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Two receipts:

1. Receipt for the rental of gas between June and September 1880, including meter readings, which totalled £22 13s 4d. Also includes the rental of 1 lamp 'as per contract', for £1.
2. Receipt for repair of the lamps in New Court, repair of lamp fittings in unspecified location and '1 Cock &c.', amounting to 4s 4d.

Two receipts:

1. Receipt for the rental of gas between March and June 1880 including meter readings, which totalled £35 15s 10d. Also includes the rental of 1 lamp 'as per contract', for £1.
2. Receipt for maintaining the fittings in the 'Hall Staircase' and the lamp fittings 'in Front Court', amounting to 2s 8d.

Bill for the Revd Master & Fellows of Jesus College to the Cambridge Gas, Light & Coke Company for one quarter's rent from June 24th to Sept 20th 1830 for the Argand Burners and Batswing Burner as per contract. Total of £7 10s.
Received of the Revd Master and Fellows of Jesus College the sum of £7 10s as per bill for F. Grafton & E. J. Tweed.

Bill for the Revd Master & Fellows of Jesus College to the Cambridge Gas, Light & Coke Company for quarter's rent from March 25th to June 24th for the Argand Burners and Batswing burker as per agreement. Total of £7 10s.
Received of the Revd Master & Fellows of Jesus College the sum of £7 10s of gas ending June 24th, for the company & E. J. Tweed.

Bill for the Revd Master & Fellows of Jesus College to the Cambridge Gas, Light & Coke Company for one quarter's rent from 25th December to 25th March for the Argand Burners and Batswing Burner as per agreement. Total of £7 10s.
Received of the Revd Master & Fellows of Jesus College the sum of £7 10s as per bill for gas light to 25th March 1830 for E.J. Tweed. Signed by E.J. Tweed.

Bill for the Revd Master & Fellows of Jesus College to the Cambridge Gas, Light and Coke Company for one quarter's rent from the 29th of September to the 25th of December. Sixteen bursaries as per agreement for the sum total of £7 10s.
Received of the Revd Master Jesus College the sum of £7 10s 1 years rent of gas ending Dec 25th 1829 from the Gas Company E.J. Tweed. Signed by E.J. Tweed.

To work Beechwood House, 41 Hills Road. Supplying, fitting and fixing new flush latch to gate (bottom part of receipt): £7 5s 1d

Records fines for students arriving back after the gate was locked in the evening.

Invoice dated 1832, from Mr Bullen to Jacob Warwicker, for two gates posts & some(?) work at Jesus Close. Total of £2 5s. Settled by cash of Mr Bullen on March 8th 1832. Signed by Jacob Warwicker.

Covering letter to the college from John Hooper for an estimate for repairs to fences and gates at Manor Farm. (Estimate is JCAD-2-2-9-1874-35.) Letter explains that the estimate omits 4 gates by the side of the road which are beyond repair. Offers to purchase new gates at 4 shillings each if college will provide 10 posts.

10½ x 5

10⅜ x 5

Black and white photograph.

'Gaudeamus. A Christmas Celebration', performed on three nights, 3rd, 4th and 5th December 1963 at 8.30pm. The production included scenes from the Chester and Coventry cycles with related choral works

Gavotte (from English Suite No. 3) and Musette. Boureé 2 (English Suite No. 2). Gigue. From French Suite No. 5, by J. S. Bach. Arrangement for guitar and organ by Peter Hurford.
2 copies of Gavotte and Musette for the organ.
Manuscript of first page of guitar part of Gigue. From French Suite No. 5.
Manuscript of Boureé 2 (English Suite No. 2), guitar part (crossed) and organ part.

Correspondence concerning recommendations to the Master relating to the long term leasing of land in Gawthorpe and Ossett for the purpose of coal extraction. Suggest Greaves' offer is too low.

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

Large ledger with a total of £34 5d.

Includes prospectuses for potential students; prospectus for Modern Languages at Jesus College, 1988;

Pamphlet including notes on individuals who were benefactors in various aspects of the College including those who gave to the Library, Treasury, Livings, Chapel, General College Buildings, Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes.

Includes works and notes containing biographical details relating to numerous people

Copy of article listing the official colours of College clubs in about 1948; Copy of ' "oars and the man": Pleasure and Purpose in Victorian and Edwardian Cambridge' by J. A. Mangan from the History of Higher Education journal, 1984; Notes and correspondence between Mangan and John Mills with relation to evidence of sports in the Jesus College Archives and a draft of the article that appeared in the History of Higher Education Journal; 'Christ and the Imperial games fields: Evangelical athletes of the Empire' lecture given by J. A. Mangan at the University of Alberta, 1983;

Includes bills and descriptions of work done around the College site including the Master's Lodge, various rooms on staircases, the Hall, courts and precincts, buttery and kitchens. Also survey, report and costs by Waterhouse of parts of the College in need of work including gatehouse, Master's Lodge, First Court, Hall, Chapel and chimneys, 1870-1; Repairs to be made to the parapets on the College roof following strong winds, February 1894; Correspondence from Rattee and Kett with suggestions for improvements to College buildings including rebuilding parapet on C and D staircases, over the Old Library on the Cloister side, replumbing and reslating of the same areas, replacing drainpipes, north side of Chapel Court decayed stonework to be replaced, Waterhouse buildings restoration of north east end, 30th May 1919; Letter from Rattee and Kett concerning repairs to parapet on C and D staircases and to south side of Hall, 22nd July 1920;

Includes correspondence relating to improvements of steam supply from boiler house, 1970-1, with work being undertaken by A. W. Philips and Son Ltd and E. S. G. Sales Ltd.

Letters from Rattee and Kett concerning works to be done to the west gable wall of C and D staircase, including removal of ivy, August 1915; Letter from George R Kett concerning the proposed reconstruction of the wall separating the Fellows Garden from the Chimney. Includes drawn cross section of wall, c. 1915; Letter from Rattee and Kett concerning the recommended replacement of elements of the roof to C and D staircases, 3rd December 1930;

Includes correspondence relating to 2004 appeal for funds to continue sculpture exhibition;

Comprises correspondence, mainly with individuals based in Universities and students.

Correspondents include Gilbert Aberg (Head of Radio/Television in the Department of Public Information, The Pennsylvania State University), Joseph Agassi, S H Ajwani, Rachel A. (Menard) Akers, Colonel Hugh O'Donel Alexander [chess player], Stanford Anderson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning), Ruth Nanda Aschen (editor, 'World Perspectives'/'Perspectives in Humanism'), Sir Eric Ashby (Clare College, University of Cambridge), The Hon. David Astor, Michael Ayrton and Americo Azevedo.

Subjects include requests for autographs, a party invitation, portrait photographs of Bronowski, possible employment opportunities at the Salk Institute, the Charles Abrams Scholarship Fund, supporting Professor Joseph Agassi's fellowship application to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, lectures and books by Bronowski, supporting Professor Norman Cohen's application to the Athenaeum Club, and discussing publications by other people.

Also includes typescripts of papers by Americo Azevedo: 'A Theory of Subjective Time'; 'A Metaphysical Speculation'; and 'Time, and Time again'.

The signature has been cut out of a letter from David Astor, dated 16 Nov 1965.

Comprises correspondence with individuals, mainly relating to their academic writing or Bronowski's work including 'The Ascent of Man'.

Correspondents include: Melanie Bandy (Department of English, Lamar University, Texas) on her work comparing the poetry of William Blake and [Percy] Shelley; Frances Bardacke on her dramatic criticism in the San Diego Magazine; Professor Maurice Bartlett (Department of Biomathematics, University of Oxford); Saul Bass (filmmaker); Martin Bax on publishing Bronowski's poems; The Hon. David L Bazelon (Judge); Professor Burton Benedict (Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley); Mariam J Benkovitz on 'Experiment'; Crystal Bennett (Director, British School of Archaeology, Jerusalem); H Stanley Bennett (The University of Carolina School of Medicine & The University of Chicago, Laboratories for Cell Biology); Dr Seymour Benxer (Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology); and Eileen Bernal (J D Bernal Peace Library).

Also includes a reprint of 'Non-Holographic Associative Memory', and a programme for an International Symposium on Leonardo Da Vinci at the University of California (May 1966).

Comprises correspondence with individuals on subjects including their or Bronowski's work, invitations, and a request to republish a poem by Bronowski entitled 'Man, take your gun'.

Correspondents include: Charles E Boklage (Division of Biology, Kansas State University) about his research on the genetics of mental development; Howard Borough (Dean of Faculties, Portland State College) inviting Bronowski to visit; Professor Philip Bowden (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge) on attending a conference in San Diego; Ray Bradbury [writer] on his plays and Bronowski's books; and Margaret Braithwaite and the Cambridge Language Research Unit.

Also includes press cuttings of '20th Century Man: Conversations with Dr Bronowski' by John Philip Sousa, a key chart for a Brain Model, and an "interim research report on the repetitive foundations of language" from the Cambridge Language Research Unit (29 Nov 1971).

The signature has been cut out of a letter from Lord Vivian Bowden, dated 7 Dec 1965.

Comprises correspondence from individuals and some organisations.

Correspondents include: the British and Foreign Bible Society about Bronowski's contribution to a birthday book; Brooks/Cole Publishing Company on a request to publish an extract from [Abraham Harold] Maslow's journal about Bronowski (permission denied); Christoph Brozek (architecture academic); Marcus Brumwell on subjects including arranging lectures in honour of Herbert Read, Bronowski seeing Harold Wilson [Prime Minister] and [a scientific] steering group; Jerome S Brumer (Department of Psychology, Harvard University) on Bronowski visiting; Dr Alan Bullock (Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford); Dr John Ely Burchard; Robert P Burress about his articles on the psychology of creativity, which Bronowski sent on to Joel Elkes (Department of Psychiatry, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland); A A Buzzati-Traverso (International Laboratory of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples) on reviewing the Italian translation of 'The Identity of Man'.

Also includes: copies of 'The Daily Californian: Weekly Magazine' containing articles by Thomas Breitner; a typescript on "creative dynamics of advanced societies" by Professor Arthur Bronwell; poems by Christoph Brozek; a reprint of 'Geophysical Consequences of a Diminishing Gravitation' by Shibdas Burman; and an invitation to an exhibition of sculptures by Reg Butler.

The signature has been cut out of a letter from Alan Bullock, dated 30 Oct 1968.