MARSH COLLECTION, 1903 - 1943
Scope and Contents
The Marsh Collection comprises lectures, lecture notes, sermons, research notes and other papers. Including a translation of the Book of Holy Hierotheos; lectures, 1911-39; lecture notes, 1903-10; and sermons, 1911-43; Folder of examination papers (presumably those he was responsible for either setting or marking); Folder of Income Tax papers; Folder of mss book reviews, presumably intended for publication; Four folders containing notes relating to Marsh's work Apparatus to Apocalypse (possibly unpublished); Presentation welcome card signed by member of staff and students presented to Marsh when he was appointed fellow of Selwyn in 1919; Japanese musical score for Genrokuodori; Fragments of Syriac manuscripts, identified by Sebastian Brock in 1969. Material in English, Hebrew and Syriac.
Dates
- Creation: 1903 - 1943
Biographical / Historical
Frederick Shipley Marsh (1886-1953), (SE 1903) Professor of Divinity. Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 4 June 1886, the son of James William Marsh and Elizabeth Shipley. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Gainsborough, and Selwyn College, Cambridge, BA 1906, MA 1910. He was a tutor at Kelham Theological College, 1909-11. He was ordained deacon, 1911, and priest, 1912. He worked as a curate at Chiswick, 1911-13; tutor at St Boniface College, Warminster, 1913-14; and lecturer at King's College, London, 1914-20. He served as a chaplain to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1916-19. He was a fellow of Selwyn College, 1920-35, and Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, Cambridge University, 1935-51. He died in Cambridge on 26 October 1953.
Extent
12 archive box(es) (12 boxes) : Paper
Arrangement
Arrangement follows earlier list. Entire collection was reboxed in haste following minor leak in former Archive room in February 2010; recataloguing and renumbering is still required
Other Finding Aids
Box list available (first compiled by Sebastian Brock in 1969, amended in 1972 and updated 2014, 2016)
Originator(s)
MARSH, Frederick Shipley
Finding aid date
2005-05-11 11:19:23+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Selwyn College Archives Repository
The College Archivist
Selwyn College Archives
Selwyn College, Grange Road
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DQ United Kingdom
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