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Alfred Place, Bedford Square 18th December 1816.

"Sir, In the absence of my father, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter containing an order on [...] Hoare [...] for £70 on account of the work done at Jesus College, for which I feel much obliged. I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant."
Signed F? Bernasconi.

Paid £102 3s 5d to the plasterer for work done to the outside of the Chapel. Includes payments for scaffolding, cutting off old stucco, dubbing out and nailing old church walls, payments to bricklayers and labourers, staining and jointing parapets, preparing stonework, lime and sand, dubbing out decayed clunch work, nails, scaffolding to the tower, stuccoing the north part of the Chapel, stucco and jointing, mouldings to windows, circular mouldings to windows.

Paid by Mrs Bell (14 St Edward's Passage) to G. Cook for repairing ceiling in sitting room. 2 pails of lime and hair, 1/2 bush plaster, 8 laths with nails (total: £1 2s 9d)

Bill for several bunches of lime between April 135h and September 9th, for £2 9d 7s, paid by C. Deeks to William Latham. Back signed by Deeks.

Four deep picture frames containing numerous plaster cast medallions showing classical images, scenes and figures. Each medallion appears to be numbered, the numbers, presumably, once relating to a list. Historic photographs suggest that at one time these hung in the SCR.

Bundle of correspondence between Bernard Manning, Bursar of the College, and W. Dawson of the University of Cambridge School of Forestry concerning maintenance of trees in the College Grove. Includes notes relating to removal and pruning of trees, their replacement with new trees and suggestions of which varieties, purchase of new trees including elm, poplar, oak, ash and birch from Dickson Nurseries Ltd, Chester, notes on trees purchased from Hillier and Sons of Winchester.

January 1816, Thomas Hanes for planting quick and cutting off lichen at Jesus College.
£2 5s, paid 10th February 1816.

Agreement with William Mudd for preparing and planting the grove with plants including horse chestnuts, forest trees, larch and firs, 23rd November 1870. With draft plan for tree planting scheme; Agreement with C. J. Harper to fence the plantations of the Grove with larch fencing "4 feet in height, with 2 rails, & one prickport between every two principal posts; the principal post to be two feet in the ground", 30th November 1870; An estimate from W. Seymour and Sons of 67 St. Andrews St to build 70 yards of fence, 23rd October 1884

Plans, sections and elevation sketches drawn in pencil. Scale: 1/8" Scale Plan

Discussion of enlarging the old church (1848) , and an alternative suggestion (1852) of replacing it with a new church on Jesus Lane.

Shaded colour pencil sketches of wall detail plan

Shows the following pen and ink drawings:
(1) Longitudinal section of workshop
(2) Front elevation of workshop [marked Cambridge Carving Works Rattee Builder]
(3) Plan of carved floor
(4) Transverse section of workshop
(5) Front elevation of dwelling house
(6) Chamber plan of dwelling house

Map of Butt Close, King Street and Jesus Lane. Includes lots to let contiguous to Wall's Lane and lots to let contiguous to Turnpike Road

Plans for a new W. C. at 33 New Square for Mr T. Askham. Shows elevation, site of W. C. and section A-B

Bill from J. Webster to the Masters and the Fellows of Jesus College for the measuring and marking out of ground plans of three hourses in Gravel Close. Total of £7.

Pencil drawings of an outbuilding behind Nos. 41-44 Lower Park Street. The drawings show a plan of the building; site location; sections; and NW elevation. Scale: 1/8" = 1 ft

Letter from John Burder, for the Bishop of Ely, setting our proposals for raising money to build a vicarage. Refers to a report, plans etc,. Which are not enclosed.

Comprises: outlines of the project and lectures (as part of the project); a memorandum on the formation of study groups; a paper on 'The Structure of Values in Science and the Arts: A Humanistic Study at the Salk Institute' (research proposal); copies of articles by Gunther Stent and others (some sent to Bronowski by Edwin Lennox); and a draft budget, summary of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs grant status (1975-75) and a memorandum on a possible funding source for the seminar project.

Also includes a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Katherine King (New York State Education Department) on Bronowski's plans as Educator-in-Residence in the Education Department for 1975/76.

Site plans of College.

Drawings showing various designs for the Mander organ and a plan of a new organ loft to be built to accommodate the new organ.

Includes three drawings of the organ formerly in the west end of the nave of the Chapel by Rattee and Kett. Some with sections of columns and mouldings on reverse.

Consists of draft pages of a planned Anthology of Experiments in Physics by Bronowski and Roger Partington.

Blue print and tracing of new heater for College Chapel showing plan of chapel with suggested location, dimensions of heater, image of heater and section through heater.

One plan drawing in black ink and dark blue shading for wall fill. One circulation space outlined in orange.

Plan showing the outlines of Nos. 19-24 Jesus Lane and giving their dimensions

8¼ x 9¾, Drawn by A. J. Findley.

Comprises [source material for drafting the plan of the Salk Institute]: Scientific Press material about the Institute (12 Dec 1961); a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Salk (7 Oct 1960); 'Statement of the Institute' by Lord Snow (Dec 1962); a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Michael Burke (CBS, New York) with a covering letter sending the copy to Augustus Kinzel (May 1965);'Humane Studies' by Bronowski (Apr 1967); and Bronowski's 'The Impact of New Science' lecture given at Fortune Magazine's California Conference (May 1967).

With a copy of a memorandum from Bronowski sending the plan, and a note of who had been given copies.

Comprises various drafts and final versions of a plan for the Salk Institute, with internal correspondence about the plan and letters from experts outside of the Institute who were asked to provide feedback on drafts. Bronowski was responsible for the plan alongside Jonas Salk and Renato Dulbecco. The plan was to consist of: a statement explaining uniqueness of the Institute; an account of the achievements of the Fellows; an account of the areas of research which the Institute would move into, and why it would be most effective in those areas; and an academic plan.

Includes: a draft entitled 'The Salk Institute: Why and How' (25 Jan 1967, by Augustus Kinzel); notes on current and proposed work by the Institute on the understanding of control mechanisms in living organisms (by Dulbecco and Salk, 20 Feb 1967); a memorandum from Jonas Salk on a discussion between Resident and Non-Resident Fellows [ideas for work of the Salk Institute] on 14 Feb 1967; and a copy of a letter to Basil O'Conner from Jonas Salk requesting a meeting with O'Conner and other National Foundation staff to discuss closer collaboration with the Salk Institute and the Institute's plans.

Also includes letters on proposed programmes of research at the Salk Institute and offering advice from: Benson E. Ginsburg (Behavior Genetics Laboratory, The University of Chicago); I. Charles Kaufman (Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California); James M. Sheldon, Jr. (Assistant to the President, Rollins College, Florida); Richard L. Rosenthal (Citizens Utilities Company, New York); Eugene Galanter (Department of Psychology, Columbia University in the City of New York); and Leo H. Bartemeier (Medical Director, The Seton Psychiatric Institute, Baltimore, Maryland).

Additionally includes a letter from Isaac Kleinerman (Producer, 'The 21st Century', CBS News) on plans for a television programme on the Salk Institute in 'The 21st Century' series.

Plan showing Lyndwode Road, Tenison Road and the proposed road that became Tenison Avenue

Plan showing the position of the proposed new road, Tenison Avenue. Shows the position of Lyndewode Road, Tenison Road, Station Road, and Salisbury Villas

Painted plan showing corner of Manor Street and King Street including Harp Tavern

(Note that this is removed to the cabinet).

Plan showing the outline of housing plots with the name and number of the houses, names of lessees, dimensions of each plot and the position of the proposed road

Plan showing proposed adjustment and widening of the road going through the College Close. Coloured pen and ink drawing

Plan showing the position of Tenison Road and Lyndewode Road and the proposed new road (Tenison Avenue). Also shown is a half cross section of the road and the position of the sewers and manholes

One plan drawing in black ink, indicated locations for gyp room and shower.

One plan drawing in black ink and dark blue shading for wall fill. One circulation space outlined in orange.