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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

This exhibition was an important retrospective featuring the wide-ranging portfolio of Will Carter (one of Cambridge’s most respected and much-loved resident artists), including many examples of his calligraphy, letter carving, printing, and typefaces created for private clients and public commissions.

File contains:

(1) Poster for the exhibition
(2) Exhibition flyer (2 copies)
(3) Brochure (2 copies)
(4) List of exhibits (2 copies)
(5) Information on work in College - brass stall plate (Chapel); design for a plaque commemorating C. S. Lewis (Chapel); Sundial (Benson Court)

The exhibition also included a retrospective of the calligraphy of Dr Ronald Hyam. The file contains:
(1) A small poster
(2) List of exhibits (2 copies)

'The Type Designs of Will Carter' by Sebastian Carter, The Typophiles, New Series No. 32

War Memorial First World War

Designed in 1920 by Alexander Fisher and adorned with armorial shields in enamel. It is affixed under the south-east window. On 11 November 1923 there was a Dedication Service attended by Lord and Lady Braybrooke (Visitor) and the dedication was performed by the Bishop of Ely, Dr Chase (this was the first time a Bishop of Ely had ever visited the Chapel). It bears the names and regiments of the 65 men who died.

War Memorial Second World War

Designed by Mr A. Reynolds Stone (an old member of the College) and executed by Will Carter. The names are carved in seven columns, on Abergavenny Blue slate, set in a plain frame of Caen. The College arms are in the centre. The Latin inscription was suggested by Mr A.B. Ramsay. It is affixed under the north-east window. Iy was unveiled and dedicated on Remembrance Sunday, 6 November 1949. It bears the names of 129 men who died.

Printed valuations of investments prepared by McAnally, Montgomery & Co.

This exhibition introduces a selection of prints by three renowned contemporary artists and published by Paragon Press: Rachel Whiteread, Sir Grayson Perry and Sarah Morris. The works are connected through their portrayal of modernity and the consequences of the modernist dream. A small group of sculptures by Whiteread and ephemera from Perry will also be displayed.

The file consists of:

(1) Poster
(2) Flyer

This exhibition showcased the work of Czech artist Jiří Kolář who worked across different media. He was a poet, writer, and translator who expanded the boundaries of modern art by deconstructing the printed image and word. In reassembling and constructing images in collage, he created often absurd commentaries on modern life and the turmoil he faced as a political dissident in Communist Czechoslovakia.

The file consists of:
(1) Poster for the exhibition
(2) Exhibition flyer (2 copies)
(3) Brochure (2 copies)

2023 marked the centenary of Cyril Fox's celebrated book The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region which was based on his Magdalene and Cambridge PhD of 1922. This seminal work introduced several innovations within archaeology, including the landscape perspective which has become a standard means of thinking and presenting the past in archaeology. In 1932 Fox wrote another important work called The Personality of Britain. Together these volumes emphasize the enduring relationship between archaeology, geography, landscape and environment.

The exhibition drew on these two volumes, alongside other materials, to look at two themes, Fox’s personality and the legacy of his research, both focused on his short, but important, Cambridge experience.

The file consists of:
(1) Poster for the exhibition
(2) Flyer for the exhibition [2 copies]
(3) Brochure

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.

File of thank you letters and acceptance of invitations from students.

File containing biographical material collected by the Emeritus Archivist on the life of Simon Barrington-Ward:

(1) out line of his career written when he was Bishop of Coventry, c. 1985
(2) letter to the Master expressing his views on the admission of women to Magdalene College in repose to a letter canvassing the views of all members of College,4 Jul 1986
(3) profile from The Church Times, Feb 1990
(4) obituary from the College Magazine, No. 64 (2019-2020)
(5) photocopy of an article with the author's memories of Simon Barrington-Ward at Magdalene, [undated and no author given]

File containing typed statements for Tutor's accounts, 1909-1926 with some related correspondence from the Chartered Accountants.

Exhibition notes for: British Association of Clinical Anatomists - Samuel Pepys's Library: Special Exhibition.

Copy of a talk about Major Sir Robert Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps, who died 30 June 1944 aged 24. He entered Magdalene College in October 1937 to study for the History Tripos. He joined up at the end of his second year and therefore did not complete his degree. The paper includes photographs. The talk was given by Mrs Roberta Matulja, Churchwarden, Nash and Boraston, South Shropshire.

Copy of the speech given by Sir Christopher Greenwood at the lunch to celebrate the 90th birthday of Sir John Gurdon.

Contains documents and photocopies about Rudyard Kipling:

(1) Typescript copy from his diaries of motor tours, taken between 1911-14 and 1920-1926 (originals held in the Macmillan Archive).

(2) Photocopies of the wills of Rudyard Kipling, Caroline Kipling (wife) and Elsie Bainbridge (daughter) (originals are held in the University of Sussex)

(3) Copy of the Pocket Edition of Kim, 1960 (the ‘Heatthen edition’)

(4) Copies of Magdalene College Occasional Papers:
Kipling and His 'Coll' by Jeffery D. Lewins (No. 9)
The Kipling that Nobody Reads by Thomas Pinney, (No. 19)
The Ramsay - Mrs Kipling Letters by Jeffery D. Lewins (No. 25)
The Kipling Onetime Governess: Sylvia Thompson's Memoir by Jeffery D. Lewins (No. 26).

Also:
The Kipling Journal, June 2001;
Rudyard Kipling's IF - in Translation, edited by Jeffrey Lewins, August 2001;
Kipling on Magdalene, Two Un-published Letters about his Honorary Fellowship from the College Magazine, No. 41 1996-1997.

(5) Papers relating to the Kipling Centenary Conference held in Magdalene College, on 5-7 September 2001 to mark the centenary of the publication of Kim. Includes the programme, attendance list, and abstracts of papers given.

(6) Photocopy of a photograph of a plaque at the University of Cape Town

Letter from Harry Redfern to Talbot Peel (Bursar) hoping that the new panelling in the Chapel was satisfactory.

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) replacing the tapestries in the Chapel with French walnut panelling
(2) new entrance gates for the drive to the Master's Lodge

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) recommendation of Redfern to T.C. Wyatt of Feh House, Chaucer Road, Cambridge
(2) surveyor's final accounts for work on the undergraduates reading room and alterations to the kitchen
(3) proposal for the removal of tapestries from the walls of the Chapel and replacing them with oak panelling

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) alterations to the undergraduate reading room
(2) plan of furniture in the undergraduates reading room
(3) furniture, flooring and curtains for the common room and reading room
(4) changes to the kitchens

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) proposed enlargement of the common room

(2) letter to Christ's College recommending:
Sir Edwin Lutyens ["we found him most agreeable to deal with and took every pains to meet the wishes of the College"] and Harry Redfern ["He is especially good in catching the spirit of the present buildings and entirely effacing himself, making no effort to show a building that would call attention to himself"]

(3) a survey of the College buildings to be carried out by Mr Dean of the Estates Management School

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) a proposal to join part of the small house next to the fives courts to a smaller house in the approach to Mallory Court to make a house for a resident Porter, and to convert the remainder of the small house into two sets for undergraduates
(2) drawing of the cottages in Mallory Court showing the living room, keeping room, kitchen, bedroom, scullery, fuel store, and yard

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) repairs to the base of the pillars on the Pepys Building
(2) housing for a large refrigerator in the College kitchen and extension of the kitchen office
(3) colours for painting the window frames and door in Mallory Court

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) a lamp for the College gateway [ultimately rejected]
(2) electric light brackets for the entrance to the chapel and library from First Court
(3) proposed new dormer window in the set on the second floor off the chapel staircase and a proposed alteration in the window of the Combination Room
(4) drawing of the fireplace in the Combination Room with detail of the grate and estimate of costs
(5) repairs to the base of the pillars on the Pepys Building

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) a proposed dormer window in the keeping room on the top floor overlooking the garden and the proposed lowering of the sill of the window in the keeping room on the ground floor overlooking River Court
(2) design for a metal lantern to be fixed on the wall of the gatehouse opposite the entrance to the Porter's Lodge
(3) new boathouse [the purchase of the land for the boathouse was put off and so did not take place at this time]

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) repairing the stones on the front of the Pepys Building
(2) repairs to the chimneys on the Pepys Building
(3) addition of a new bedroom to the Old Lodge

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) roof facing Pepys Court
(2) the condition of the brickwork on the Hall and Kitchen facing the Pepys Building
(3) the failure of certain stones on the front of the Pepys Library
(4) the leak in the College roof above the organ and the need to replace the slates
(5) lights for the Pepys loggia and the screens
(6) a lantern for the wall in the gateway opposite to the Porters Lodge
(7) an electric light pendant for the Pepys cloister - designed like an old lantern commonly used in ships and therefore in keeping with Pepys [this was resected to Redfern's surprise and disappointment]

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) curtains and tables for the library extension
(2) proposed cycle house in the court in front of the Old Lodge
(3) payments of accounts for various work carried out by the builders Messrs Sindalls
(4) payment of accounts from Harry Redfern
(5) decay of stonework in First Court
(6) layout of a court in front of Old Lodge
(7) alteration to the cycle house to form a set next to the gateway
(8) letter to Talbot Peel from Sir Edwin Lutyens thanking him for photos and apologising for the trouble he has put him to

Letters between Talbot Peel (Bursar) and Harry Redfern about:

(1) proposed new road
(2) remodelling Old Lodge [see MCAD/5/RED/2/1926
(3) annex to the Library
(4) conversion of the old brewery building in Ekin's yard to a hostel [now Mallory Court]
(5) proposed alterations to First Court [see: MCAD/5/RED/2/1926/2]
(6) alterations to the first floor of the Pepys Building
(7) taking down and rebuiding the wall of the Court next to Magdalene Street
(8) a door in the Old Lodge building
(9) light at the beginning of the path to Mallory Court