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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

Five pages from a scrapbook:

Page 1 - nine carte de visite size portraits of the following undergraduates who were friends of Poyser:
A. E. Bellars; H.W. Emerson; W.A. Mandall; Arthur de Courcy Cranstoun Charles; D.S. Carey; J.S. Smith; R. Leach; H.A. MacMichael; N.M. Fergusson

Page 2 - two pages from a book pasted in showing a view of Magdalene College in c. 1688 and an aerial photo of the College from 1919

Page 3 - eight carte de visite size portraits of the following undergraduates:
C.R.I. Johnson; B.C. de W. Siffken; W.H. Charlesworth; H.L. Gwyer; W.R. Lucas; J.A. Mandall; H. Howe; G.K. Leach

Page 4 - Bumps crew by the bank of the Cam with oars raised and flag flying with crowd behind and photograph of a group of eight friends sitting in chairs and on cushions outside with trees and the river behind

Page 5 - carte de visite size portraits of G.K. Leach and C.S. Monson; a page cut from a book and pasted in showing a drawing of Mr F.C. Wallis and another page pasted in of a cartoon of F.C. Wallis and underneath is written 'Freddie Wallis, well known surgeon London'.

Inscribed 'W. K. A. Richards'. A diary in which to record climbs, likely shared between Ivor and his brother, William Kenneth A. Richards, owing to two styles of handwriting throughout.

Information on the climbs includes the weather, orientation and planning, the remarks and actions of company, landmarks along the way, and events of interest e.g. a 'Narrow escape from falling boulder' on August 3rd, 1909. Climbs take place in North Wales, Dartmoor, and frequently the Alps.

Front cover reads: "1924-25 Modern Poetry".

A book of notes on two lecture series: Criticism ('What criticism ought to do and be'), and Modern Poetry ('Not a review of the best moderns, plenty of bad ones mentioned, but a series of controversial remarks as suggestions on How to approach modern Poetry'). The notes are a mixtures of aphorisms, ruminations, notes to self, and sometimes drawings. Slips of paper with more notes are frequently pasted into the book. 'Pencillings [sic] of 1927 on Return from 1st World Circuit' suggest certain notes are made after delivering the lectures.

Page 1 reads: "Contents, Lenin on Tolstoi".

Quotations from various authors, followed by notes on numerous topics of Chinese philosophy (such as belief, feelings, wisdom, beauty, etc.). Further pages include conversations with various people, translations, programs, thoughts on D.H. Lawrence upon his death, 'A Case against research in 'English'', and notetaking from academic reading.

Front Cover reads: "CRITICISM".

Lecture notes on Criticism, including revisions, drawings and paste-ins. General themes include the value of poetry, and the doctrines of criticism. Followed by notes for lectures on Novels and Realism.

P.1 reads: "Criticism Lec X".

Lecture notes on Criticism, a continuation of notebook number 4: 'Front cover: CRITICISM'. Notes include revisions, drawings, paste-ins, as well as loose ephemera kept between pages, including letters, newspaper cuttings, poetry, and more. General themes include completeness, significance, pleasure and emotion. Lecture series on Novels is also continued.

Front cover reads: "LOGIC AND BEAUTY".

Essays on Logic and Beauty, including such headings as 'Beauty as Feeling'; 'Beauty as Pleasure'. Starting from the other end of the book, 'An Autobiography' and further essays on Poetry and Logic.

Front cover reads: "PRACTICAL CRITICISM Oct - March 1928-9".

Practical Criticism Lectures I-XVI including revisions, paste-ins, drawings, and notes to self.

Front cover reads: "scrap-book - from a Weeding Out of OLD NOTES [made in 1977]".

Brief notes on various themes, including this annotation by an unknown hand in red ink: 'What followed should have served as a useful warning to IAR on the futility of over-systematic (would-be) programmatics.'

P.1 reads: "Essays Vol III. Cambridge, Feb 21st, 1932".

Essays marked by I.A. Richards: 'I have tried to show how I think your style would have been bettered'.

P.1 reads: "Finally in 1868 he gained the coveted summit".

Essay on mountaineering followed by miscellaneous notes.

Front Cover reads: "CLARK Lectures".

Miscellaneous notes throughout on poetry and criticism, sometimes in preparation for a lecture, including a commentary on Paradise Lost.

P.1 reads: "Magdalene College Roofs and Climbs".

A diary of I.A Richards' night climbs over various buildings in Magdalene College, recounting one climb in which they got caught. Attached is a mock-serious tale of the 'devilkin' - a strange doll they managed to attach to the clock tower.

Front cover reads: "PSYCHOLOGY 1925 GENERAL + GENERAL 1929".

Miscellaneous notes throughout on psychology in a range of topics, especially the research of 'Stern'.

Front cover reads: "Psychology".

Notes taken from Psychology lectures as an undergraduate, accompanied with doodles.