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Includes general correspondence concerning garden matters including planting schemes, list of plants purchased for the garden, Dutch elm disease, 1968 - 1981; papers relating to felling, maintenance, planting and replacement of trees, notes relating to the effect on the gardens by exhibitions including sculpture in the close; creation of St. Radegund's garden in Pump Court, .

Notes and correspondence relating to the construction of the Carpenter Building including sketch plans for proposal to enclose both first court and second court before plans to create Chapel Court were fully developed, 1883;

Correspondence relating to the construction of the cricket pavilion. Correspondents include Rattee and Kett, Arthur Gray and Percy Morley Horder. File of bound correspondence also includes two proposed plans for new pavilion.

File concerning the exchange of land between Jesus College and the Corporation. It was proposed that New Square, and two areas in front of and next to Brunswick School owned by the College under the Barnwell Inclosure Act, 1811 would be exchanged for a triangular piece of land on the corner of Jesus Lane and Victoria Avenue known as Butts Green. The College wanted this land so that it could build a roadway to provide vehicular access to College from Victoria Avenue rather than Jesus Lane and mean that it would build a second football pitch for use by the Football and Rugby clubs. The exchange was agreed but as there was local opposition a Public Enquiry was held on 16 October 1929. The file consists of a summary of the history of negotiations between the College and the Corporation, a newspaper article about the background to the public enquiry including a map showing the areas of land to be exchanged; letters about the enquiry addressed to Bernard Lord Manning (Bursar) from all interested parties and proof of evidence of Mr H. M. Jonas at the enquiry.

(1) 16 June 1941 - letter from the Bursar to Mr Davies of the Ministry of Food explaining that the Deed of Exchange between the College and the Corporation contained a covenant restricting building on New Square and the College had no power to waive that covenant However, one provision made it possible for the Minister to grant permission for certain buildings of a limited nature. The Bursar advised Mr Davies that if he took the matter to the Corporation and then to the Minister for approval, the College would raise no objections;

(2) 18 June 1941 - from Mr Davies to the Bursar thanking him for the above and saying they would approach the Local Authority.

Comprises copies of memoranda from Augustus Kinzel (President, Salk Institute) on matters including arranging meetings of the Board of Trustees and of Fellows, and Kinzel receiving the Washington award [for engineering].

File concerning an offer by the Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely Territorial Force Association to buy the freehold of land on the open side of the square to build headquarters. Includes:

(1) letters from Lieutenant Colonel Louis Tebbutt detailing the offer;

(2) a plan showing the outline of the area under offer;

(3) a petition against the sale signed by all of the residents of New Square;

(4) a report by J. Carter Jonas & Sons recommending the College refuse the offer of £1,500 as it was not large enough to compensate the College for the depreciation in value of the rest of the houses.

Comprises material relating to a group of molecular biologists (not named but including Bronowski) proposing to establish an independent research institute for the study of the central nervous system and "the differentiation of cell and tissue in the process of embryonic growth". Gerard Piel was acting on behalf of this group and suggested that the institute could be part of the development programme for Puerto Rico.

The Cedars-Sinai Center in Los Angeles and British Columbia were both also considered as possible hosts for the proposed institute.

Consists of: letters from Piel to Bronowski about the proposed institute and whether he should resign as a Member and Trustee of the Salk Institute as there was a conflict of interests; a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Eliezer Curet (Office of the Governor, San Juan, Puerto Rico) about a proposed visit to Puerto Rico by Bronowski (annotated with Bronowski's notes about meeting Danilo Ondina); copies of letters from Piel to Eliezer Curet and Rafael Durrand (Economic Development Administration, San Juan, Puerto Rico); and a business card for Danilo Ondina (Executive Director, Economic Development Administration of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) who was based in New York.

Discusses the donation of a piece of land by Jesus College to extend the vicarage site and the subsequent building of a wall.

File containing the following letters about the installation of bathrooms in various houses:

(1) 3 October 1910 - from J. Carter Jonas & Sons (Land Agents) to J. H. H. Goodwin informing him that the Rev Pollock (Secretary of the Lodging House Syndicate) had inspected No. 44 and reduced the rent for the two sets of rooms by £1 due to a lack of a bathroom. He had also done this on a number of other College owned houses. Advised him to put the matter before the Syndicate as this action effected the value of the College's properties;

(2) 20 June 1913 - note by J. H. H. Goodwin (Bursar) that the estimate for fitting a bathroom at No. 48 would be £27 or £28 and the College would pay £14 towards this;

(3) 15 October 1913 - invoice for £30 0s 6d from Arthur Negus & Sons for fitting a bathroom at 48 New Square;

(4) 6 June 1914 - from J. Carter Jonas & Sons to the Bursar saying that the tenants of Nos 27 and 28 had asked for bathrooms to be fitted and laying out how they could be fitted into the houses and at what likely cost;

(5) 2 July 1915 - from J. Carter Jonas & Sons to the Bursar informing him that the tenants of No. 41 had asked for a sink to be fitted in the back room of the first floor and that he had obtained an estimate of £4 10s 0d from Messrs Coulson & Son. He states that it is difficult for the tenants of these houses to make a living but he felt that if the College gave permission for this it would "lower the tone of the property".

Comprises correspondence relating to William Blake, including on the publication of 'William Blake: A Man Without a Mask'.

Correspondents include: Kathleen Raine on subjects including manuscripts by her on Tiriel and Satan, 'The Face of Violence' and William Blake (1954); Sir Geoffrey Keynes (The William Blake Trust) on Blake's printing methods and a letter from William Blake to James Blake; Professor Samuel Marshak (poet) on translations of poems by Blake and 'William Blake: A Man without a Mask'; David Erdman (author on Blake); H M Margoliouth (author on Blake) on subjects including Blake's use of Hebrew; G E Bentley on an article about Blake by Irakli Kenchoshvili in Georgian (press cutting included); and Ellen Raskin (illustrator of an edition of 'Songs of Innocence' by Blake).

Consists of: letters from publishers declining to publish 'The Thumb in the Margin', 'Two Poets and a Revolution' and 'Three Thousand Years War'; a letter from Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd (publishers of 'A Man Without a Mask'); letters from individuals commenting on Bronowski's work including E M Tillyard, Frank Kendon of Cambridge University Press, [Sir Charles Desmond MacCarthy], Max Newman, Arnold Wesker on 'My Brother Died', Herbert Read, Joseph Wicksteed on 'A Man Without a Mask' and Wayland Young; letters from the BBC regarding Bronowski's radio talks on the Hiroshima Report and atomic energy; press cutting of a review of Bronowski on the BBC Third Programme; typescript of radio programme reviewing 'A Man Without a Mask'; a letter about a reference in another authors work.

Also includes a programme for the first stage performance of 'The Face of Violence' (1954) and typescripts of 'The Thumb in the Margin' (single poem).

Correspondence about (a) inclosure at Swavesey, (b) commutation of vicarial tithes, (c) augmentation from the Proby Fund. The chief correspondent is the Revd John Graham, Vicar of Hinxton, but apparently (non-resident) Vicar of Swavesey as well. There are also letters from a valuer Robert Wright of Norwich, and several valuations of the living. In 1839 there are letters from J.M. Rodwell, with a valuation of the farm at Preston, Suffolk, belonging to John Graham, and a letter from Alex. Watford about gravel in the vcarage lands. In 1840 there is a letter from the Bishop (Joseph Allen) insisting that John Graham should install a curate at Swavesey and make the vicarage house fit for his residence. On 20 December 1841 Graham accepts the College's offer of an annual payment of £48.3.3 to the Vicar of Swavesey until an estate of suitable value shall be purchased for the living. A final letter of 14 December 1847 reporting on a charitable grant of land for a Swavesey National School, and arrangements for staffing it. "My curate Mr Walton is indefatigable in his attentions to the children".

Letters from J. Carter Jonas & Sons to J. H. H. Goodwin (Bursar):

(1) Advising that they had inspected the roofs of the cottages (27-30 Jesus Lane) as they were tilting and very much out of repair but the repairs would be very expensive, 15 July 1910

(2) Request from Mr Robinson, tenant of 27 Jesus Lane and who ran a bicycle shop, to have a temporary tenancy of the empty stable previously used by Hopkins & Son for use to store bicycles, 30 April 1913

(3) Confirmation that the Old Cottages had now been pulled down but the old brick wall at the back had been left to form the boundary wall as agreed. However, it was in bad condition so should be rebuilt or replaced with a fence, 8 May 1914

(4) Request from the Billeting Office of the Welsh Field Ambulance to know how much the College would be charging them for the occupation of Hopkins' Old Stable, 2 January 1915

(5) Request from Messrs King & Harper to have a lease of the site comprising the old stables formerly occupied by Hopkins, with the yard and cottages for use as a moor garage and place to repair motor tractors, 18 January 1919

(1) Letter from J. Carter Jonas & Sons to J. H. H. Goodwin (Bursar) giving cost to pull down the existing cottages and stabling and level the site, 9 February 1914

(2) Proposed terms for letting premises on a building lease to the Cambridge University Officers' Training Corps [n.d.]

(3) Site plan showing Nos. 25 and 26 Jesus Lane which were leased to the Folkards until 1933, and the site of Nos. 27-32 Jesus Lane

Letters from J. E. L. Whitehead (Town Clerk) to Hugh Shield (Bursar) asking if the posts at the West End of Fitzroy Street could be removed to allow vehicular traffic to go directly from Fitzroy Street to New Square instead of via Fair Street, Maids Causeway to Short Street. Also raises the question of planting trees in New Square following the Corporation laying out Christ Pieces as an ornamental ground. The remaining letters in the file concern improving the road on the north side of New Square [Nos. 35-49] by the College making the roadway wider, making a footpath and kerb. The file also contains two plans showing the suggested scheme for widening the roadway.

Comprises correspondence with the BBC relating to: sending copies of 'The Ascent of Man' book to Bronowski (with air freight notices); checking and sending proofs with corrections; publication dates; production schedule for the book; corrections to be made prior to publication in 'The Listener' BBC magazine; the bibliography and other additional material for 'The Ascent of Man' book; sending manuscripts of chapters; illustrations; sending transcripts of the television programmes to Bronowski; and fees and contract terms for the production of 'The Ascent of Man' book. Correspondents at the BBC include Anthony Kingsford (Book Editor, BBC Publications), Peter Campbell (Assistant Book Editor, BBC Publications), Jo Gladstone/Marquand and John Stringer (Head of Business Co-Productions).

Also includes: letters from other publishers offering to publish 'The Ascent of Man'; notes on the schedule for production of the book; copies of draft and final book contracts with the BBC (Nov 1971 and Mar 1972); correspondence between Bronowski and Sylvia Fitzgerald regarding the book contract; some correspondence with Larned Bradford of Little, Brown and Company ('The Ascent of Man' publishers in the United States) and Peter Robeck of Time-Life Films; and a memorandum by Bronowski on a meeting at the Time-Life building in New York with Peter Robeck, John Stringer and Aubrey Singer (BBC) and Larned Bradford (Jan 1970).

Additionally includes: some photocopied and annotated pages of galley proofs and a typescript of corrected pages in chapters 1-3 annotated [by Sylvia Fitzgerald]; a point of sale sign for 'The Ascent of Man' book; and a letter from Bronowski to Sylvia (13 Nov 1971) sending the contract offer for the English rights to the book, outlining his travel arrangements for filming, and thanking her for handling an application by George Derfer.

Consists of correspondence relating to publication of 'The Discovery of Self', and on recording 'The Discovery of Self' for radio broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Letters between Mr Haggerston (lessee of the Manor and 8 houses) and George Broadwick (Bursar) concerning his request to split the lease of the 8 houses into separate leases and the College's refusal; agreement for a licence to alienate; request from the Rev'd Leathes for the lease to be split into four; and agreement that the lease could be split into two.

Correspondence regarding the purchase of the remainder of the lease.

Mainly comprises correspondence with Cass Canfield (Harper and Row, publishers, New York) on revising and adding material to Bronowski's earlier work on Blake ('A Man without a Mask') and publishing the revised volume as 'William Blake and the Age of Revolution' (1965).

Includes an annotated typescript of 'Introduction: the Turbulent Age', a typescript index, and notes of corrections to be made (for a paperback edition, 1969)

Also includes: correspondence with Roman Jakobson on subjects including 'William Blake and the Age of Revolution'; press cuttings about the book; and lists of people to be sent copies of 'William Blake and the Age of Revolution'.

Correspondence, plan and estimate with Morley Horder and Rattee and Kett concerning £450 to be spent on construction of a garage for North House, 1929; Letter from Andrew J. Laird, medical officer of health for Cambridge, recommending alterations to be made to North House drainage following outbreaks of Enteric Fever, 1st January 1925;

Alterations to Hall by Alfred Waterhouse, 1871-77; Correspondence and bills associated with repairs to the Hall roof by R. Herbert Carpenter and B. Ingelow, 1890; Correspondence between the College and Rattee and Kett relating to cracks in the south wall of the Hall, including report from W. Caroe with regard what work should be undertaken to stabilise the wall, 1904-11; Correspondence and estimates from Robert Dent, general smith and hot water engineer, for new radiators in Hall, 23rd May 1919; Correspondence with Morley Horder concerning proposed alterations to the Hall staircase, Hall lecture room (in small hall demolished in 1960s) and staircase to Old Library, 1926; Correspondence relating to the uncovering of a fireplace in the rooms of Charles Whibley, the rooms of which adjoin the Hall, 1926;

Letters, accounts, summaries of information.

Correspondence and papers relating to the administration of the Red Herring Society. Includes: letters, song lyrics and script for induction

Includes: correspondence with G H Hardy, J A Todd, L Roth and Professor Wiener (with notes for a joint paper, 1953); reprints and typescripts of papers by Bronowski comprising 'Some Uses of Statistics in the Building Industry' (1949), 'The Base for Algebraic Curves on an Algebraic Surface' (1947), 'On Cubic Primals with Many Nodes' (1947), 'Plastic Properties of Coking Coals' (1953), 'An Inequality Relating Means' (1944), 'the Figure of Six Points in Space of Four Dimensions' (1942), 'The Variance of the Measure of a Two-Dimensional Random Set' with J Neyman (1945), 'The Fixed part of the Canonical System' (1942), 'On Triple Planes (III)' (1942) and 'Sketch of the Modern Theory of Curves (notes for a paper) read to Hull Mathematical Club' (1936).

Also includes handwritten notes by Bronowski, reprint of 'Some Manifolds Generated by Normal Rational Curves' by Robert Jones (1943), examination papers written by Bronowski for the University of London (1942), reprint of 'The variance of the overlap of geometrical figures with reference to a bombing problem' by F Garwood (1947) and a mathematical paper in Italian on algebraic surfaces (1935).

Regarding the transfer of £4984.2.4d as 3% War Stock

Four pieces of correspondence between John D. Brand and George C. Boon concerning the Wenallt hoard and its dating, with one attachment:
(a) photocopy of letter from John Brand to George Boon, typescript, single page, dated 11 September 1981, with one attachment, in response to GCB's note on the Wenallt hoard in the July edition of Seaby's Coins and Medals Bulletin. JDB praises the preliminary publication of the hoard takes issue with the date that GCB proposed for the hoard and the significance that he attached to the weights of the coins. There is a manuscript note in the upper margin, in red ink, that reads "Copy to BHIHS". There is also a note from the original typescript in the lower margin to indicate that copies of the letter (and attachment) were also sent to Marion Archibald, Peter Seaby, Robert Seaman and Ian Stewart.
(b) photocopy of short paper, typescript, three pages on three folios (recto only), entitled 'The date of Matilda's coins' by J. D. Brand, undated, attached to the letter described above.
(c) photocopy of letter from George Boon to John Brand, typescript, single page, dated 14 September 1981, in reply to JDB's letter and paper, thanking for the letter and noting that "there is room for disagreement" but stating that he "cannot really accept this advanced dating of Stephen's type I". He further discounts JDB's argument that 800 years of chemical action on the coins while they were in the ground provides insufficient cause to exclude the weight evidence, since that would mean ignoring the weight evidence of "the entire series of English coins". There is a handwritten postscript at the bottom of the page, in the photocopy, concerning the obverse legend HE.MA.IM. on Matilda's coins.
(d) photocopy of letter from John Brand to George Boon, typescript, single page, dated 3 October 1981, thanking GCB for his letter of of 14 September and asks for further clarification of his points of disagreement. He focuses on the HE.MA.IM. legend and questions whether coins with the legend can be dated before the 1140s, favouring the view that it cannot. There is again a manuscript note in the upper margin, in red ink, that reads "Copy to BHIHS" and a further note from the original typescript in the lower margin to indicate that copies of the letter (and attachment) were also sent to Archibald, Seaby, Seaman and Stewart.
(e) photocopy of letter from George Boon to John Brand, typescript, single page, dated 9 October 1981, thanking JDB for his further expression of interest in GCB's SCMB essay. He notes that he will give the hoard more serious consideration in due course but is not yet prepared to discuss it. He nevertheless does state that coin of the Empress Matilda does not have much bearing on the dating or longevity of Stephen's coins of type 1. He says that he needs to take more careful consideration of other evidence, both written and numismatic, before he will be able to commit himself, but he acknowledges that there are many puzzles surrounding the coinage of this period.

Langton and Willis. Concerning deeds relating to 107 King Street

Parties: (1) John Billage and others, (2) Jeremiah George Leonard

From Randall concerning the duty payable on money expended for repairs

Includes correspondence regarding:

(1) the lease of the property to children of the Basque region of Spain who were made orphans by the Spanish Civil War;

(2) attempts to find new tenants which proved difficult due the noise from the railway and the internal layout of the building;

(3) a schedule of dilapidations dated December 1939;

(4) negotiations with HM Office of Works over the amount to be spent on repairs and redecoration prior to agreement of a lease;

(5) terms of the lease; permission requested for the erection of Air Raid Shelters in the garden (permission was granted but the College refused to contribute financially);

(6) repairs to glass broken when a bomb exploded near Queen Anne's Terrance