Papers relating to Harry Porter, 1942 - 2008
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Harry Porter m. 1945 and research fellow 1953-5.
Collection includes photographs, correspondence, May Week concert ephemera and scripts from The Bene't Club,, extended essays, newspaper cuttings about Christoper Isherwood and Don Bachardy and Porter's obituary. Also includes Porter's complete student and fellow file, including all correspondence about scholarships and national service.
Dates
- Creation: 1942 - 2008
Biographical / Historical
Harry was born in 1927 in Bolton, Lancashire. After attending Bolton School he matriculated at Corpus in 1945 to read history, and earned several scholarships and awards. His studies were interrupted by military service (he left college in June 1948 and returned in October 1950) and he became a research fellow in history in 1953.
Harry took part in several Corpus May Week plays and was a keen member of the Footlights Dramatic Club as well as the Cambridge Film Society. After Coprus, he became a fellow at Selwyn College (1960-72).
Extent
1 archive box(es)
Repository Details
Part of the Corpus Christi College Archives Repository
Corpus Christi College
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1RH United Kingdom
archivist@corpus.cam.ac.uk