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CARPENTER AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1950

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0276/SEPP/CAR

Scope and Contents

Typescript memoir of autobiography with the main section relating to Selwyn and Cambridge in 1913-1922 in Chapter 8 pp. 152-186. It includes memories of Selwyn as a young College in 1913, Murray, the new Master and the other staff, Knott, Jordan and Williams. Lengthy reflections on the outbreak of the First World War include a brief mention of the affect of the war on Selwyn which was used for nurses from the First Eastern Hospital and a comment by Heffer, the Head Porter about a women's washing list (p. 164). There is a note on the suspension of salaries of College staff (p. 168) so that he worked at a Mission in London and then also as Priest-in-charge at St Luke's Chesterton while still living at Selwyn in Selwyn Close and teaching occasionally (p. 172). He also mentions the return of ex-Service men in January 1919 and the mix of military men and Freshmen (pp. 179-180). Carpenter became a Labour sypathiser at this time which was not liked by his Tory colleagues at Selwyn (pp. 180-181). There is also an earlier chapter (chapter 2) which covers his period as an undergraduate at Caius College, Cambridge.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950

Biographical / Historical

Spencer Cecil Carpenter, Fellow, Tutor and Lecturer in Theology at Selwyn College 1913-1922. He was one of the first batch of Fellows elected under the revised Statutes of 1913. Later Dean of Exeter 1935-50, d. 1959

Extent

1 item(s) : Paper

Former / Other Reference

Box 18 item 17

Related Materials

Obituary Calendar 1959-60, pp. 31-3

Originator(s)

CARPENTER, Spencer Cecil

Finding aid date

2008-02-11 10:31:08+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Selwyn College Archives Repository

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