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George MacBeth, ‘The Castle’. English, 1965
George MacBeth (1932-92): ‘The Castle, after Le Chastel d’Amours’, 1965. The poem was first published in The Listener, 15 July 1965, p. 93.
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William J. Locke, ‘The Incomparable Paragot’. English, before 1907
William John Locke, of St John’s College (1863-1930): ‘The Incomparable Paragot’, n.d., but before 1907. Apparently the germ of Locke’s novel The Beloved Vagabond (London: John Lane, 1907), which helped establish his reputation as a novelist. See ODNB. Parts of this MS are printed word for word in Chapters 9, 12, 13, 16 and 21 of the novel.
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Laurence Lerner, Two poems. English, 1962-3
Laurence Lerner, of St John’s College (b. 1925): worksheets and drafts for two poems, ‘Midnight Swim’ and ‘Don’t Hold my Hand’, c. 1962. Both poems were published in Lerner’s collection The Directions of Memory (London: Chatto and Windus, 1963), pp. 31 and 51.
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Jean Korelitz, ‘Bottles’. English, 1986
Jean Hanff Korelitz, of St John’s College (b. 1961): ‘Bottles’, a poem of twenty-four lines, inscribed ‘For my father’.
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Benjamin Hall Kennedy, Poem to the Fellowship. Latin, 1885
Benjamin Hall Kennedy, Fellow of St John’s College (1804-89): Latin verses addressed to the Master and Fellows on the occasion of his election to a professorial Fellowship in 1885. The verses are published in The Eagle 14 (1887), 44, with a relevant note on p. 46. See also The Eagle 14, 110-12.
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Correspondence relating to a plaque commemorating Welsh Johnians. English and Welsh, 1951-2
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Charles Jenkinson and T. Farraine, Legal question. English, 1763
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Harold Jeffreys, After-lunch speech. English, 1981
Sir Harold Jeffreys, of St John’s College (1891-1989): Notes for a speech delivered at a lunch given in honour of his ninetieth birthday, 25 Apr. 1981.
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Komair Latifi, Undergraduate account book. English, 1930-4
Komair Latifi, of St John’s College (b. 1912): Notebook containing detailed accounts of his income and expenditure as an undergraduate, Oct. 1930 to May 1933, with a few entries running into the following year. Much detail is presented to illustrate undergraduate life in the period. Latifi lodged with Mrs J. Child, Bridge Street, during his first year.
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Philip Larkin, ‘A Study of Reading Habits’. English, 1961
Philip Larkin (1922-85): ‘A Study of Reading Habits’, 1 Nov. 1961. A poem of three six-line verses.