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Letters written to L. A. Pars, with copies of letters written by him.

Notebook containing quotations from news articles and books, on public affairs, history and moral questions. Worked from both ends of the volume.

One folder containing correspondence with College staff and invitations to reunion dinners in 1967 and 1984 and an annual dinner in 2011.

Papers and correspondence relating to Bawden's bequest to the College including correspondence relating to a watercolour painting of the chimney by Hugh Casson.

Letters to and replies from Prime Ministers with regard to various complaints. Includes letter from Margaret Thatcher, 1970

Includes papers relating to Bawden's volunteering at St. Paul's Cathedral

Papers relating to Bawden's family. Includes papers relating to the death of his sister, 2007; Papers and correspondence with his sister and solicitors concerning the administration of his parents estate when they had died, 1971-1994; Miscellaneous items including copies of brother's and sister's wills, retirement cards, certificates of his freedom of the city of London, 2nd June 1995 and 28th February 1996, father's certificate proving qualified teacher with related correspondence, 1913-15, miscellaneous family letters, 1920s and 30s;

This series includes a few items providing an insight into Bawden's personal interests. Included are correspondence and related papers concerning attendance on archaeological digs, 1950s; Short course on Chinese history, 1973; Associated Board Grade 1 pass certificate for piano, 1936; day diaries, 1956 & 1958; Italian Course in Perugia, 1948-9; Amateur boxing, 1950s-70s;

Papers relating to time served in the army as part of National Service

Includes details of employment and correspondence with employers at St. Paul's School, 1950-9; Royal Commercial Travellers School, 1951-5; Raines Foundation Grammar School, 1954; Wymondham College, Norfolk, 1959-68; Sheffield City Poly, 1969-75; City of London school, 1984-5; Highgate School, 1985-7; Blackheath High School, 1987. Also contains file of papers and correspondence with Ministry of Labour and National Service concerning intended career as a teacher, 1951; file of testimonials and CVs, 1951 - 2005

(1) Letters to Denys Page from the USA, 1942-1949,

(2) Maps of the US East Coast and Canada with routes taken, 1940s,

(3) Travel diary, 1950,

(4) Handwritten and printed material on world issues,

(5) Parent's marriage licence, and Pars's obituary

(6) Birth certificate, military service certificate, papers relating to his death, burial and will, and copies of his funeral service and memorial service, both of which were held in Jesus College Chapel.

These diaries cover Frederick Brittain's life from 1910 when he was 16/17 years old and still at school,through WWI when he served on the hospital ship H.M. Egypt, to his career at Jesus College until his death in 1969. The entries give a detailed account of his work, reading, friends and colleagues, and his many hobbies including The Rooster Society, rowing, cycling, attedance at church services and amateur dramatics.

A large bulk of this collection are letters written to Frederick Brittain. They came into the Archive in boxes following the death of Muriel Brittain. There appeared to be no original order so it was decided to put them in chronological order and list them in groups of decades. Amongst he various boxes in the accession were loose letters but only very few written by F.B. himself. These have been listed individually

A collection of miscellaneous items listed individually

There are a number of scrapbooks and individual articles that were kept by Frederick Brittain. Some of the scrapbooks contain newspaper cuttings of articles he had written himself, some are reviews of his published work and some were on topics of interest to him

A small selection consisting of three photographs and 1 album showing Frederick Brittain as Proctor, an album of photographs of his rooms in college, a photograph of his portrait and a photograph of the memorial doors

Other material gathered by Lawrence Picken relating to life at Jesus College

Files of material relating to drama productions at Jesus College, including rehearsal schedules, designs and production photographs

Obituaries and other printed profiles of Laurence Picken, collected by Anthea Smith. Includes printout of Independent Online obituary (published 31 Mar 2007), cutting of The Times obituary (24 Mar 2007), Who's Who entry (1991).

Personal photo albums, including many photos of Laurence Picken with students at Jesus College, and reproduction artworks collected by Laurence Picken.

Live recordings of performances, many in Cambridge, collected by Laurence Picken.

Piece for solo piano.

Song for high voice and piano, text in French.

Piece for solo piano.

Sonatina in three movements for piano

Movement for a piano sonata, composed by Laurence Picken.

Song cycle for soprano and piano, dedicated to LP's cousin, Mary.

1. The Jolly Shepherd (John Wootton, 16th century), composed 1 September 1925

2. All That's Past (Walter de la Mare), composed 16-17 September 1929

3. The Faithless Shepherdess (Anon, 1589), composed September 1929

4. Now Welcome Somer (Geoffrey Chaucer)

5. Pleasure It Is (William Cornish, 1510), composed 19 December 1925

6. God's Likeness (John Bannister Tabb), composed 17 August 1930

7. May in the Green-Wood (Anon, 16th century), composed 28 August 1930

Cambridge Pocket Diaries kept by Laurence Picken, detailing appointments and travel details. Many have personal phone numbers and other annotations in the front/back.

Song cycle for high voice and piano composed by Laurence Picken, to texts from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1900).

• Look down fair moon (composed 31 August 1934)

• O Tan-faced Prairie-Boy (composed 6 July 1934) - missing from manuscript

• Sometimes with one I love (composed 7 September 1934)

• No labour saving machine (composed 18 September 1934)

• Not heat flames up and consumes (composed 26 September 1934)

Comprises a film labelled "Dienst Televisie Programma, Profile dr. J Bronowski", 15 minutes and 35 seconds long. Contains several statements by Bronowski, photographs and a clip from 'The Face of Violence'. There is also a separate soundtrack and transcript of the programme.

The narration is in Dutch, with clips in English.