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Includes Downing College English scholarship examination papers, 1933-1945, apparently sent on for Knights' suggestions by F. R. Leavis, and an unpublished essay submitted by Knights for the Members' English Prize in 1929.

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The files listed here appear to be all that survives of M G Lloyd Thomas's years at Girton. Most of the papers date from the mid-1940s. They present an interesting snapshot of her dealings with her students and her own interests and activities, academic and otherwise, towards the end of her active years of teaching and administration at Girton.

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...