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.
Found in:
Downing College
/
Clubs and Society Records
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.