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(1) Notification from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Fellows of the suspension of John Peachell from the Vice-Chancellorship of the University and Mastership of Magdalene College.

(2) Modern transcript of the notification to the Proctors of the suspension. The original document is in the University Archives I.14.

Note of dispatch of document to Francis & Co (solicitors).

Parties: (1) Charles Collin Warren, (2) Revd Charles White Underwood

Notice of conveyance of equity of redemption

Notice and receipt for the contract for redemption of Land Tax (Quayside), 1878.

Notes made in the 18th century about the powers of the Master as laid out in the Statutes.

Handwritten notes by Dr Hyam on the history of Wentworth House.

Letter from Enid Porter (Cambridge Folk Museum) to Pepys Whitely giving background information about photographs of Fisher's Lane and Ekin's Yard and the history of the tenants there from the late 19th century (the Bullen family, W. Child, A.J. Osbourne.

Also a list of tenants in 1925 and 1926 of Nos 18, 20 and 25 Magdalene Street.

Notes on Fellowships founded by John Smith and on other matters relating to the Statutes.

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.

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'.

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.'

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: "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.

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: "I.A. Richards Visual Communication".

Notebook with black and white paintings of countryside landscapes inserted. On first page: 'These drawings unidentifiable mostly... Perhaps 1913-14?' And one of the inserted paintings is dated 1976 on the back.

P.1 reads: "Mr Herbert Jones, Great Shelford, Camb, England"

Art sketch pad. Sketches and paintings of the countryside and mountains.

P.1 reads: "I.A.R all pen and brush Dec 29th".

Art sketchpad. Sketches and paintings of the countryside and mountains. Lists materials used on the back of drawings, e.g. brush, pen etc. often including chalk.

Front cover reads: "The "Educational" Drawing Block".

Art sketchpad. Pencil sketches of mountainous landscapes. Certain draft sketches feature notes detailing sections: 'snow', 'grass', 'rock', 'Lake Schwarrenbach' etc.

Front cover reads: "ORIGENS".

Pages marked with letters of alphabet followed by descriptions of words beginning with that letter: e.g. C = calculation, count, compare. Most letters left blank.

Front cover used to read: "Magd. Books possibly valuable[...]" on pasted down paper. Now lost.

Directory of books of value at Magdalene College, followed miscellaneous notes including notes for a book (not identified): 'Preface looks as if it needs replacing', 'Addition to footnote'.

Followed by drafted letters to recipients such as Margot, Jean and Frank

Front Cover reads: "Ghana Speeches".

Various speeches and notes for a trip to Ghana where Richards sought to teach Basic English. According to John Paul Russo, 'Richards himself went to Ghana to interest Kwame Nkrumah in Basic in late 1963, and seemed on the verge of success until moments before his departure.' [1]

[1] Russo, John Paul, I.A.Richards: His Life and Work, 1989, p.453

Chinese grammar and vocabulary notebook, entirely in English and Pinyin (no characters)

P.1 reads: "NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST".

Notebook on visual art, including notes on the cardinal directions, form, and rotation. Including some 'Possible Card Games' made using different forms of leaves rather than hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs.

Richards gives his impressions on China (especially Chinese Communism) after spending 4 months there with Dorothea on his Sabbatical. Richards recounts at length what happens to students who rebel against the regime, including other methods of 'thought control' including 'voluntary' confessions. Concludes with a short excerpt from Dorothea's diary.

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.

Front cover reads: "[?] BAN on Iliad".

Contents on page 1:

p1-3 Columbian mythologies quotes
4 Powers & Limits of Signs
30 Achilles: further prints...
60 Letter to Ben Brower
50 Mar 1st Job matters
Bacon 'Of Atheism' p.9
10 Mouton Volume
28 Outcomes in classroom plays of BAT
39 That versus this
41 One way
52 Lost, stolen, strayed
55 Battledore & shuttlecock
58 Et ego

P.1 Contents:

p2-10 Iliad
p11 timetablings + date times
Monroe Engels p10
Trevor Eaton p15
Olson Toronto p20
p.7 [?] Exp Theatre...
Et ego 60
Fidelities 66... 40...
Defunctive poem 61

Miscellaneous notes, letters to Chapman, Saudek, Conrad, and Benedict, essay entitled 'Homer Job Plato', and drafts of poetry.

P.1 contains a contents list: 'Celebration Vol. 1-20 Mouton Collection 20-40'

Notes for the publication of a series of essays, including letters to a Mr Eaton, a drafted preface to Poetries: Media and Ends, an essay on Powers and Limits of Signs, notes on 'Mace Lecture', and drafts of poems.