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A manuscript addition to the first page reads ' This book was presented to the Magdalene Boat Club by G. C. R. Taylor, Captain 1901-1902'.

Contains minutes of meetings and race reports.

This was the first exhibition in the Cripps Gallery. It chronicled the 1921 reconnaissance expedition to Everest through photographs lent by the Royal Geographical Society. George Mallory, an alumni of Magdalene, was part of the expedition.

File contains:

(1) A Poster for the exhibition
(2) A list of the photographs on display
(3) Captions for the items from the Archives that were displayed in the three exhibition cases plus photos of the cases

Captions for an exhibition on George Mallory held in the Old Library.

File on an exhibition called 'Mallory: Magdalene to the Mountain' held in the Old Library in 2017 and again in 2018.

The Kingsley Club was founded as a literary club under the patronage of A.C. Benson in 1906. It was named after Charles Kingsley the novelist who had been an undergraduate at Magdalene from 1838-1842. It's declared object was 'the reading and discussion of papers dealing with literary, artistic and kindred subjects'. The club lapsed with the outbreak of the First World War and was re-established by Francis Turner in 1925. It foundered again with the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and was revived again by Turner in 1948 and enjoyed a more or less unbroken existence until Lent Term 1991. Membership was restricted and was by invitation. It was seen as 'the premier gathering of student intellectuals'.

Initially Minute Books listed the names of those present at meetings and the title of the paper given but soon became more of a summary of the paper and subsequent discussion. Amongst the Secretaries were George Mallory, Sir Michael Redgrave, and John Simpson.

Order of service - memorial service for George Herbert Leigh Mallory held in the College Chapel.