A-Forster [whom Ruth married in 1939]; KA Forster; Alan Goodfellow; M. J. Rendall; Arthur Hinks; F. Keeling Scott; J. N. Collie; T. Howard Somerville; A. C. Benson; message of condolence from the King sent to Sir Francis Younghusband and passed on to Ruth; Noel Odell; and various Climbing Clubs.

Also a booklet in which his John Mallory [son] has transcribed the letters for George and Ruth's descendants.

List of Crews, 1981 -

List of crews for:
Lent Bumps: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984,
May Bumps: 1983, 1986, 1996 (includes results), 1997
Fairbairn Cup: 1981, 1985
Cam Head Race: 1983

Memorials at Magdalene College

Copies of photographs showing the outside of Mallory Court, a room inside Mallory Court, the stone memorial inscription on Mallory Court (a gift of A. C. Benson), a black and white slide of Mallory Court, and the brass memorial to George Mallory in the College's Chapel

Notes on Climbing

Drafts of articles and lectures about climbing including one called The Art of Climbing and another called Death in the Alps in which he expresses his views on the risk of dying whilst climbing.

Poppy Day and Rag Records

A volume giving a full report on the Poppy Day fundraising events to help future organisers. Includes black and white photographs.

16 small black and white photographs and negatives in the original Kodak Wallet of Rag Day 1951 and the Poppy Day events, c. 1952 or 1953.

The Book of Geoffrey

Handwritten and typed notes for a novel called The Book of Geoffrey in which he was able to explore his views on morality and the existing educational system.

Winchester College

File containing items relating to Winchester School where George Mallory was a pupil:

(1) Booklet with the College crest and moto on the cover containing 16 photographs of the College and pupils
(2) Letter dated 27 Sept 1911 to Mallory from 'ERM' asking him to send a contribution to Rendall's present
(3) Letter dated 13 Nov 1911 to Mallory from John Stainton thanking him for his contribution to Rendall's present
(4) Letter undated except for 'Wednesday' to Mallory from Rendall asking him to confirm whether he had made a contribution to the museum which he thinks he did and also inviting Mallory to bicycle over to Farnham Castle to tea before attending the lecture he was giving on Mount Sinai
(5) Letter dated 20 Jul 1914 to Mallory from Rendall letting him know he was having the rug sent down from London
(6) Letter to Mrs Mallory from Rendell commenting on the pamphlet George Mallory wrote for school children in 1915 called War Work for Boys and Girls
(7) Letter dated 27 May [possibly 1923] to Mallory from Rendall congratulating him on his new post which he had heard about from A. C. Benson and commiserating with him about Everest