The file contains the following:
1) Two cuttings noting Madeleine Pottenger’s recruitment to the editorial staff of The Newspaper World [1943];
2) Cutting noting a presentation made to Madeleine Pottenger on account of her work [for the Surrey District of the Institute of Journalists], [circa 1945?];
3) Cutting from the Daily Telegraph, 20 June 1947, entitled ‘Cambridge Women’s 80-Year Fight for Equality’ by Wilson Harris, MP for Cambridge University;
4) Cutting from The Newspaper World entitled ‘Winston Churchill Elected Fellow of the Institute’ which notes the election of various people, including Madeleine Pottenger, as Fellows of the Institute of Journalists, 25 May 1950 (this cutting is backed onto a typescript fragment entitled ‘On Foot in the Valley of the Dordogne’, which appears to be an account [author unknown] of a trip made by Madeleine Pottenger with a friend: no date);
5) Cutting from an Oslo newspaper, 22 July 1958, in Norwegian, recounting an interview with Madeleine Binnington, editor of The Nursery World, with a photograph of MB;
6) Cutting from the Daily Telegraph entitled ‘Pioneers! O Pioneers!’ relating to the publication of B Megson and J Lindsay, ‘Girton College: an informal History', [1959];
7) Cutting from World’s Press News, 9 September 1960, on the retirement of Madeleine Binnington from Nursery World;
8) Printed flyer entitled ‘To all members of the Editorial Staff’ [of an unknown publication], concerning a reduction of hours of work in the printing departments from 48 hours per week to 45 [no date];
9) Newspaper article entitled ‘Winds of Change at Girton’ [newspaper unknown] concerning the decision by Girton to amend its charter to allow the possibility of admitting men, illustrated with a photograph of Muriel Bradbrook, the then Mistress [no date found but circa 1970].