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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 and Sir Michael Redgrave.

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.

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.