Personal and family papers
St John's College Library's Special Collections contain the personal papers of alumni and Fellows of the College relating to their professional and private lives. (Papers created by College officers in their official capacity are kept in the .) The personal papers date from the sixteenth century to the present day, with the nineteenth and twentieth centuries being most strongly represented. The collections include manuscript papers, photographs, artworks, maps, music and printed material, as well as artefacts, audio-visual and electronic media. To search the personal papers click .
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In January 2019, the records for the personal papers were added to , a national catalogue bringing together the archival collections from over 300 UK repositories. (Please note that Archives Hub is updated infrequently, so the most recent additions to the collections are listed only on our local catalogue.)
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(1838-1926), teacher and scholar. 9 boxes.
(1952-2001), writer. 67 boxes.
(1819-1892), astronomer. 45 boxes.
(1854-1942), physiologist, antiquarian. 1 box.
(1877-1959), classicist. 3 boxes.
(1724-1808), antiquary. 1 box.
(b 1945), radio producer and director. 10 boxes.
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(1901-1980), jurist. 2 boxes.
(1882-1960), botanist, cotton technologist. 3 boxes.
(1914-1985), Professor of French Literature. Portrait drawing. 1 box.
(1904-1980), photographer, artist, writer, and designer of scenery and costumes. 38 boxes.
(1880-1952), historian. 18 boxes.
(1897-1967), theologian. 1 box.
(1786-1868), mathematician. 19 boxes.
Boys Smith, John Sandwith (1901-1991), theologian. 3 boxes.
(1865-1944), zoologist. 4 boxes.
(1915-1990), archaeologist and historian. 2 boxes.
(1863-1945), educationalist. 1 box.
(1955-2010), archaeologist. 1 box
(1835-1902), writer, artist, photographer. Books, manuscripts, music, photographs, pictures and drawings, and personal effects. 100+ boxes. For more information about the collection and Samuel Butler, visit the .
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4 boxes.
(1885-1958), classicist. 1 box.
(1781-1845), traveller. 2 boxes.
(1769-1822), statesman. 5 letters.
(1874-1898). 2 boxes.
(1760-1846), philanthropist. 1 box.
(1814-1883), Bishop of Natal. 1 box.
(1887-1976), art historian. 1 box.
(1858-1947), historian. 4 boxes.
(1923-2010), diplomat. 7 boxes.
(1921-2007), ancient historian. 67 boxes.
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(c. 1888-1945). 1 box.
(1914-1986), archaeologist, writer, broadcaster. 18 boxes.
(1909-1984), English scholar. 15 boxes.
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(1890-1985), agriculturalist. 4 boxes.
(1913-2006), ecologist. 4 boxes.
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(1902-1995). 1 box of memorabilia.
(1917-2001). 2 boxes of photographs taken by him in Greece, the Dodecanese and Italy, 1944-46.
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(1869-1943), classicist. 74 boxes.
(b 1919), anthropologist. c. 35 files, 50 boxes.
(1926-2014), mathematician, 1 box.
(1924-2002), organist and choirmaster. 2 boxes.
(1890-1971), economist. 1 box.
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(1869-1945), doctor. 1 box.
(1869-1947), clergyman. 5 boxes.
(1847-1935), classicist. 2 boxes.
(1792-1871), astronomer. 3 boxes.
(1895-1915), soldier. 1 box.
(1881-1961), Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. 1 box.
(1873-1947), agricultural botanist. 7 boxes.
(1946-), Professor of architectural history. 3 boxes.
(1874-1943), Indian Civil Servant, Senior Bursar of St John's. 2 boxes.
Hoyle, Sir Fred (1915-2001), Astronomer. 150 boxes, personal effects, preprints and offprints. For a full listing of the papers, click . A preliminary summary is also available on the website as follows: 1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | 91-100 | 101-110 | 111-159 | Personal effects | | . Access to some of this material is closed; please follow the links for details. For further information please see the . On Sir Fred Hoyle see .
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(1903-1999), mathematician. 55 boxes.
(1891-1989), geophysicist, statistician. 69 boxes.
(1890-1969), philologist. 1 box.
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(1907-1983), statistician. 3 boxes.
(1893-1959), poet. 15 boxes.
(1804-1889), headmaster and classicist. 2 boxes re Kennedy's Latin primer.
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(1857-1942), physicist. 4 boxes.
(1783-1866), traveller, astronomer, antiquary. 2 boxes.
(1906-1971), lawyer. 1 box.
. 3 boxes.
(1831-1899), mathematician and musician. 4 boxes.
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(1854-1929), mathematician. 1 box.
(1842-1898), French poet. 4 boxes.
, geologists. 9 boxes.
(1732-1811), astronomer. 1 box.
(1825-1910), classicist and antiquary. 32 vols.
(1910-1997), electrical engineer. 3 boxes.
(1915-2000), historian. 11 boxes.
(1550-2001). 18 boxes.
(1919-2005), anatomist. 19 boxes.
(1888-1972), mathematician. 7 boxes.
(1868-1949), physicist. 2 boxes.
(1834-1917), historian. 12 boxes.
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3 boxes.
(1901-1973), author and journalist. 34 boxes.
(1897-1984), mathematician. 5 boxes.
(1865-1923), solicitor. 1 box.
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(1787-1856). 1 box
(1909-2006), musician and composer. 5 boxes.
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Page, Thomas Ethelbert (1850-1936), classicist. 7 boxes.
(1784-1865), statesman. 1 box.
(1823-1889), mathematician. 1 box.
(1854-1931), engineer, scientist. 1 box.
(1821-1891), astronomer. 25 boxes.
(1920-1997), historian. 21 boxes and 4 card indexes.
(1847-1902), mathematician. 2 boxes.
(1937-2015), Master of St John's. 3 boxes.
Previt茅-Orton, Charles William (1877-1947), historian. SEE .
(1934-2003), architect. 35 boxes.
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(1861-1927), Professor of Sanskrit. 1 box.
(1896-1967), liturgiologist. 4 boxes.
(1957-). 3 boxes of memorabilia.
(1875-1938), musician. 16 boxes.
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1 box of letters to the editor.
(1844-1922), classicist. 2 boxes.
(1806-1875), Professor of Divinity. 1 box.
(1863-1944), physiologist and neurologist. 2 boxes.
(1867-1940), classicist. 5 vols.
(1745-1799), clergyman and author. 4 boxes.
(1899-1961), classicist. 1 box.
6 boxes. (See also Clarkson and Wilberforce).
(1871-1952), clergyman. 1 box.
(1858-1940), literary scholar. 1 box.
(1912-2002), mathematician. 34 boxes, 8 albums.
(1884-1958), literary editor and poet. 3 boxes.
(1863-1948), French scholar. 1 box.
(1870-1936), schoolmaster and clergyman. 1 box.
(1894-1960), engineer. 2 boxes.
(1814-1897), mathematician. 12 boxes.
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(1860-1931), historian. 16 boxes. SEE ALSO .
(1685-1731), mathematician. 2 boxes.
(1840-1908), theologian and mathematician. 2 boxes.
(1820-1884), mathematician. 8 boxes.
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(1927-2013), literary critic. 37 boxes.
(1850-1936), mathematician. 1 box.
(1893-1969), mathematician. 6 boxes.
(1790-1854), theologian. 2 boxes.
. 1 box.
(1759-1833), philanthropist. 1 box.
(1913-2010), computer scientist. 34 boxes.
(1919-2002), physician. 1 box.
(1760-1839), mathematican. 6 boxes.
(1887-1960), schoolmaster. 4 boxes.
(1770-1850), poet. 1 box.
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