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This item is a gift from Margaret, who is 'Kidlet', Richard's sister. This piece is particularly interesting as Richard provides insights into the build up and preparations in British daily life for the Second World War.

17th January - Attends the CUCA committee meeting and is one of the people asked to get a hold of seaperks for the Sunday teas.

21st January - Writes a rather amusing comment on the subject of his supervisions; he is always so hungry he doesn't pay much attention to them.

25th January - Attends the Queen's College Conservative Dance.

31st January - Makes a Union Speech but had to cut it down to five minutes.

Feburary 1st - Witnesses a procession of CUCS members with 'Save Spain' slogans.

6th Feburary - Writes a speech for the Alcock society on the Spanish Government.

8th Feburary - Falls off a horse again, although lands safely onto a mat.

14th Feburary - Interviews and secures various people after being asked to get some speakers for a debate thanks to a letter from Newell. Richard is sure to express his displeasure with such a task.

18th Feburary - Goes to watch the Lent Races.

24th Feburary - Acquires a motor licence from the Union.

26th Feburary - Hosts another Conservative party.

27th Feburary - Notes his own amusement about the maneuvering for positions in the CUCA.

4th March - Is asked to stand down from the election and complies.

5th March - Attends Conservative Business meetup and is elected libarian.

6th March - Elects several people to the Alcock Committee.

8th March - Receives a call during the night about Spanish refugees, presumably from the Spanish Civil War.

9th March - Inquires to the Union about the call the previous night. They cannot trace the call and so it is assumed the call was a fake.

10th March - Has lunch with a Hungarian called Vago. Together they discuss refugees and how Vago can stay in the country.

11th March - Watches 'Dracula' and 'Frankenstein' and while he found both of them entertaining, he comments that neither was horrifying.

12th March - Listens to part of the Papal Coronation.

13th March - Goes to the Union and votes in the election.

14th March - Writes his belief that the final dissolution of Czechoslovakia will only be a matter of days.

15th March - Notes his belief that the Germans have bitten off more than they could chew.

16th March - Settles some tough refugee cases. This is the date of Hitler annexing Slovakia, to which Richard thinks he will rue the day.

20th March - An explosion in a power station keeps Richard and his family in the dark for an hour.

31st March - Comes into possession of 'Mein Kampf'.

1st April - Notes down his love of Shakespeare's histories.

15th April - Makes a reference to his stamp collection which, according to him, has passed the 3000 mark.

17th April - Cycles to Yarmouth in order to get a PLA form.

25th April - Notes the rumors of conscription in all the papers. Gets his application for a Leaving Exhibition signed by Bernand.

26th April - After joking with a friend about who they would conscript, Richard listens to the news and discovers that conscription will indeed be applied. He writes a poem to celebrate.

27th April - Comments that news of conscription seems to be well received and that it may be one of the most monumentous events in English history.

28th April - Listens to a part of Hitler's speech, in which he tears apart the naval and Polish agreements. Richard also plans a questionnaire for prospective candidates with Kenneth Dauncey.

3rd May - Listens on the wireless that there would be no camp this year, which he finds 'pleasant but awkward'.

4th May - Has an encounter with Byfield, who is pro-Hitler and antisemitic. Needless to say, Richard finds this rather terrifying.

5th May - Attends a Cambridge Conservative Association Dinner.

6th May - One of his poems is published in the Cambridge Review and Richard himself appears in the Cambridge Evening News as one of those who is supporting Professor Inglis.

12th May - Makes a decision to go to the OTC voluntary camp at the end of term.

19th May - Attends a Conservative mass meeting. Confesses that he found Winston Churchill disappointing and thinks he's dangerous.

20th May - One of his poems is not published but he does not seem too disheartened by this.

22nd May - Writes this he is beginning to stress about revision.

26th May - Makes more appearances in print. First for his letter to The Daily Telegraph and the second for his poem in The Cambridge Review.

6th June - Goes to Barclay's to announce himself as the new Junior Treasurer, to which he is accepted with some hesitation.

10th June - Visits Bernand and signs up his exemption from conscription forms.

17th June - Receives his 2:1 result.

21st June - Fails a practical exam at Camp.

1st July - Comments that the international situation looks unpleasant again.

12th July - Attends his first two lectures for Part II Law Tripos, which he found easy and interesting.

13th July - Comments that he finds law more interesting than history but it is harder.

1st August - Meets with a friend who understands little English so they spend the time conversing in French, showing that Richard is fairly fluent in the language.

22nd August - Comments that there is 'Great worrying over the German-Soviet pact'.

30th August - By now his home is mostly prepared for air raids. Richard observes the multitude of Anderson Shelters arriving in the neighbourhood.

2nd September - Receives a notification from the OTC on what to do regarding the war situation and to this Richard laments that he is tired of it already. Evacuees and clothes arrive at the Floral Hall.

3rd September - Listens to Neville Chamberlain inform the country about the war, as well as speeches by the King, Greenwood and Sinclair. The garage is sandbagged.

4th September - Air raid sirens sound for the first time at 2:30am. Richard only walks about for a bit before returning to bed. Much to his relief, the evacuees are sent off today.

5th September - Writes that the lighting problem is almost settled. ARP business is settling down as well.

6th September - Dealt with letters to Cambridge about recruiting as well as blackout arrangements in his room.

9th September - Has an interview in Cambridge at 9:30am. He is recommended for a commission but fails the medical due to his eyesight.

11th September - Goes to the beach and observes evacuated children having the time of their lives.

12th September - Walks to see the new gun emplacement on the cliffs.

14th September - Mentions that he owns a typewriter.

17th September - Comments on the Russian invasion of Poland, saying it is a 'dirty stab in the back, if there ever was one'.

18th September - Since everyone is buying clothes before prices go up, Richard purchases a Harris tweed sports coat. Goes to see the naval guns with Kidlet. He thinks they won't be useful.

21st September - First time he goes down into an air raid shelter. Around this time he is also practicing the piano.

24th September - Goes to Church, aware that he is the only man of military age at Church.

1st October - Listens to Churchill on the radio.

2nd October - Sends an application to get a savings certificate out of the GPO. Sees 'Confessions of a Nazi Spy' which he thought was very well done, yet hardly discrete.

12th October - Signs on for the OTC again.

19th October - Remarks that he finds the idea that female officers are not allowed to be absurd.

26th October - An entry that reveals Richard is aware enough about the war to know that snow is falling on the western front.

28th October - Attends a meeting of the Undergraduate Council but finds the organisation pathetic.

1st November - Finds some solace in the fact that the war stopped the municipal elections for his family.

9th November - Goes around to see about a new room as he cannot continue to afford his current one.

11th November - Gets his blood tested for blood transfusion.

18th November - Sees the editor of The Cambridge Review yet finds him rather 'nasty looking'.

22nd November - Captains the College 2nd XI hockey. They drew all three matches versus the local REs.

25th November - Attends an evacuee care committee. Asks a friend, John Press, to read his financial statement.

27th November - Makes around £40 during the set up for a dance, which he assumes will end up being a good profit.

29th November - Day of the aforementioned day, which goes well.

30th November - Is aware of the Russian invasion of Finland.

4th December - Reports that the dance made about a £15 profit, which is a triumph.

12th December - Considers the ressurection of the League of Nations to be an interesting phenomenon.

14th December - Listens to a radio account of the Reichstag Fire Trial. Although he doesn't quite remember it at the time, he does acknowledge it must have been quite dramatic at the time.

18th December - Notes that Churchill made his speech on the scuttling of the Graf Spee.

31st December - Richard reflects on the year, thinking it was both spectacular and disturbing, which leaves him vaguely worried and not hopeful for the future.

Papers relating to the domestic side of College life, including housekeeping, kitchens, buttery, cleaning, paintings and silver.

This entry contains four letters concerning Richard donating his diaries to the archives. They contain useful supplementary matieral which can be used alongside the diaries themselves.

20th September 1978 - Writing to Mr Jones, we discover in this letter that Richard has unfortunately lost his sight. Other diaries by Richard exist but any relating to his time in the Army after 1940 seem to have been donated to the Imperial War Museum. He seems to have been inspired to donate these after discovering at least one of the poems he wrote is written in a book about Cambridge during the inter-war years by a Fellow of Magdalene.

2nd October 1978 - This is another letter to Mr Jones, which follows on from a meeting Sutton had on the previous Saturday with Mr Jones and Mrs Britten, which to confirm the latter's interest in the diaries. In this letter we discovered that Sutton is married, though the identity of his wife is never stated. However, given he states 'during our lives', we can assume that his wife is possibly Loïs, who becomes his girlfriend during 1940. Sutton explains that references to 'Phillip' and 'Peggy' are actually his brother and sister. 'Edward', of course, is his dog. By this time, Sutton seems to have acquired an office in London. Finally, we get a confirmation that one of Sutton's poems is quoted in the book 'Cambridge Between Two Wars'.

24th August 1982 - This time Sutton is writing to Mrs Brittain, following on from a phone call the previous day. This confirms Sutton's desire to also send the Archives his diary from 1940. The diaries from the other years have already been donated. Sutton expresses a desire that if the Archivist finds them worthless, he destroy them. However, if they are of interest, Sutton notes he can supply some more of the period.

27th September 1982 - This is another letter to Mrs Brittain. Here we learn that Sutton has also given his letters home during his war service overseas to the Imperial War Museum. They have been partly used for a textbook about the Second World War and Sutton himself was interviewed about the background to them. We also learn that Sutton has a daughter, named Rosalind. Sutton asks that Rosalind perhaps be introduced to the College Choir, as she allegedly needs some help socially.

Files of material relating to drama productions at Jesus College, including rehearsal schedules, designs and production photographs

Poster for Heroes a new musical play by Ian Claydon and Susannah Pearse, 10th and 11th March c. 2000
Poster shows students Catherin Reynolds and Niazi Fetto

According to the 1967-68 Annual Report: "Next year, following the administrative re-organisation of the Amalgamated Clubs, the Literary Society will arrange Tuesday evening sessions and a Drama Society is to be created to organize plays"
They produced plays under the name Croke Theatricals until the academic year 1972/73 when they changed their name to World Upside Down. This was dropped during the year 1979/80 and they returned to being called the Drama Society

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.

The College purchased Elmstead Rectory including the advowson on 30 May 1613 from Francis Morice and Francis Phelips. See the conveyance in the steel press, shelf 10.

Records relating to Elmstead Cricket Club.

The College’s title to the Cricket Club derives from a Deed of Exchange dated 3 November 1859 and not the 1939 Conveyance. The majority of the land within the Deed of Exchange was sold to Bellway Homes Ltd in 1994 and it appears that the land let to the Cricket Club may be all that remains in the College’s ownership from that root of title [Mills & Reeve].

Includes details of employment and correspondence with employers at St. Paul's School, 1950-9; Royal Commercial Travellers School, 1951-5; Raines Foundation Grammar School, 1954; Wymondham College, Norfolk, 1959-68; Sheffield City Poly, 1969-75; City of London school, 1984-5; Highgate School, 1985-7; Blackheath High School, 1987. Also contains file of papers and correspondence with Ministry of Labour and National Service concerning intended career as a teacher, 1951; file of testimonials and CVs, 1951 - 2005

Papers relating to Enclosure and the Enclosure Awards with which the College was involved

Papers relating to Bawden's family. Includes papers relating to the death of his sister, 2007; Papers and correspondence with his sister and solicitors concerning the administration of his parents estate when they had died, 1971-1994; Miscellaneous items including copies of brother's and sister's wills, retirement cards, certificates of his freedom of the city of London, 2nd June 1995 and 28th February 1996, father's certificate proving qualified teacher with related correspondence, 1913-15, miscellaneous family letters, 1920s and 30s;

Establishes an annual rent of 40s. to be paid out of the manor of Chickney, Essex, during the life of Dame Agnes Banastre, nun of St Radegund's, Cambridge. Attached seals of five of the seven feoffors survive.

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.

Includes menus

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 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.

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

A Trust farm of 276 acres of arable and pasture land with farmhouse and outbuildings.

Records relate to Rectory Farm, Hauxton. It is sometimes referred to in the files as Rectory Farm, Harston as it is situated between the two villages.

Includes score book, lists of fixtures and outcomes of matches.

The advowson of Hinxton Vicarage was acquired by the College in 1558 by gift of Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Ely, who bought it, together with five others, from the Crown for £100. See the grant by Letters Patent, Philip and Mary, in Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1557-8, p.40. the original is in the Steel Press, shelf 8 (Dr Fuller's Foundation). The benefice was united to that of Ickleton 16.5.1930, the college retaining the right of presentation every alternate turn.

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