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The first part contains: 1) In primis post librum Elucidarij ... ; 2) Sermon of St Anselm: Ad interioris hominis custodiam; 3) Prologus beati Ieronimi presbiteri de nativitate beate Marie virginis et de vita eiusdem virginis; 4) notes on the Assumption, St John, Julian the Apostate, Theophilus, and stories of Joseph and Mary and the birth of Christ; 5) two quatrains: on the beauty of women and on the Fall; 6) brief notes on wine, long measure, a Christian death, and weights, measures and coins; 7) Liber Ricardi de Hampole de aedificatione spirituale (or: De emendatione peccatoris); 8) miscellaneous short tracts and notes, including: on the decalogue and the plagues of Egypt, on sins and confession, on the cross, on Judas, on King Charles of France and St Giles, etc.; 9) Abbathia de spiritu sancto; 10) extracts on diet and medicines; 11) De expositione iiiior partium anni [a forecast of the year depending on which day of the week Christmas day falls upon]; 12) brief notes on Adam, sin and the church, the character of a priest, and Pope John 22nd.

Sermons on the saints, by a Benedictine monk, containing: 1) a prologue, followed by sermons on 2) John the Baptist; 3) SS. Peter and Paul; 4) St Mary Magdalene; 5) St Peter; 6) St Mary; 7) The Cross; 8) In dedicacione; 9) St Victor (with indications that the author is a monk of St Victor at Paris); 10) All SS.; 11) St Martin; 12) St Andrew; 13) St Nicholas; 14) St Mary; 15) In Nat. Domini; 16) O quam pulchra; 17) St Benedict; 18) The armour of God; 19) St Mary; 20) Angels (incipit: circa rerum cardinem versamur); 21) Narrat divina hystoria quod Tobyas ... 22) Samson. There follow briefer notes, then "In pasca" and "Sermo in ieiunio", a sermon on the Assumption of St Mary, and more miscellaneous short sermons. At the end is a quatrain with English glosses.

Receipt received of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College from the Sun Fire Office. Pol. 1004952 at £5 5s per annum, rect no. 12, 171. The sum of £5 5s for one year's insurance in the Sun Fire Office, London: And £10 10s for one year's duty, according to Acts of Parliament, on £7000. Insured from Mids 1832 to Mids 1833. Total of £15 15s. Dated June 25 1831. For the managers of the Sun Fire Office, signed Richard Comings.

First Document:
Property and income tax receipt from the Parish of Willingham to D. Whittley of the College, for rent due Lady-Day 1849, amounting to 7s 8 1/2d. Signed Charles Underwood.

Second Document:
Property and income tax receipt from the Parish of Willingham to D. Whittley of the College, for rent due Michaelmas 1848, amounting to 5s 6 1/2d. Signed Charles Underwood.

Third Document:
Property and income tax receipt from the Parish of Willingham to D. Whittley of the College, for rent due Michaelmas 1848, amounting to 1s 5 1/2d. Signed Charles Underwood.

Forth Document:
Property and income tax receipt from the Parish of Willingham to D. Whittley of the College, for rent due Lady-Day 1848, amounting to 14s. Signed Charles Underwood.

Fifth Document:
Property and income tax receipt from the Parish of Willingham to D. Whittley of the College, for rent due Michaelmas 1848, amounting to 14s. Signed Charles Underwood.

Bill for papering college rooms, made out to the college by John Swan and Son, at 19 Sidney Street, Cambridge. Total payment of £10 10s 8d, and includes payment for: preparing, sizing and hanging lining paper in Rev. E. H. Morgan's gyp room and keeping room; putting up 80 yards of gilt moulding along top and bottom of Mr Morgan's room; preparing, sizing and putting up lining paper in Mr Dix's keeping room. Also includes payment for lining paper, brown paper, tacks, gilt and size. Total payment of £10 10s 8d. Undated and unsigned.

Letter "A" no. 1 & no. 2
Washing & Whitening Bedroom Ceiling

Letter "C" no. 1
Washing & Whitening Sitting Room Ceiling, Painting round Ceiling with Plaster
Washing & Whitening Dressing Room Ceiling
no. 4
Washing & Whitening Sitting Room Ceiling & Girder, Mending with Plaster
no. 6
Washing & Whitening Sitting Room Ceiling
Washing & Whitening Bedroom Ceiling

Letter "E" no. 3
Washing & Whitening Sitting Rm Ceiling & Cornice, Mending with Plaster
no. 11
Washing & Whitening Bedroom Ceiling

Letter "F" no. 3
Washing & Whitening Bedroom Ceiling & Painting round with Plaster

Letter "I" no. 4
Washing & Whitening Ceilings to Bedroom & Dressing Room, Painting round with Plaster for Papering, Cleaning down, Preparing & Painting usual Work to both Rooms, twice
no. 5
Washing & Whitening Bedroom Ceiling, Painting round with Plaster, Preparing & Painting usual Work to Room, twice

Mr Lillistone's Room
Washing & Whitening Sitting Room Ceiling
Cleaning down & Painting Ornamental Garden Seats
Painting Ornamental Vases

At the College Buttery
Washing & Whitening Ceiling & Walls to Front Apartments including Entrance Lobby, Preparing & Painting usual plain Work, twice
Preparing, Painting, Graining & Varnishing usual Work
Cleaning down & Lime whitening the Cellar & Pantry Ceiling & Walls, Cleaning down & Painting the usual Work
Cleaning down & Varnishing the Entrance Door, both sides

At the Porters Lodge
Washing & Whitening Ceiling to Front Rm
Preparing Painting & Graining the Window stool, Skirting &c. & Cleaning down & Touching up & Varnishing the Whole & Marbling Chimney piece Painting the Girder & Mullions to Windows
Washing & Whitening Ceiling and Washing & Coloring Walls to Bed Rm, Preparing and Painting usual Work

At the Fellows Closets, Front Garden
Washing, Mending & Whitening Ceiling and Washing & Coloring Walls, Preparing & Painting the usual Interior & Exterior work to both Closets

At Lecture Room
Washing, Mending with Plaster & Whitening Ceiling

Painting up Wall with Plaster for Papering Distempering Girder to Room, Rubbing down Stopping with Putty & Painting the usual Work to Room twice in Oil White Painting & Varnishing Chimney twice Painting Outside Work to 6 Pair of Sashes (three times), Painting on Entrance Wall to 9 Stair cases for Name Plates (3 times), Writing up Names & Bracketing (49 in number)

The Fellows Water Closets (Pump Court) Washing & Whitening Ceilings and Washing, Whitening & Coloring Walls, Washing & Whitening Lobby, Washing, Whitening, & Painting Inside Woodwork to New Closets, Three times & Lobby Woodwork once, Painting New part to Door to Staircase B

Washing & Whitening Ceiling to the Boys School Rm & Lobby Entrance & Distempering Girder to Rm, Mending with Plaster, Knotting and Priming New Work, Rubbing down Stopping with Putty, & Painting twice the usual work to Rm twice in Oil Painting the Entrance Lobby Work

Washing Stopping & Whitening Ceiling to Clap Rm Rubbing down & Painting the usual work to Clap Rm (twice)

Touching up Wainscot Work to College Hall, Combination Room & Lobby to Combination Room

Painting New part to Trow Fence (Christ pieces, three times)

Total: £24 19s 6d

Bill of £35 5s 10½d from William Cory Daniel (grocer) for wax candles, altar candles, wax tapers, wax matches.

Specification of work required to be carried out at Nos. 5 and 6 Park Street to improve the drains and prevent flooding.

2 letters:

(1) 29 December 1933 from J. Carter Jonas & Sons to the Bursar advising him to accept the offer of £29 against the original claim of £31 17s. 6d. for dilapidations and stating that Mrs Haddock was living in the property with no formal agreement and asking if they should contact her and re let on the usual College terms.

(2) 10 January 1935 – from the Bursar to H. M. Inspector of Taxes confirming that on the expiry of the lease on No. 9 at Ladyday 1934 the property was let to Mr W. E. Haddock.

Letter from Hugh Shield (Bursar) to Mr John Yeoman offering him a new 40 year lease from 10th October 1880 for premises assigned by him to Mr Henry Houlden. Also a site plan showing the outline of the property including dimensions and the names of the neighbouring lessees

Letter from J. H. H. Goodwin (Bursar) to Mrs Turner offering her a renewal of her lease. Also a site plan showing the outline of the property including dimensions.

Letter referring to the lease of 12, 13 and 14 Manor Street and 83 King Street

Letter from Hugh Shield (Bursar) to Miss Smith offering her a new 40 year lease from 24 June 1890 and a subsequent letter dated 13 June 1890 offering a change to one of the terms of the lease. Also a site plan showing the outline of the property including dimensions and names of neighbouring lessees.

Book containing minutes from 5 Nov. 1908 onwards. At the front is an elaborate coloured title page and list of members; then two pages have been cut out - presumably they were pages containing earlier minutes. After the series of minutes is a list of past and present members on active service, 1914. At the end of the volume are subscription records for 1909-14.

Correspondence, estimates and draft sketches relating to construction of a new bike shed for the College (of unknown location, although possibly south east corner of College site by Jesus Lane). Estimates provided by Boulton and Paul of Norwich, W. Seymour and Sons, Richard Mallon of Swaffham and J. Roots of East Dereham. 1896; Also plan and elevation by Rattee and Kett, August 1896.

The first systematic survey of the condition of the college buildings, "Prepared for the Master and Fellows of Jesus College by Donald W. Insall & Associates Ltd., Chartered Architects and Planning Consultants, in association with Davis, Belfield and Everest, Chartered Quantity Surveyors and Hannah, Reed and Associates, Consulting Civil and Structural Engineers."

Letter from E. Welbourne of Emmanuel College to Percy Gardner Smith concerning the possible acquisition of a chair once owned by Laurence Sterne by the College from one Basil W. Batchelor. 9th March 1928; Letter from Arthur Scott, uncle of Basil, describing how the family had acquired the chair through Athur's father Rev. George Scott, vicar of Coxwold, who got it from his predecessor the Rev. Thomas Newton who in turn had succeeded Laurence Sterne when he was vicar of Coxwold. Letter dated 10th September 1926; Photographic records of chair made in 2005;

For John Browne of Great Shelford and Mary Abbot of All Saints parish, Cambridge. Signed by R. Gillingham

Handwritten poster for a series of four lunchtime concerts held during the Lent Term on Tuesday 19th and 26th February and 5th and 12th March between 1.15 - 1.45pm

Orchestral concert in the College Chapel on Saturday 15th November 1986 at 8.30pm

Works performed;
Charles Matthews - Music for a Celebration
Beethoven - Piano concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67

John Neale - conductor
Alok Dutt - Leader of the Orchestra
Jeremy Baumberg (piano)

Programmes for a series of four lunchtime concerts held during Michaelmas Term

Programme for a lunchtime concert held on Thursday 5th May 1988 in the College Chapel

Programme for a concert held at the West Road Concert Hall on Wednesday 8th February 1989 at 8.30pm

Works performed:
Carmina Burana - Orff
Violin concerto in A minor - Bach
Symphonies od wind instruments - Stravinsky

Performers:
Wilma MacDougall - soprano
Christopher Dolby - tenor
William Dazeley - Baritone
Oliver Webber - solo violin/director
Andrew King - conductor
Peter Tamblyn - conductor

Concert held in during May Week in the College Chapel on Sunday 14th June at 8pm

Works performed:
Rossini - Overture 'William Tell'
Mendelssohn - Violin concerto in E minor
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf

Lent term concert in the College Chapel on Sunday 18th February at 8.30pm

Works performed:
Rossini - Overture 'The Italian Girl in Algiers'
Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

A programme for a recital of music by Laurence Picken in the College Chapel on 12th June 2001

List of the Music Society's recital series for Michaelmas term 2014. The recitals took place in the College Chapel at 8pm:

11th October 2014 - 'Singing through the reed'
18th October - The Percival Ensemble
25th October - Madeleine Ridd (cello)
1st November - Peter Lidbetter (bass-baritone)
8th November - Mark Edwards (harpsichord)
15th November - University of Cambridge Instrumental Award Holders
22nd November - Alexandr Rodzianko (piano)
29th November - JCMS Michaelmas Concert

List of the Music Society's recital series for Lent term 2015. The recitals took place in the College Chapel at 8pm:

17th January - The Gesualdo Six
24th January - University of Cambridge Instrumental Award Holders
31st January - The Aula Ensemble
7th February - The Percival Ensemble
14th February - Bertie Baigent (organ)
21st February - Jean-Christophe Dijoux (harpsichord)
28th February - Maud Millar (soprano)
7th March - Benjamin Morris (organ)

Programme for the David Crighton Concert held in the College Chapel on Sunday 21st February at 8.30pm

Works performed:
Mozart - Overture to 'La Clemenza di Tito'
Mendelssohn - String Octet, Op. 20
Schubert - Overture to 'Rosamunde'
Mendelssohn - Violin concerto, Op. 64