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Downing College Literary Society

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 Sub-Management Group

Academic Societies, 1920-[1984]

 Sub-Management Group
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/4
Scope and Contents

Records of Classical Society, Cranworth Society, Debating Society, Doughty / Literary Society, Maitland Historical Society, Medical Society, Scientific and Danby Societies.

Dates: 1920-[1984]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series (such as minutes) are subject to closure periods for GDPR and confidentiality reasons.
 Series

Dinners and Menus (Ephemera), 1920-11-25 - 1921-02-08

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/4/4/2
Scope and Contents

Menu cards for dinners 25 November 1920 and 8 February 1921.

Dates: 1920-11-25 - 1921-02-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series (such as minutes) are subject to closure periods for GDPR and confidentiality reasons.
 Fonds

F R Leavis Collection, 1934 - 2016

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/LEA
Scope and Contents Includes c.600 letters from F. R. Leavis to L. C. Knights, David Holbrook, Frank Bradbrook, C. B. Winder, R. O. C. Winkler, A. I. Doyle, John Tasker, Geoffrey Walton, Canon Frank Telfer, Ronald Hayman, Robert Tudor Jones, Peter Coveney, Michael Yudkin and others (mainly Downing alumni). Also includes c. 50 letters from Q. D. Leavis, reading list suggestions, newspaper articles and photos, memoirs by former students and correspondence concerning donation. The Tasker papers also include...
Dates: 1934 - 2016
Conditions Governing Access: Most letters are open to researchers, but some closure periods apply.
 Fonds

Literary Society (later the Doughty Society), 1920-[1928]

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/4/4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

Records of Classical Society, Cranworth Society, Debating Society, Doughty / Literary Society, Maitland Historical Society, Medical Society, Scientific and Danby Societies.

Dates: 1920-[1928]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series (such as minutes) are subject to closure periods for GDPR and confidentiality reasons.