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Introduction to the Modern Archives

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 dates in square brackets at the end of each entry is the date of admission to King's College.

CollectionReferenceMain subject
Annan PapersNGANoel Gilroy Annan, 1916-2000 [KC 1935]
Ashbee PapersCRACharles Robert Ashbee, 1863-1942 [KC 1883]
Avery PapersPWAPeter William Avery, 1923-2008 [KC 1958]
Balfour PapersREBRonald Edmond Balfour, 1904-45 [KC 1922]
Barnes PapersGRBGeorge Barnes, 1904-1960 [KC 1922]
Bell PapersJHBJulian Bell, 1908-1937 [KC 1927]
Bloomsbury PapersBLMBloomsbury related material
Bradshaw PapersBRAHenry Bradshaw, 1831-1886 [KC 1850]
Braithwaite PapersRBBRichard Bevan Braithwaite, 1900-1990 [KC 1988]
Brooke PapersRCBRupert Brooke, 1887-1915 [KC 1906]
Browning PapersOBOscar Browning, 1837-1923 [KC 1856]
Bulmer PapersEFBEdward Frederick Bulmer, 1867-1941 [KC 1885]
Canning PapersSCRStratford Canning, 1986-1880 [KC 1806]
Carey PapersFCSCFrancis Clive Savill Carey, 1883–1968
Carter PapersJWCJohn Waynflete Carter, 1905-1975 [KC 1924]
Charleston PapersCHAClive and Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant
Clapham PapersJHCJohn Harold Clapham, 1873-1946 [KC 1892]
Compton-Burnett PapersICBIvy Compton-Burnett, 1884-1969
Cory PapersWJCWilliam Johnson Cory, 1823-1892 [KC 1842]
Dampier Family PapersDAMPHenry Dampier, 1758–1816 [KC 1776] and his son John Lucius Dampier, 1793-1853 [KC 1812]
Dent PapersEJDEdward Joseph Dent, 1876-1957 [KC 1895]
Dickinson PapersGLDGoldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, 1862-1932 [KC 1881]
Edwards PapersCJECharles Joseph Edwards, 1886-1979 [KC 1905]
Eliot, T.S See Hayward Bequest
Felkin PapersAEFArthur Elliott Felkin, 1892-1968 [KC 1911]
Ford Brown PapersFBFord and Brown families, 19th and 20th centuries
Forster PapersEMFEdward Morgan Forster, 1879-1970 [KC 1897]
Fry PapersREFRoger Fry, 1866-1934 [KC 1885]
Garnett PapersAGAngelica Garnett, 1918-
Green PapersWCGWilliam Charles Green, 1832-1914 [KC 1851]
Haslam PapersWHHWilliam Heywood Haslam, 1889-1981 [KC 1908]
Hayward BequestHBThomas Stearns Eliot, 1888-1965
Hayward PapersJDHJohn Hayward, 1905-1965 [KC 1922]
The Cambridge Humanists PapersHUMThe Cambridge Humanists, 1955-1979
James PapersMRJMontague Rhodes James, 1862-1936 [KC 1882]
Kahn PapersRFKRichard Kahn, 1905-1989 [KC 1929]
Kaldor PapersNKNicholas Kaldor, 1908-1986 [KC 1949]
Geoffrey Keynes PapersGLKGeoffrey Keynes, 1887-1982
John Maynard Keynes PapersJMKJohn Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946 [KC 1902]
Lydia Lopokova Keynes PapersLLKLydia Lopokova Keynes, 1892-1981
Kingston PapersGAKGertrude Kingston, 1886-1937
Lang-Hyde PapersJRLHJohn Reginald Lang-Hyde, 1899-1990 [KC 1924]
Leach PapersERLEdmund Leach, 1910-1989 [KC 1960]
Le Fanu PapersLEFLe Fanu family, 18th-19th centuries
Lehmann PapersRNLRosamond Nina Lehmann, 1901-1990
Leslie PapersSJRLShane (John) Randolph Leslie, 1885-1971 [KC 1904]
Loder PapersRELRobert E. Loder
MacAlister PapersDAMDonald Alexander MacAlister, 1875-1968 [KC 1919]
MacNeice PapersFLMLouis MacNeice, 1907-1963
Macpherson PapersREMRoderick Ewen Macpherson, 1916-2000 [KC 1935]
Mann PapersAHMArthur Henry Mann, 1850-1929 [KC 1876]
Menke PapersWTMWilliam Theodore Menke, b. 1931 [KC 1950]
Meredith PapersHMHugh Owen Meredith, 1874-1964 [KC 1897]
Milner-White PapersEMWEric Milner-White, 1884-1963 [KC 1903]
Moorsom PapersRSMRaisley Moorsom, 1892-1981 [KC 1911]
Munby PapersANLMAlan Noel Latimer ('Tim') Munby, 1913-1974 [KC 1932]
Nixon PapersJENJohn Edwin Nixon, 1840-1916 [KC 1859]
Non-Members' PapersNMVery small collections related to famous people who are not members of King's College
Ord PapersBOBernhard ('Boris') Ord, 1897-1961 [KC 1923]
Partridge PapersFCPFrances Catherine Partridge (1900-2004)
Pigou PapersACPArthur Cecil Pigou, 1877-1959 [KC 1896]
Pole PapersRWPReginald Pole, 1887-1971 [KC 1907]
Popham PapersPOPArthur Ewart ('Hugh') Popham, 1889-1970 [KC 1908] and his wife Brynhild Popham (née Olivier), 1886/7-1935
Prothero PapersGWPGeorge Prothero, 1848-1922 [KC 1868]
Radcliffe PapersPFRPhilip FitzHugh Radcliffe, 1905-1986 [KC 1924]
Ramsey PapersFPRRamsey, Frank Plumpton, 1903-1930 [KC 1924]
Raven PapersJERJohn E. Raven, 1914-1980 [KC 1948]
Herbert Richmond PapersHWRHerbert William Richmond, 1864-1948 [KC 1882]
Oliffe Richmond PapersOLROliffe Legh Richmond, 1881-1977 [KC 1900]
Robinson PapersJVRJoan Robinson, 1903-1983 [KC 1979]
Rylands PapersGHWRGeorge Humphrey Wolferstan ('Dadie') Rylands, 1902-1999 [KC 1921]
Salt PapersGSGeorge Salt, 1903-2003 [KC 1933]
Saltmarsh PapersJSJohn Saltmarsh, 1908-1975 [KC 1926]
Sheppard PapersJTSJohn Tresidder Sheppard, 1881-1968 [KC 1900]
Shire PapersESSEdward Samuel Shire, 1908-1978 [KC 1927] Shire's scientific papers are now held at Churchill College.
Simeon PapersCSCharles Simeon, 1759-1836 [KC 1779]
Small CollectionsSCSingle items or files related to kingsmen
Sprott PapersWJHSWalter John Herbert ('Sebastian') Sprott, 1897-1971
Steegman PapersSTEJohn Edward Horatio Steegman, 1899-1966 [KC 1919]
Stephen PapersJKSJames Kenneth Stephen, 1859-1892 [KC 1878]
Stephens PapersIMSIan Melville Stephens, 1903-1984 [KC 1921]
Stone PapersJRNSJohn Richard Nicholas Stone, 1913-1991 [KC 1945]
Tillyard PapersEMWTEustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard, 1889-1962
Turing PapersAMTAlan Turing, 1912-1954 [KC 1931]
Visit the Turing Digital Archive to see scanned images of the Turing papers.  
Waley PapersADWArthur David Waley, 1889-1966 [KC 1907]
Walston/Waldstein PapersCWCharles Walston, 1856-1927 [KC 1882]
Wedd PapersNWNathaniel Wedd, 1864-1940 [KC 1883]
Wilkinson PapersLPWLancelot Patrick Wilkinson, 1907-1985 [KC 1926]
Williams PapersGWGeorge Williams, 1814-1878 [KC 1832]
Wilson PapersHSWHugh Stanley Wilson, d. 1915 [KC 1904]