T. G. Bonney, Miscellaneous papers. English, various dates

Thomas George Bonney, Fellow of St John’s College (1833-1923): miscellaneous papers relating to Bonney and his family, for the most part without date. The collections consists of

1. The Bonney family tree, (a) ‘made out by me H[enry] K[aye] Bonney, DD’, 23 June 1840. With an elaborated version (b) prepared by Thomas K. B. Nevinson, 1896, and subsequently by Bridget Nevinson.

2. Notes on genealogical matters relating to the family.

T. G. Bonney, Sermon preached in St John’s College. English, 1881

Thomas George Bonney, Fellow of St John’s College (1833-1923): sermon on Deuteronomy xxxiv.4, preached in the Chapel of St John’s College on 29 May 1881 after an unsuccessful candidature in the Mastership election that year. Bonney was leaving Cambridge to work in London. See Bonney’s published memoirs, Memories of a long life (Cambridge, 1921), pp. 42-3.

Miles Bland, Miscellaneous papers. English, 1806-19

Miles Bland, Fellow of St John’s College (1786-1867): miscellaneous papers relating to his residence as an undergraduate and as a Fellow at St John’s. Comprising

1. Latin letter (Long Vacation exercise) addressed to the President of the College and to others, 23 Nov. 1806.

2. Examination paper for the College ‘Morality’ [or Moral Philosophy] Prize, 7 Mar. 1808. ‘R[alph] Tatham Examiner’. ‘Adjudged to Ds Bland’. See the University Calendar for 1809, p. 219.

James Bland, Poems. English, 1787

James Bland, Fellow of St John’s College (1760/1-88): fifteen poems, written in 1787.

June Benians, Poems. English, 1964

June Benians (d. 2005): two poems: ‘Variety’ and ‘The Cherry Tree’, both with worksheets. With a letter from Benians to Guy Lee, Librarian, 4 May 1964.

Patricia Beer, ‘Witch’. English, 1964

Patricia Beer (1919-99): ‘Witch’, copied out and signed by the author. With a letter from Beer to Guy Lee, Librarian, 8 Jan. 1964.

Martin Bateson, Poems. English, 1919-21

Martin Bateson, of St John’s College (1899-1922): two poems: ‘To Samuel Butler’, 1919, and ‘I and love are land and sea’, 1921. The first of these was published in the Cambridge Magazine, 15 Nov. 1919.

Michael Baldwin, Poems and worksheet. English, 1963

Michael Baldwin (b. 1930): four poems transcribed from Death on a Live Wire (1962), together with a worksheet or first draft of his poem ‘A Skiffle for God in the City’. With a letter from the author to Guy Lee, Librarian, 14 Mar. 1963.

Kingsley Amis, ‘Waking Beauty’. English, 1963

Kingsley William Amis (1922-95): ‘Waking Beauty’, poem of nineteen lines. With a work-sheet for the poem and a letter from Amis to Guy Lee, Librarian of St John’s College, dated 11 Feb. 1963. The poem was first published in The Spectator, 29 Mar. 1963.

John Aislabie, Two signatures on legal documents. English, 1718

Transfer of title to Robert Knight Esq., 12 Mar. 1717/18, and Order for payment from Treasury Chambers, 16 May 1718.