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The advowson of Graveley was given to the College in 1558 by the Master, the Rev.John Fuller, who had bought it from the Crown, with the Manor of Graveley. It was formerley the property of Ramsey Abbey. See the grant of Letters Patent of Philip and Mary 5.3.58 (Cal.Pat. Rolles 1557-8, p.40). The original is in the Steel Press, shelf 8. The benefice was united with that of Yelling on 1.January.1929, the College retaining the right of presenting every alternate turn.

See also material relating to Stow Groves, in a separate brown box, not listed here.

The advowson of Swavesey was given to the College in 1558 by Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Ely, who purchased it with five others from the Crown for £100. See the Grant by Letters Patent, Philip and Mary, Cal. Pat. Rolls 1557-8, p.40. The original patent is in the Steel Press, shelf 8. Dr Fuller' Foundation.

Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Ely, gave this living to the College, with five others, see Cal. Pat. Rolls 1557-8, p.40. See also the Grant by Letters Patent, Philip and Mary, 5 March 1558, in Steel Press, shelf 8.

The living was acquired by the College by gift from Thomas thirlby, Bishop of Ely, who purchased it from the Crown 5.3.1558. See the Grant by Letters Patent, Philip and Mary. Steel Press, shelf 8, Dr Fuller's Foundation.

For the acquisition of this living, see the Grant by Letters Patent of Philip and Mary 5 March 1558, in the Steel Press, shelf 8, labelled Dr Fuller's foundation. The advowson was conferred on the College by Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Ely 1554-59, who purchased It from the Crown for £100. The files contain one document of 1619, and others from 1839-1945.

The advowson was purchased in 1736, in haste before the Mortmain Act of that year prohibited the purchase of advowsons by colleges. In 1859 the parish was divided in two and a new parish of Selsley was created, on the initiative and at the expense of the local landowner Samuel Marling, who was given the patronage. In 1871 Mr Marling made an offer to buy the patronage of King's Stanley as well, which the College refused, to the relief of the Rector, the Revd John Gibson (Fellow of Jesus College 1942-57, Rector 1857-86.

The College acquired this living in 1699 by gift from the Proby Trustees.

The Roosters was founded in 1907 by a New Zealander called J. H. Allen as a light-hearted debating society. It celebrated its Bicentenary 184 years in advance "to save posterity the trouble"

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

Term card listing debates

Comprises audio recordings and transcripts of lectures given whilst Bronowski was Carnegie visiting professor of History.

[These lectures were originally titled 'Science and Civilised Man'].

Includes menus

Includes recordings of 'My Brother Died' which was a melodrama for radio written by Bronowski, produced by Douglas Cleverdon, and broadcast on the BBC Third Programme. 'My Brother Died' was entered into the Italia Prize for radio drama in 1954.

Includes dinner menus, 1957-8

The advowson and lands were bought in the early years of James I, to provide extra revenue for the College.

Consists of copies of Bronowski's work including transcriptions of recordings/broadcasts, articles and summaries of a speech. Each file has a contents page at the front (not always exactly matching contents).

Comprises audio recordings of a series of four lectures given by Bronowski for the inaugural annual Man and Nature lecture series at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. The lectures were subsequently delivered at the University of California at Berkeley and San Diego.

Comprises recordings of a dialogue written by Bronowski in response to the 'Two Cultures Debate' which followed his lectures on 'Science and Human Values' given at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1953.

Bronowski's dialogue was inspired by Galileo's 'Dialogue on the Great World Systems' (published 1632).

Comprises 2 films labelled "J Bronowski. In conversations with Andries Deinum, Part I & II. Produced by the division of continuing education, Portland, Oregon". Bronowski delivered his Condon lectures on 'The Philosophy of Contemporary Science' on the 20th - 28th February 1967.

Bronowski delivered a series of 3 lectures titled 'The Prophetic Eye' for the UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) Art Council Lectures on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of October 1968. These lectures were on 'Leonardo da Vinci and the Articulation of Nature', 'The Minute Particulars of William Blake' and 'Surrealism: the Daydream Image'.

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

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

Includes menus

"Television film on Leonardo da Vinci produced by Adrian Malone for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Script and narration by Dr. Bronowski. First shown in England in 1967".

Television film on William Blake.

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.

Hockey began being played in college in the Lent term of 1902.

Includes menu, 20th March 1970

Consists of a film for television showing a dialogue between Bronowski and Dr Paul Saltman of the University of California, San Diego. The film was part of the 'Science and Society' series produced by Peter Kaye for National Educational Television. It was filmed at the Salk Institute in August 1969 and broadcast nationwide in the United States on 19 July 1970.

Contains audio recordings of a lecture that Bronowski gave at Sherwood Hall, La Jolla, in aid of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art.

Comprises audio recordings of two lectures that Bronowski gave for the Condon lecture series at the University of Oregon. The lectures were broadcast by KOAC [radio station, part of Oregon Public Broadcasting]. The lectures were also given at Portland State College (Feb 1967).

Comprises audio recordings of a lecture that Bronowski gave for the Damon lecture series at the National Science Teachers Association convention in Washington D C [broadcast on WGBH-FM radio].

Comprises recordings of broadcasts made by Bronowski which were based on his articles and lectures.

Comprises audio recordings of a series of 6 lectures that Bronowski gave for the A W Mellon lectures in Fine Arts (1969) at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D C.