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File containing letters of complaint to the College about the noise from Lawrence's Garage and the fact they left cars and vans in the lane behind Rhadegund Buildings. Most of the letters are between the College and the Misses Goody (tenants of 52 Jesus Lane) but there are also some from the owners of the garage.

Correspondence concerning negotiations for Marshall's to purchase the lease of Little Trinity from Mr Emery and No. 17 for an extension to the garage and building of a showroom and then, after these negotiations fell through, discussions of alternative schemes. Includes site plans and draft lease of the garage site for 40 years from 25 March 1926.

Correspondence about a new side entrance to the property including a copy of the lease plan (1885), a plan showing the proposed side entrance (1899), and a report and valuation of the property (1903).

Valuations of 1-6 and 10-12 Rhadegund Buildings

(1) Notice served by the Great Northern Railway that they intended to apply to Parliament for the compulsory purchase of land held by the College. The land listed in the schedules was as follows: office and premises; house, forecourt, garden and outbuildings; yard, buildings, weighbridge, stables and sheds

(2) Plan of the area

(3) Letter from Francis & Co (College solicitors) to J. H. H. Goodwin (Bursar) saying that they had received Mr Jonas's statement of the College Claim to the Great Northern Railway Company which set the compensation at £3500

(4) Letter from J. Carter Jonas & Sons (land agents) to Goodwin confirming that they had verbally settled the compensation for Beale's coal yard at £1,800

(1) March 1881 - Report upon property near Brooklands Cambridge the property of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College
(2) 1886 - Report on the Brooklands Field in the parish of St Andrew the Less Cambridge and Trumpington and allotment on the Hills Road, the property of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College
(3) 12th February 1890 - letter to the Bursar confirming there was a Land Tax charged on land in the occupation of Mr George Foster. He had been paying the tax but had now declined to claiming that the land that was liable actually belonged to Jesus College

Correspondence between Hugh Shield (Bursar), the Great Eastern Railway Company and the London & North Western Railway concerning permanently closing the level crossing [the railway companies wanted this due the high level of traffic on the line and the College needed to access the field it owned to the west of the line]

Correspondence concerning the sale of the land to the west of the railway line to Trinity College for £2,000

Contains: a letter from Charlesworth & Co (solicitors) asking if the College would be prepared to buy back the lease of the property which had 6 ½ years remaining following the death of the lessee Rayne Elizabeth Beedham; a plan showing the outline of the property; a note from Francis & Co (College solicitors) stating that there did not appear to have been a building agreement for this property and enclosing a letter from Dr Corrie dated 22nd May 1877 giving his instructions for the lease

Includes: complaints of encroachment by new building of Cambridgeshire County Council and surrender of Messrs Morley's lease

File containing:

(1) letter from Thomas Porter (Surveyor to the College) to J.H.H. Goodwin (Bursar) giving a report on his inspection of the roadway at the back of Rhadegund Buildings
(2) Report as to the improvement of the roadway at the back of Rhadegund Buildings and the requisite repairs to two pairs of iron folding gates , 12 July 1910
(3) 7 letters complaining about the roadway, 23 March 1908 - 6 October 1914

File concerning the surrender of the lease. Contains:

(1) Valuation - this gives a detailed description of each room in Little Trinity (16 Jesus Lane) and the house, shop and yard at 17 Jesus Lane
(2) Letters between Mr and Mrs Emery and the College negotiating the purchase of the reversion of the lease
(3) Schedule of dilapidations, 1926

Letters concerning renewing the lease for Nos. 29-34 Lower Park Street. These had been leased to John Death for 40 years from 29th September 1876. Following his death the trustees under his will had assigned the lease to Mrs Anna Maria Folkard [by an Assignment dated 3rd July 1903]. The lease was due to expire in September 1916 and Mrs Folkard approached the College via her solicitors to see if they would grant a renewal of the lease and if so on what terms. There was a proposal that Mrs Folkard give up the lease of property she held in Jesus Lane [Nos. 25and 26] in return for an Annuity and renewal of the Lower Park Street properties but this was rejected by the College Council

(1) Letter from the River Great Ouse Catchment Board to the Bursar, dated 7 February 1934 urging the College to reconsider their refusal to allow them to erect a building on land leased by Colonel Tebbutt to house a model of the estuary of the Wash

(2) Letter from the River Great Ouse Catchment Board to the Bursar, dated 9 February 1934 accompanying a report about the research being undertaken by the Board through the proposed Model of the Wash and the River Ouse and urging them to reconsider their decision

(3) Report on the Model of the Great Ouse Estuary

Letters concerning a proposed nursing home on the site of Nos. 35-40 Lower Park Street

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".

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.

Letters and notes on a petition to Chancery requesting permission to draw interest on the £500 purchase money invested in Consols by the Railway Company for the purchase of additional land. Includes a copy of the Legal Opinion given by William Pearson, Lincolns Inn, 11 June 1873. There was a dispute about whether the purchase money related to the 1845 or the 1851 lease and the exact terms of the investment.

(1) Indenture made 16 November 1882 between Emma Low (widow) and Thomas Walter Bebee (confectioner) for the amount of £171 at an interest of £4 per cent per annum,

(2) Site plan of No. 20 showing the outline of the property including dimensions, undated [William Male is names as lessee of No. 19. He held the lease from 1873-1892],

(3) Site plan of No. 20 showing the outline of the property including dimensions, 1894 is written in pencil at the top of the paper [Mr W. B. Westley is named as the lessee of No. 19.

Contains letters from P. Morley Horder to Bernard Lord Manning about plans to rebuild the corner of New Square (No. 35) to conform to the new building line suggested by the widening of the corner. He felt that it was essential to design the corner in keeping with the existing line of buildings. He comments on a plan submitted by the Land Agents J. Carter & Sons and puts forward his own plans. The file also contains a draft head lease dated 1927 with Mr H. Woodley; a printed and detailed specification of work including plans (October 1927) and a list of building contractors and estimates. Although Morley Horder favoured Messrs Rattee and Kett the College selected H. W. Hunt as his was the cheapest quote.

Correspondence between the College and Mr Verinder concerning the lease of land at the back of 31 Tenison Avenue and the transfer of the lease to Mr F. T. Brooks in 1919

A series of five letters from Francis & Co regarding negotiations about granting a Licence to Universal Garden Supplies Ltd, [potential purchasers] to carry out "the trade or business of seedsman, horticulture sundries, warehouse man, fertilizer, packing and lawnmower grinding and repair work".

Contains minutes of the club.

Includes correspondence and decision made by Council relating to repairs to SCR fireplace tiles, firebricks, brass hood

Includes correspondence relating to improvement of temperature and humidity in SCR including suggestion of installation of low level heating supplied from Hudevad plain panel radiators. Also copies of draft plans showing SCR should radiators be installed

Includes correspondence relating to purchase of tantalus for SCR.

Includes correspondence relating to redecoration of the SCR including renewing paintwork with paint colour samples from Akzo Coatings plc, a safety cable fitted to the central chandelier by Robert Dent Ltd and general decorative schemes, 1989-1990;

Includes photograph of picture

Contains papers relating to insurance claim and conservation report.

Includes sketch by Bellotti for sculpture for the Quincentenary Library and correpsondence relating to commission.

Correspondence relating to the acquisition of Maple Three.

Correspondence relating to the acquisition and ultimate gift of the artwork by Flanagan to the College.

Correspondence, designs and quotes for stained glass windows.

Correspondence relating to the artwork's acquisition for the student art collection.

Letter relating to photographs taken of window by Patel.

Includes copy of poster

Includes copy of poster, programme, captions from exhibition, photograph of organising committee and letters to members of the committee.

Photograph shows Astrid Godfrey, Sorcha Keenan, Rose Asquith, Alice Buckley, Alex Vardill, James Tybulewicz, Mojola Akinyemi, Olivia Emily, Alex Hadyn-Williams.

Includes fliers, posters, programmes and organisational papers.

Publications and pamphlets relating to development work. Includes:

(1) 1963 and 1964 appeal brochures for raising funds to construct North Court. The 1963 brochure contains aerial view of College site indicating where North Court would be situated and shows North House, Jesus Lane before the Rank Building and Master's garden before construction of Quincentenary Library;

(2) Annual Fund brochures, c. 1995 - 2015;

(3) Quincentenary Appeal report to old members, c. 1995;

(4) Quincentenary Appeal second report to old members, c. 1996;

(5) Jesus College Cambridge, the next 500 years, c. 1996;

(6) Jesus College and the Cambridge 800th Anniversary Campaign, c. 2000;

(7) Opening of the new accommodation building in Library Court, November 2000;

(8) The Law Fund brochure, c. 2000;

(9) An enduring vision, general fundraising leaflet distributed to alumni, 2003;

(10) Proposed corporate partnership with Consolidated Contractors International Company, 2004;

(11) 'Extending the Horizon', c. 2005;

(12) Fundraising report, 2007;

(13) Chapel Court Donation Guide, 2012;

(14) Leaflets given to graduates telling them how to keep in touch with the College and how to donate to it, 2013;

(15) 'Shaping the Future' Jesus College Development Campaign brochure, 2014;

(16) The Jao Centre and The Cambridge Peking University China Centre brochures, c. 2014;

(17) Development Campaign leaflet, 2015-2016;

(18) 'Shaping the Future', The Jesus College Development Campaign, 2017-2018;

(19) Development Campaign leaflet, 2017-2018;

(20) Leaflet 'Your Legacy at Jesus', 2023

Includes petty cash notebooks, 1960 - 92; Summaries of accounts and expenditures for Library, 1955-93; Purchase books listing book titles and costs of acquisition, 1957 - 1983;

Includes results of a survey on College Libraries conducted centrally through the University with forms from individuals indicating Jesus as their College affiliation, 1992; Results and correspondence of a survey asking Fellows of the College how they feel the Library meets their needs and those of their students and how this could be improved, 1987;

Includes notes, report and correspondence relating to the automation and security of the College Library which coincides with the implementation of a new copmuterised system, 1992;

Includes copies of Shield Library Class catalogue II and III, c. 1950 - 1970; Library catalogue, c. 1950 - 1970; Music Library class catalogue, c. 1960; notes on acquisition of Heritage cataloguing system, 1992-3; Copy of card index for Cam collection, local history collection, in green metal card index box, last added to in 2019;

Lists book titles, reference numbers and recall dates. Also books put on temporary loan during exam periods.

Contains exhibition guide, captions and research notes. Also copy of exhibition guide for 'your humble servant, John Flamsteed - Letters and writings of the first Astronomer Royal' held at the Whipple Museum at which the items in this display were included.

Contains exhibition guide and, captions. With some notes.