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Correspondence concerning the Merton College estate and former beerhouse known as the 'Brick Kiln' belonging to Francis Eaden.

Handwritten notes on teaching art.

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.

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.

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

File relating to land at Stow Cum Quy containing:

(1) Declaration from John Sterne that he had received from Mary Brace of Cambridge (widow) the sum of £20 of the £70 for the purchase of 10 acres of his 40 acres of land and gives further details, 28 Aug 1654 [see: MCAD/4/1/14/20]

(2) Letter to the Master of Magdalene College from Thomas D’ayd explaining the difficulties he was having letting land at Stow Cum Quy at the rent the College was asking, 13 Dec 1691

(3) Letter from the Revd Mr Bywater addressed to John Claridge, at the Salopian Coffee House, Charing Cross, London asking for a copy of the terrier that John Martin was covenanted to produce in his lease from the College, 25 Apr 1787

(4) Letter from John Claridge to the Revd Mr Bywater assuring him that he had asked Mr Kettle to produce a careful copy of the terrier. He would be happy to agree with him for a new lease and thought he and the College would deal liberally with Mr Martin who had spend £200 on part of the estate which had led to it increasing in value, 4 May 1787

(5) Letter from John Claridge to the Revd Mr Bywater – he was highly pleased with Bywater’s letter and would communicate it to Mr Martin who would be pleased with the liberal conduct of the College on the renewal of his lease, 12 March 1788

(6) Letter from Mr Kettle to Mr Custance – he had written to Mr Martin twice to ask for a copy of the terrier but had not received a reply, 5 Sept 1807

(7) Letter from Mr Custance to Revd Mr Lowe saying that he had been to Quy with the College terrier but he needed the plan of the parish which he had asked Mr Kettle for but had not received. He did not know if they should make out a new lease without the plan as the lands were ill known but Michaelmas was approaching. He would do his best to deal with Mr Kettle in the interests of the College but would like his approbation before he concluded anything, 6 Sept 1807

(8) Letter from Mr Custance saying that he had received a letter from Mr Kettle saying he had received the map of the Quy estate from Mr Martin. He had arranged to go out on 17th to make out the lands, 9 Sept 1807

(9) Note from Mr Claridge to Revd Mr Bywater thanking him for his invitation which he couldn’t accept as he was leaving Cambridge by fly at an early hour. The Revd Mr Bywater should rest assured that any map or terrier that the College needed would be available at all times, undated

(10) Instructions for the lease of Quy Farm as follows:
Magdalene College to James Thomas Martin
Term: 10 years from Michaelmas 1839
Quantity: 64 acres, 1 rood, 32 perches
Rent: £135 to be paid half yearly
Tenant to farm land according to the custom of the parish, to keep and leave farm house and buildings in good repair
To fence new allotment and raise a good ?
To pay rent charge in lieu of tithes and all other outgoings
Expense of lease to be divided
Martin Nockolds

(1) ‘The Uncontemporary Apologist' in Theology LXVIII, (No. 536), Feb 1965, by Simon Barrington-Ward (Fellow and Dean of Magdalene College)

(2) Photocopy of an obituary by Helen Gardner in Proceedings of the British Academy LI (1965)

(3) Printout of a copy of an obituary in The Times, 25 November 1963

The file contains the following:

(1) Terrier - undated c. late 16th / early 17th century

(2) Letter to the Master of Magdalene College from the Bishop of Ely informing him that the Revd Mr Smith had resigned from the living of Long Stanton and so it had been declared vacant, 26 May 1781

(3) Unsigned draft letter saying the writer would see Messrs Marsh and Swann about the rent which he thought should be left for settlement between them and the College and that their rent should be paid in full to Dr Goodall allowing for a deduction for interest.

(4) Institution of the Revd William Cornforth to the Rectory of Stanton St Michael by the Bishop of Ely on the presentation of the College, 26 Jun 1819

(5) Draft letter from the College to the Bishop of Ely asking that Revd Cornforth be presented to the Rectory of Stanton St Michael

(6) List of dilapidations and sundry work required to be done on the Rectory house at Long Stanton, 23 June 1823

(7) Letter from William Cecil concerning an Act of Queen Anne 1824 which concerned ecclesiastical livings and the rates of interest for mortgages for buildings, 23 Sept 1824

(8) Valuation of the estate at Longstanton St Michael and All Saints, 5 Dec 1825

(9) Letter from Mr J. Wentworth to the Master of the College wishing to meet to discuss the amount the College had paid to the executors, 31 Aug 1834

(10) Letter from Mr ? to Mr Swann (Waggon Office, Cambridge) stating that he thought it was understood that Mr Swann should be allowed £10 a year for the barn and yard purchased by Magdalene College during the surrender of his house. Advises him to state this to Mr Fisher, 1 Dec 1824

(11) Presentation of an organ to the church of Longstanton St Michael by William Cecil, Rector, 21 Jun 1876

Contains articles and copies of photographs about George Mallory:

Articles
(1) Article from Vanity Fair (No. 469), 'The Riddle of Everest' by Bryan Burrough, Sept 1999

(2) Press cutting from The Independent 'A Storm Rages in the Death Zone' by Jochem Hemmleb, 8 Oct 1999

(3) Press cutting from The Daily Mail about George Mallory by Jeffrey Archer, 14 March 2009

(4) Book review from The Financial Times of Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest, by Wade Davies, November 2011

(5) Photocopy of an article from a newspaper about the auction of Mallory's ice axe, 2014

(6) Article from The Winchester College Record No. 117 'George Mallory and the Mystery of the Everest Compass*, May 2004

(7) ‘The 93-year-old- question. Were Mallory and Irvine the First Men on the Summit of Everest in 1924?'’, by Rupert Wilkey (9 Dec 2017)

(8) Article in the College Magazine 'The Unlikely Hero of Everest: The Other Side of George Mallory' by Dr Ronald Hyam, 2018

(9) Article from The Sunday Times about the 1921 expedition, 21 Oct 2018

(10) Article from the Daily Telegraph containing an interview with Ang Tsering Sherpa the last surviving member of the 1924 expedition, undated

Copies of Photographs
The Archive doesn't contain any original photographs although there are a number of copies in this file which can be used for reference.

Copy of a Royal Navy press release naming a new Testbed Ship XV Patrick Blackett

Copy of 'A Close and Friendly Alliance': Biology, Geology and the Great Barrier Reef Expedition of 1928-1929, by Tom Spencer, Barbara E. Brown, Sarah H. Hamylton and Roger F. McLean

(1) Copy of a photograph of Cyril Fox

(2) Copy of a Governing Body Minute of 16 Feb 1924 electing Fox to a Kingsley Bye-Fellowship for one year with a stipend of £50

(3) Copy of a Governing Body Minute of 20 Nov 1952 electing Sir Cyril Fox to an Honorary Fellowship

(4) Copy of Benson's Diary, vol. 173 (1924) in which he records suggesting giving Fox the Kingsley Bye Fellowship

(5) Copy of Benson's Diary, vol. 175 (1924) in which he is vexed Fox had accepted curatorship of the Irish Museum

(6) Copy of Benson's Diary, vol. 176 (1924) in which he records his meeting with Fox

(7) Copy of letter from Benson to Fox informing him of the decision of the Governing Body [original held at the National Library of Wales]

(8) Copy of Admission to Bye Fellowship, 24 Feb 1924 [original held at the National Library of Wales]

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

Copies of obituaries.

Text extracted from Dorothy James's account of the James Family, 1752-1952, covering James Lyne Beaumont James's time at Magdalene College, 1906-1910.

Contains:

(1) Photocopy of a letter from Penrose to Mr Pattrick enclosing a bill from Smith & Sons for an oven, 26 Feb 1884 [for the original letter see MCAD/1/2/LN/44]

(2) Photocopies of four letters from Penrose to Mr Pattrick concerning the design and building of a strongroom, 27 May, 22 Jun, 2 Jul, 5 Jul 1889 [for the original letters see MCAD/1/2/LN/61]

(2) Photocopies of two letters from Penrose to the Master about putting a window into the antechapel, 27 Jun and 7 Jul 1900 [for original letters see: MCAD/1/2/LN/42]

Magdalene College Prospectuses for the following years:

1972/73, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1979
1981/82, 1983/84, 1988, 1989/90
1990/91, 1996
c. 2002/3, c. 2003/4, c. 2008, 2009 [A glimpse.. not a full prospectus], 2010, undated [c.2013-2020]

There are also 4 editions of an informal prospectus for the years 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988. This was a typed leaflet providing information to prospective students whilst Cambridge Admissions were undergoing major reform. It was felt it was better to produce these rather than a glossy prospectus until the new arrangements were made known so it would not go rapidly out of date.

Includes a letter from T.E.B. Howarth [Senior Tutor and Tutor for Admissions] about G. Harper's suggestions about the prospectus, 25 May 1976.

Entrance examination and undergraduate selection annual file.

Entrance examination and undergraduate selection annual file.

Entrance examination and undergraduate selection annual file.

Entrance examination and undergraduate selection annual file.

Entrance examination and undergraduate selection annual file.

Entrance examination and undergraduate selection annual file.

Entrance examination and undergraduate selection annual file.

Entrance examination and undergraduate selection annual file.

Entrance examination and undergraduate selection annual file.

Correspondence mainly concerning College bills.

File giving details of College Prizes awarded to students.

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

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.