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A collection of miscellaneous pieces collected by or given to the library.

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[89] Obituary of MCJ, in The Cambridge Chronicle, 17 MAY 1933. [90] Photograph of 'the late Mrs. Francis Jenkinson', unnamed paper, n.d. [91] Photograph of Mrs. Jenkinson, by J. Palmer Clarke, Cambridge, n.d. [92] Photograph of Francis Jenkinson, by Whyte, Inverness, n.d. [93] Photograph of Richard Rowe, Trinity College.

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5 letters, 1889-98, encouraging HCM to write a book mixing literature with scandal; disappointed 'more by the treachery of friends than by the actual loss of the post' of University Librarian; his collection of Cambridge periodicals; declining to address Odd Volumes; keen to visit Nadrack; teetotalism; references to Ernest Clarke.

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30 NOV 1841, on writing paper with vignette of Great Court, Trinity College. James Lindsay Brougham, inherited Woodland Hall, Lancashire, in 1883.

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1 letter, 22 JUN 1981, enclosing a copy of Bread and chocolate / Marrying into the family, by Mary di Michele and Bronwen Wallace; she is soon to publish Mimosa and other poems.

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Question of reprinting Maitland's works; M's collaboration with Pollock on the History of English law; proposal for another volume of collected papers; question of placing her remaining Maitland MSS. [118] TFTP to SAMUEL THORNE, 14 OCT 1954; [119] TFTP to SIR DAVID HUGHES PARRY, 14 OCT 1954; [120] ERWIN GRISWOLD, 22 OCT 1954.

Scope and Contents Collected letters of Maitland; reminiscences of him; Delany's proposed anthology; local history of Brookthorpe; Cam's edition of Essays; her radio broadcast; [124-125] KATHARINE HUGHES, n.d.; [126, 128-134, 138-141, 144-152] ERMENGARD MAITLAND, n.d., 1956-60; [127] CECIL FIFOOT, 21 SEP 1963; [135] R.B. PUGH, 1957; [137, 142] IRVINE GRAY, 1957; [153] Printed draft bibliography of Maitland's works, prepared by A.L. Smith (Balliol), much annotated, with 2 letters, HERBERT FISHER to WILLIAM...

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[154] JHP to ROY [?], 16 NOV 1937. 'Peil is a fool. Don't take any notice of his inanities'; 'Snow was frightfully angry about the job'; reminiscences of holiday on 'Cote Basque';


[155] JHP to ROY [?], part of a letter, n.d. Teaching dull women at Girton; how he spends his days in Cambridge, wishes he had time to write;


[156] [ROY?] to JHP, n.d. Reaction to JHP's election to a fellowship at Christ's.

Scope and Contents [163] Printed menu, dinner to officers and staff of Discovery, given by Philosophical Institute of Canterbury and citizens of Christchurch, New Zealand, 10 DEC 1901. [164-166] Postcard photographs, 'Dr. Forbes McKay', 'Union Jack hoisted at South Magnetic Pole', 'Joyce, dogs and penguins'. [167] ROBERT FALCON SCOTT: letter to ___ SUTTON, 12 JUL n.y. [168] Empty envelope inscribed 'Captain Scott. My idea of a very gallent English Gentleman. Mother'. [169] Brochure advertising RFS's lecture...

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Adverse criticism of Herbert's Cyclops Christianus; or, An argument to disprove the supposed antiquity of the Stonehenge and other megalithic erections in England and Britanny (London, 1849)

Scope and Contents [173] NEVIL MASKELYNE: LETTER TO DAVIES GIDDY, 1809 Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811)), Astronomer Royal; Davies Giddy (later Gilbert) (1767- 1839), MP scientific administrator, mathematician. 11 AUG 1809: Dunkin, computation of Nautical Almanac, Board of Longitude; with (ii) scrap from another letter, and (iii) engraved portrait of Maskelyne. [174] JOHN POND: LETTER TO AN UNNAMED PERSON, n.d. John Pond (1767-1836), Astronomer Royal, 1811-35. N.d., Kaln and Herschel are to try out the...

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27 July 1781, did not find in CUL several scientific books which Ashby requested he borrow for him; congratulations on Ashby's papers on 'the Ancient Fire'; read Sonnerat's Voyages with great pleasure; looks forward to completion of Captain Cook's Last Voyage, by King; Master of St. John's going to Isle of Wight for recuperation.

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John Grierson (his signature in same hand), lines from John Milton, Paradise lost, with notes 'of frets or guilochis', 1 sheet

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Investigations of four-pole lenses. An electron microscope corrected with respect to spherical aberration. Photostat of typescript, 1955, for Farrand Optical Co. Inc., New York.

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7 March 1864, on Nasmyth's discovery of the mottled appearance of the Sun's surface variously called 'willow leaves' or 'rice grains'.

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Portrait photograph of Pike in theatrical costume, by Scott & Wilkinson, 'adjoining New Theatre, Cambridge'.

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Asking MCB to review Henri Lhoti, The search for the Tassili frescoes

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Keynes purchased a picture of Sir Nicholas Bacon in 1953, from the collection of the late Prince Duleep Singh. The picture now hangs in the Keynes Room at CUL. These notes were formerly attached to the back of the picture. [182-186] Keynes's notes on provenance of his picture, page of sale catalogue, photograph of it and National Portrait Gallery version.

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Biographical materials collected by Lucjan Lewitter, presented by him with an explanatory letter [187] JP, article 'Trzy niespodzianki' (Three surprises) in Mysl Polska, 1941, photocopy. [188] Letter, JP to Lewitter, 2004. [189] Stefan Jurkowski, 'Jerzy Pietrkiewicz', in Tydzien Literacki, 2004, with some of his early poems. [190] Press release on JP, by Macmillans, photocopy. [191] Explanatory letter, LUCJAN LEWITTER to CUL, 16 NOV 2004, presenting items.

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1 sketch, blue pen and wash, 'Maison de 'La femme seule'

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1 letter, 23 October 1930

Scope and Contents [194] THERESA KISHKAN: POEM SONG FOR THE ABSENT SALMON, n.d. Theresa Kishkan (1955- ), Canadian poet. Found in Theresa Kishkan, Arranging the gallery [2001.8.1466]. [195] PAUL MATTHEWS: letter to PAUL BURNS, n.d. Found in [2001.8.3738]. [196-198] RENNY ENGLEBERT: to MAX _____, enclosing copies of correspondence with JAMES J. MACDONNELL (1915-83) (Auditor General of Canada, 1973-80), about book Cordial but not cosy, 1979. Found in [662:9.c.95.180] [199-211] WALTER BAUER (1904-76), poet, T/S...

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[230] M.R. JAMES, 27 JAN n.y., proposes a subsyndicate on best way of reproducing Codex Bezae by photography. [231-233] AUBREY STEWART, n.d., questions about placenames in Fabri's Evagatorium.

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25 JUL n.y., wants to present a 'good spectroscope' to Newnham College's laboratory

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17 April 1947, recommends Caernarvon as 'commendably old-fashioned', thinks of recipient constantly and sends love [Alvide?]