
The Centre's personal paper collections have developed since 1930 when those of the poet and Kingsman Rupert Brooke were transferred. They are now especially strong in the fields of early twentieth century literature, fine art and economics. Particularly well documented are the lives and works of Bloomsbury artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and art critics Roger Fry and Clive Bell; the writer E.M. Forster; the poet T.S. Eliot; the economists J.M. Keynes, Joan Robinson, Richard Kahn and Nicholas Kaldor; and the computer scientist Alan Turing.
The modern archive catalogues are now available on the ArchiveSearch website. The work of editing the catalogues for publication in was made possible through financial assistance from the East of England Museums Libraries and Archives Council (EEMLAC) c. 2000.
The modern archives collections are:
Collection | Reference | Main subject |
---|---|---|
Annan Papers | NGA | Noel Gilroy Annan, 1916-2000 [KC 1935] |
Ashbee Papers | CRA | Charles Robert Ashbee, 1863-1942 [KC 1883] |
Avery Papers | PWA | Peter William Avery, 1923-2008 [KC 1958] |
Balfour Papers | REB | Ronald Edmond Balfour, 1904-45 [KC 1922] |
Barnes Papers | GRB | George Barnes, 1904-1960 [KC 1922] |
Bell Papers | JHB | Julian Bell, 1908-1937 [KC 1927] |
Bloomsbury Papers | BLM | Bloomsbury related material |
Bradshaw Papers | BRA | Henry Bradshaw, 1831-1886 [KC 1850] |
Braithwaite Papers | RBB | Richard Bevan Braithwaite, 1900-1990 [KC 1988] |
Brooke Papers | RCB | Rupert Brooke, 1887-1915 [KC 1906] |
Browning Papers | OB | Oscar Browning, 1837-1923 [KC 1856] |
Bulmer Papers | EFB | Edward Frederick Bulmer, 1867-1941 [KC 1885] |
Canning Papers | SCR | Stratford Canning, 1986-1880 [KC 1806] |
Carey Papers | FCSC | Francis Clive Savill Carey, 1883–1968 |
Carter Papers | JWC | John Waynflete Carter, 1905-1975 [KC 1924] |
Charleston Papers | CHA | Clive and Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant |
Clapham Papers | JHC | John Harold Clapham, 1873-1946 [KC 1892] |
Compton-Burnett Papers | ICB | Ivy Compton-Burnett, 1884-1969 |
Cory Papers | WJC | William Johnson Cory, 1823-1892 [KC 1842] |
Dampier Family Papers | DAMP | Henry Dampier, 1758–1816 [KC 1776] and his son John Lucius Dampier, 1793-1853 [KC 1812] |
Dent Papers | EJD | Edward Joseph Dent, 1876-1957 [KC 1895] |
Dickinson Papers | GLD | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, 1862-1932 [KC 1881] |
Edwards Papers | CJE | Charles Joseph Edwards, 1886-1979 [KC 1905] |
Eliot, T.S | See Hayward Bequest | |
Felkin Papers | AEF | Arthur Elliott Felkin, 1892-1968 [KC 1911] |
Ford Brown Papers | FB | Ford and Brown families, 19th and 20th centuries |
Forster Papers | EMF | Edward Morgan Forster, 1879-1970 [KC 1897] |
Fry Papers | REF | Roger Fry, 1866-1934 [KC 1885] |
Garnett Papers | AG | Angelica Garnett, 1918- |
Green Papers | WCG | William Charles Green, 1832-1914 [KC 1851] |
Haslam Papers | WHH | William Heywood Haslam, 1889-1981 [KC 1908] |
Hayward Bequest | HB | Thomas Stearns Eliot, 1888-1965 |
Hayward Papers | JDH | John Hayward, 1905-1965 [KC 1922] |
The Cambridge Humanists Papers | HUM | The Cambridge Humanists, 1955-1979 |
James Papers | MRJ | Montague Rhodes James, 1862-1936 [KC 1882] |
Kahn Papers | RFK | Richard Kahn, 1905-1989 [KC 1929] |
Kaldor Papers | NK | Nicholas Kaldor, 1908-1986 [KC 1949] |
Geoffrey Keynes Papers | GLK | Geoffrey Keynes, 1887-1982 |
John Maynard Keynes Papers | JMK | John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946 [KC 1902] |
Lydia Lopokova Keynes Papers | LLK | Lydia Lopokova Keynes, 1892-1981 |
Kingston Papers | GAK | Gertrude Kingston, 1886-1937 |
Lang-Hyde Papers | JRLH | John Reginald Lang-Hyde, 1899-1990 [KC 1924] |
Leach Papers | ERL | Edmund Leach, 1910-1989 [KC 1960] |
Le Fanu Papers | LEF | Le Fanu family, 18th-19th centuries |
Lehmann Papers | RNL | Rosamond Nina Lehmann, 1901-1990 |
Leslie Papers | SJRL | Shane (John) Randolph Leslie, 1885-1971 [KC 1904] |
Loder Papers | REL | Robert E. Loder |
MacAlister Papers | DAM | Donald Alexander MacAlister, 1875-1968 [KC 1919] |
MacNeice Papers | FLM | Louis MacNeice, 1907-1963 |
Macpherson Papers | REM | Roderick Ewen Macpherson, 1916-2000 [KC 1935] |
Mann Papers | AHM | Arthur Henry Mann, 1850-1929 [KC 1876] |
Menke Papers | WTM | William Theodore Menke, b. 1931 [KC 1950] |
Meredith Papers | HM | Hugh Owen Meredith, 1874-1964 [KC 1897] |
Milner-White Papers | EMW | Eric Milner-White, 1884-1963 [KC 1903] |
Moorsom Papers | RSM | Raisley Moorsom, 1892-1981 [KC 1911] |
Munby Papers | ANLM | Alan Noel Latimer ('Tim') Munby, 1913-1974 [KC 1932] |
Nixon Papers | JEN | John Edwin Nixon, 1840-1916 [KC 1859] |
Non-Members' Papers | NM | Very small collections related to famous people who are not members of King's College |
Ord Papers | BO | Bernhard ('Boris') Ord, 1897-1961 [KC 1923] |
Partridge Papers | FCP | Frances Catherine Partridge (1900-2004) |
Pigou Papers | ACP | Arthur Cecil Pigou, 1877-1959 [KC 1896] |
Pole Papers | RWP | Reginald Pole, 1887-1971 [KC 1907] |
Popham Papers | POP | Arthur Ewart ('Hugh') Popham, 1889-1970 [KC 1908] and his wife Brynhild Popham (née Olivier), 1886/7-1935 |
Prothero Papers | GWP | George Prothero, 1848-1922 [KC 1868] |
Radcliffe Papers | PFR | Philip FitzHugh Radcliffe, 1905-1986 [KC 1924] |
Ramsey Papers | FPR | Ramsey, Frank Plumpton, 1903-1930 [KC 1924] |
Raven Papers | JER | John E. Raven, 1914-1980 [KC 1948] |
Herbert Richmond Papers | HWR | Herbert William Richmond, 1864-1948 [KC 1882] |
Oliffe Richmond Papers | OLR | Oliffe Legh Richmond, 1881-1977 [KC 1900] |
Robinson Papers | JVR | Joan Robinson, 1903-1983 [KC 1979] |
Rylands Papers | GHWR | George Humphrey Wolferstan ('Dadie') Rylands, 1902-1999 [KC 1921] |
Salt Papers | GS | George Salt, 1903-2003 [KC 1933] |
Saltmarsh Papers | JS | John Saltmarsh, 1908-1975 [KC 1926] |
Sheppard Papers | JTS | John Tresidder Sheppard, 1881-1968 [KC 1900] |
Shire Papers | ESS |
Edward Samuel Shire, 1908-1978 [KC 1927] Shire's scientific papers are now held at Churchill College. |
Simeon Papers | CS | Charles Simeon, 1759-1836 [KC 1779] |
Small Collections | SC | Single items or files related to kingsmen |
Sprott Papers | WJHS | Walter John Herbert ('Sebastian') Sprott, 1897-1971 |
Steegman Papers | STE | John Edward Horatio Steegman, 1899-1966 [KC 1919] |
Stephen Papers | JKS | James Kenneth Stephen, 1859-1892 [KC 1878] |
Stephens Papers | IMS | Ian Melville Stephens, 1903-1984 [KC 1921] |
Stone Papers | JRNS | John Richard Nicholas Stone, 1913-1991 [KC 1945] |
Tillyard Papers | EMWT | Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard, 1889-1962 |
Turing Papers | AMT | Alan Turing, 1912-1954 [KC 1931] |
Visit the Turing Digital Archive to see scanned images of the Turing papers. | ||
Waley Papers | ADW | Arthur David Waley, 1889-1966 [KC 1907] |
Walston/Waldstein Papers | CW | Charles Walston, 1856-1927 [KC 1882] |
Wedd Papers | NW | Nathaniel Wedd, 1864-1940 [KC 1883] |
Wilkinson Papers | LPW | Lancelot Patrick Wilkinson, 1907-1985 [KC 1926] |
Williams Papers | GW | George Williams, 1814-1878 [KC 1832] |
Wilson Papers | HSW | Hugh Stanley Wilson, d. 1915 [KC 1904] |
The date in square brackets at the end of each entry is the date of admission to King's College.