No menus from this decade have survived.
Undated post 1961
Undated post 1966
Menus only for:
1983
1984
1986 - 1989
Not held between 1994 and 2005
2006 - menu and seating plan
2007 - menu, seating plan, and speech
2009 - menu and seating plan
2010 - menu and seating plan
2011 - seating plan only
2013 - menu and seating plan
2014 - menu and seating plan
2015 - menu, seating plan, and order of service for Choral Evensong for the Commemoration of Samuel Pepys
2016 - menu, seating plan, and script for entertainment composed by Dr Jane Hughes, Pepys Librarian
2017 - menu and seating plan
2018 - menu
2019 - electronic copy only
2020 - electronic copy only
2021 - not held due to Covid
2022 - menu (2 copies) and seating plans for Hall and SCR (electronic copies only)
2023 - menu
2024 - menu (2 copies) and script for 'entertainment composed by Dr Jane Hughes', Pepys Librarian
2025 - menu (2 copies)
2026 - menu (2 copies)
Box previously contained paperwork held by the Pepys Librarian. Inscribed on the lid 'Bibliotheca Pepysiana'.
Relievo by Jean Cavalier cast from ivory depicting Pepys.
Two engraved copperplates that were used to make bookplates for Samuel Pepys' books. These were made and put into his books towards the end of his life. There are two designs, one showing his Coat of Arms and the other his motto.
Two first day covers commemorating:
(1) Henry VIII and H.M.S. Mary Rose, 16 June 1982
(2) 350th Anniversary of the birth of Samuel Pepys, 1984
£2 gold proof coin issued by the Royal Mint to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the last entry to be made by Samuel Pepys in his diary (31 May 1669). The Pepys Library was consulted over the text in the enclosed leaflet.
Part of one of the book presses with metal plaque attached which reads: "Taken from one of the presses in the Pepys Library, Magdalene College Cambridge, during renovations of 1959 D.P.W." [Derek Pepys Whitely]. Also some of the metal fixings.
Volume entitled "Books taken of Library by Dr Peckard & Others" and lists classmarks and dates borrowed [Masters only were allowed to borrow books from the Pepys Library].
Visitor's book for the Pepys Library. Includes a list of the names of the Pepys Librarians on the first page.
Draft letter from Samuel Lowe to William Marsden, Secretary of the Admiralty. Encloses bill for carriage of books sent; requests they be returned as soon as they have served their purpose.
Marsden to Lowe: Admiralty, 8 March 1806. Promises immediate return of books. Before Lord Barham's going out of office [10 February] he had requested and been promised they be forthwith returned. Has repeated his request.
John Deas Thomson, late Secretary to the Board of Revision [private secretary to Barham as First Lord] to Samuel Lowe: Navy Office, 11 March 1806 (copy). Has received Lowe's letter to Marsden on subject of £1 3s. packing charge for books. Encloses cheque. Books will be immediately packed up and sent by the Cambridge waggon.
Draft letter from Lowe written on reverse. In January 1805 books were sent at the request of the Commissioners. Has had letters from Marsden and Thomson promising return, but no tidings since.
William Marsden to Samuel Lowe: Admiralty, 1 November 1806. Promises immediate attention. PL volumes listed: 1490, 1534, 1788, 2165, 2242, 2866, 2869-80.
John T. Briggs, Secretary to the Board of Revision, to Samuel Lowe: 3 November 1806. Commissioners request books remain a short time longer as they have been of the greatest use.
Draft reply from Lowe on reverse. Master and Fellows consent to extended loan; an 'indulgence' which only a request from the highest authority could sanction.
Sir John Briggs to Samuel Lowe, 29 December 1806. Has received his of 12th. Commissioners acknowledge extension of loan. Books will be returned as soon as they cease to be necessary for the purposes of government. Sends a set of the Commission's reports. Draft reply from Lowe, acknowledging gift of reports.
Sir John Briggs to Samuel Lowe, 13 September 1808. Books will be sent by the Cambridge waggon leaving the Bull, Bishopsgate on Wednesday, arriving Saturday. The 18 volumes described.
Sir John Briggs to Samuel Lowe, 25 October 1808. Thanks for offer of accommodation in Cambridge should this be necessary for the government's further enquiries. Regrets this will not be likely.
Exhibition notes for: British Association of Clinical Anatomists - Samuel Pepys's Library: Special Exhibition.
Report giving an overview of the contents of the Old Library prepared by H.A. Adams.
File containing correspondence and notes for an exhibition about books from the library of Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1543-1617), Bishop of Würzburg.
File concerning the disposal of duplicates and unwanted books from the Old Library. A total of 844 books were disposed of:
(1) Disposals - contains a file note from Dr Hyam explaining the background for the disposals from the Old Library
(2) Disposals Master Lists
(3) Disposals (1979) Duplicate / Spare List
(4) Disposals (1979) Sale Offers and Correspondence
(5) Disposals Ex Libris Xeroxes
(6) Caxton Disposal (1962)
(7) Papers relating to losses and unclassified books, extracted from defunct class list, closed 1927
(8) Classes M, N, O, P, Q, R Drawn up by P. Taylor c.1960 and mostly sold c. 1963