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The papers of Gladys Williams consist chiefly of manuscripts of some of her written work (published and unpublished), together with a small quantity of personal and biographical items.

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The papers listed here are largely of a personal nature and do not include any of Lilian Furst's literary work. They include biographical materials (including The Rachel Chronicles, autobiographical memoirs written in her last years), a miscellany of personal artefacts, and photographs.

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The papers listed here comprise an autobiographical excerpt; photographs; press cuttings; and papers relating to Madeleine's participation in the Girton College Chapel Embroidery Scheme.

Scope and Contents Papers donated by P D James in 1999, 2000 and 2004 were catalogued in 2009. These donations were chosen by her to show her creative input, thus there were no unmarked typescripts amongst these papers. Additional papers bequeathed by P D James in 2015 were added to the catalogue in that year. In 2017 the whole catalogue was reworked to incorporate substantial additional material which was donated in 2016 by P D James’ family and by her literary agent. As a result, new reference numbers were...

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Prose memoir. Includes notes on cards, word-processed draft with annotations, corrected proofs, and uncorrected bound proof.

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Typescript autobiographical memoir 'The ivory tower', with a prefatory notice by Mena Lethbridge in which the work is described as 'a picture of Cambridge Academic life between the two World Wars'.

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A paper delivered at the Fifth Clark Library Seminar and subsequently published.

Scope and Contents A collection of 126 family photographs, with an undated linking narrative illustrating personal matters and giving an account of the Raj. The typescript describes the association of the author's family with India from the 1890s, when her grandparents, the Wrenches, were in the country, up to her father's retirement. The final chapter, 'The end of 300 years in India' reflects on Indian independence.The photographs were taken by Redmond, Aileen and Hubert Burke, and others. Some are...