This Society was founded in November 1963 and was named after Dr David Keilin.
It was formed:
"...for the purpose of introducing members of Magdalene College who are studying the Biological Sciences, including Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, to both resident members of the Zoology and Botany Departments, and Biologists visiting the University from elsewhere, in an informal atmosphere where discussion is to be encouraged'.
Membership was automatic for all Biologists in the College.
Minutes of meetings and membership lists.
An artificial collection of papers and photographs relating to Thomas Kerrich
Each tutor was given a number which was used in various student records.
Address given by the Revd Dr Canon D. Hoyle on the King James Authorised Version Bible.
The Kingsley Club was founded as a literary club under the patronage of A.C. Benson in 1906. It was named after Charles Kingsley the novelist who had been an undergraduate at Magdalene from 1838-1842. It's declared object was 'the reading and discussion of papers dealing with literary, artistic and kindred subjects'. The club lapsed with the outbreak of the First World War and was re-established by Francis Turner in 1925. It foundered again with the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and was revived again by Turner in 1948 and enjoyed a more or less unbroken existence until Lent Term 1991. Membership was restricted and was by invitation. It was seen as 'the premier gathering of student intellectuals'.
Initially Minute Books listed the names of those present at meetings and the title of the paper given but soon became more of a summary of the paper and subsequent discussion. Amongst the Secretaries were George Mallory, Sir Michael Redgrave, and John Simpson.
Menu for a Kingsley Club dinner held on Wednesday 6 June 1951.
2 photographs, one in black and white and the other in colour, of Kingsley Club dinners in the early 1950s. The reverse of the black and white photograph is captioned with the names of attendees, including Simon Willink, John Ellis, Maurice Isaac, John Walsh, Simon Barrington-Ward, Ronald Archer, Anthony Jay, G. Stuart, J. Bellington and Martin Bott.
The colour photograph was presented by Dr John Walsh, and is of a Kingsley Club dinner hosted in the Old Library in the early 1950s.
Kipling and his Coll. Rudyard Kipling's Connection with Magdalene College, Cambridge by Jeffery D. Lewins.
Bank book for the Kitchen Account at Barclays Bank, Mortlock Branch, Cambridge.
Floor plan of the existing buttery and kitchen showing the buttery, meat larder, still room, store, scullery, pastry making room, keeping room, bedroom, office, and kitchen.
Ground and first floor plans of the proposed remodelling of the kitchen showing:
(1) ground floor - the kitchen, scullery, still room, pastry making area, staff room, store, vegetable preparation room, refrigerator and boiler
(2) first floor - the upper part of the kitchen, the keeping rooms, and the bedrooms
First floor plan of the proposed remodelling of the kitchen and buttery showing the upper part of the kitchen, bedrooms, and keeping rooms.
Ground floor plan of the proposed remodelling of the kitchen and buttery showing the buttery, buttery extension, kitchen manager's office, kitchen office, scullery, still room, pastry making room, staff room, store, vegetable room, refrigerator, boiler, and kitchen.
Sketch showing the outside of the proposed new kitchen and buttery as seen from the river.