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College songs and poems, 1872 - 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCRF 7/1/18

Scope and Contents

Typescripts of early College songs and poems, mainly by Elizabeth Welsh, including:
1) 'A visit to a lane near Wain Wood, Hitchin' by L I Lumsden, June 1882;
2) 'Nature has problems which science explains... ' first verse of a poem written for Miss Herschel’s Tripos;
3) 'The First Day of the Moral Science Tripos' by E Welsh, November 1875;
4) 'Parody of Mrs E B Browning’s Musical Instrument' by E Welsh, November 1875;
5) 'The Effect of the Universe' by E Welsh, June 1872;
6) 'Ravings of a Mathematical Tripos Candidate, Suspended in the painful position of Mahomet’s Coffin A D 1877' by E Welsh;
7) 'Sonnet to Girton College' by E Welsh, 1872.






Dates

  • Creation: 1872 - 1882

Extent

1 file(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: The dates refer to the dates of the songs, not the typescripts.

Originator(s)

Various

Finding aid date

2003-04-07 09:02:55+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

Contact:
The Archivist
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