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The papers include personal diaries; poems; a few personal and biographical items; photographs; and some letters written to Alethea (chiefly those written to her by her spiritual 'adviser', Father O'Brien).

Scope and Contents In 1948 Anne Wilson travelled to Greece with three other Girton Classics students, Margaret Bowen (Girton 1944-1948), Sheila Spire (Girton 1945-1949) and Rosalind Day (Girton 1942-1944 and 1947-1948. When they visited the Acropolis they were joined by Zita, a friend of another Girtonian who was not on the trip.In 1949 Anne visited Italy and Sicily, again with fellow Girton classicists. On this occasion she travelled with Alison Evans [Girton 1946] and they met up in Rome with Veronica...

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The papers listed here include a miscellany of personal and biographical items, together with personal diaries, sketchbooks, photographs, and some correspondence, including transcripts of correspondence between Elspeth Giles and Julian Lathrop, an American officer who spent 3 months at St John’s College, Cambridge just after the end of World War I.

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The papers comprise photocopies of two of Georgina Buckler's diaries and some biographical material.

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The papers listed here comprise diary extracts from 1947-1951 (Joan Garrod's last year at school and her three years at Girton); autobiographical notes compiled in 2013; and photographs and sketches.

Scope and Contents The papers listed here comprise largely personal and biographical materials, including letters, diaries and photographs. The letters and diaries in particular provide detailed insight into the middle years of Margaret Anderson’s life, from 1924-36. The diaries cover part of her time at Girton College; the time she spent teaching at Malvern Girls’ College and lecturing at Manchester University; part of the time she spent in Barbados; and part of the time she spent living at Hardwick,...

Scope and Contents The papers listed here comprise miscellaneous items found with the papers of Margaret Anderson (mother of Nan Anderson) and there is some overlap with Margaret Anderson’s life, for example amongst the photographs. These papers present a fragmented snapshot of the early life and work of Nan Anderson. For example there is only one diary, though it would appear that others were written; there is a handful of letters written home to her father from New Hall, Cambridge; and there are some...

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The papers comprise personal diaries and notes, undergraduate notes, Girton ephemera and obituaries.

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Margaret Smith's surviving papers comprise a series of 17 diaries dating from 1900 to 1963, a 1950s/60s record of share dividends and income tax, and some of her published articles, together with 3 diaries written by Florence Smith, one of her six sisters, 1905-07.

Scope and Contents The task of sorting Muriel Bradbrook’s papers and books was begun soon after her death by the Archivist and the Librarian at MCB’s house in Cambridge. She had kept an enormous amount of material, which was found not only in drawers and bookcases but also in many other receptacles. Books and papers were packed and transported separately, although it transpired that many books contained loose papers, and papers were also to be found on shelves between books. What emerged was the clear...

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Rhoda Power's surviving papers listed here comprise the diaries she kept of her experiences in revolutionary Russia in 1917-18; a series of letters which she wrote during her travels in South and North America in 1946-47 for circulation amongst her friends; and publishers' agreements. There are photographs of Rhoda Power in the papers of Eileen Power at GCPP Power, E 1/1.

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Roma Brookes’ surviving papers relate largely to her teaching career and to her lifelong interest in Italy and the teaching of languages. There is also some personal and biographical material, including photographs, certificates, testimonials and travel diaries.

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The papers of Sarah Tebbutt, née Mason, comprise transcripts of her personal diaries, 1875-82, and a miscellany of other personal and biographical materials.

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The small miscellany of papers listed here includes the following: four volumes of Sophia Turle's personal diaries; one photograph of Sophia Turle; some biographical materials concerning not only Sophia Turle but also her father James Turle and her sister Caroline Turle; and four letters written to Sophia Turle by her sister Mary Turle.

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A collection of nine photographic diaries compiled by Thomas Donald Simon, measuring approximately 220 x 155 mm, with photographs as separate pages measuring generally 205 x 145 mm. The diary entries are typed, and each entry is accompanied by a number of photographs, presumably all taken by Thomas Donald Simon himself. Accompanied by a series of negatives and photographic prints.

Content Description Diary covering the period 18th June to 19th October 1885. Brief entries, typically four or five lines per day, with occasional sketches. The entries concern departure from England, first glimpse of Canada, first night in Quebec and journey on to Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and finally Winnipeg, Manitoba, followed by a description of daily farm work and weather, and journey back to England at the beginning of October. There are occasional references to troops, possibly in the context of the...

Content Description Comprises six travel diaries and a small collection of photographs. The provenance of the collection is unknown. The diaries were in the estate of the late Dr Susan Palmer (died 2022). There is no obvious connection to the Palmer family, and the diaries do not appear to relate to each: - item 1 in this collection is a private journal dating from the mid-19th century; - items 2 and 3 are diaries of travels to Europe by an unidentified married couple; - items 4 to 7 were...

Scope and Contents BULL 1 - 10 is made up of diaries kept faithfully by William (or Paul, as he was known to his family and close friends) Bull from 1878, when he was thirteen years old until some three weeks before his death in January 1931. The earlier diaries were illustrated and all the diaries are interleaved with letters, press cuttings, menus, theatre programmes and photographs relating to the events they describe. Twice yearly, in June and December, Bull compiled a 'Retrospect' of the past six months...

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Political and personal correspondence and other papers.

CHAN 1, contains mainly papers of Hon Alfred Lyttelton and Dame Edith Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of material of Oliver Lyttelton
CHAN II, consist mainly of papers of Oliver Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of papers of Alfred and Edith Lyttelton