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Letter from the Fellows to the Visitor, the Countess of Portsmouth, informing her of a vacancy in the Mastership following the death of Thomas Chapman and recommending Laurence Eliot [Fellow, President, and Tutor] to be the new Master.

Letter from Samuel Hey (President of Magdalene College) to the Hon. Sir John Griffin Griffin (Visitor) informing him of the sudden death of the Master Barton Wallop at Wallop and therefore the Mastership was vacant.

(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.

'Notes on Colour' is an exhibition which brings together the work of three contemporary artists, Vicken Parsons, Jeff McMillan and David Batchelor, for whom colour has been an abiding preoccupation over many years.

The file consists of:
(1) Invitation to 'Artists in Conversation' and private view (electronic)

(2) Three versions of the exhibition poster

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.

Notes for the obituary of Brian Deakin which appeared in the College Magazine, No. 55 2010-2011.

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.