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MCPP/IAR/I/1/35 · Item · c.1970
Part of College Personal Papers

First page reads: "The Premises of Criticism".

Edited draft of essay titled 'The Premises of Criticism' followed by notes for a lecture series on criticism.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/33 · Item · c.1970
Part of College Personal Papers

Front cover reads: "Notes on BEYOND".

Miscellaneous notes including Jung, Job, Dante, etc, followed by drafts of letters.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/32 · Item · c.1970
Part of College Personal Papers

Front cover reads: "POEMS".

Highly edited drafts of poetry written at Harvard.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/3 · Item · 1929
Part of College Personal Papers

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.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/28 · Item · c.1940
Part of College Personal Papers

P.3 begins: "By comparing say, Rule Order Principle Truth Rightness [...]".

Brief miscellaneous notes including a conversation in Harvard.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/25 · Item · c1925
Part of College Personal Papers

Front cover reads: "IDEAS & POEMS".

Saved quotations, miscellaneous poetry, and notes for a lecture series.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/20 · Item · c.1932
Part of College Personal Papers

P.2 reads: "South Wind Wyndham Lewis Tarr".

Notes for a lecture series on 'Novels'

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/2 · Item · 1924
Part of College Personal Papers

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.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/18 · Item · 1926
Part of College Personal Papers

Front Cover Label reads: "If lost reward will be given by I.A. Richards Magdalene College, Cambridge England".

Climbing diary, including Dent Blanche, Courmayeur and Canada.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/17 · Item
Part of College Personal Papers

Front Cover reads: "LOGIC".

Undergraduate notes on the topic of Logic.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/16 · Item · c.1920
Part of College Personal Papers

Front Cover reads: "Modern Poetry Materials Oliver Cromwell!".

Miscellaneous notes on the subject of Modern Poetry, especially D. H. Lawrence

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/15 · Item · c.1919
Part of College Personal Papers

Cover reads: "Psychology"; opposite cover reads: "Ethics".

At 'Psychology' end of book, a short story exploring philosophical themes. At the 'ethics' end, possibly the draft of a paper for the Moral Sciences Club.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/13 · Item · 1925
Part of College Personal Papers

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

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

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/12 · Item · c.1920
Part of College Personal Papers

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.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/11 · Item · 1974
Part of College Personal Papers

Front Cover reads: "CLARK Lectures".

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

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/IAR/I/1/1 · Item · 1908 - 1917
Part of College Personal Papers

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.

Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979), literary critic, linguistic philosopher and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
MCPP/DWB/4/4 · Item · 1933
Part of College Personal Papers

'Note on Rational Double Planes', by D.W. Babbage extracted from the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, Vol. 8, Part 2. Received 3 February 1933, read 16 February 1933.