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College Life - Letters To An Under-Graduate

by Thomas Whytehead

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 These 'letters to an undergraduate' were published in 1845, two years after the death of their author, the poet and missionary Thomas Whytehead, who felt strongly that new undergraduates should have a spiritual and moral guide to life in college as well as a history of university institutions and customs.
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A Short History Of Newnham College, Cambridge

by Alice Gardner

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 This history was published in 1921 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of Newnham College, Cambridge. The mid-nineteenth-century idea of female education led to the small beginning of what became Newnham in 1871. Gardner then takes the story up to 1914 (with an epilogue on the war years).
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Gradus Ad Cantabrigiam - Or, New University Guide To The Academical Customs, And Colloquial Or Cant Terms Peculiar To The University Of Cambridge, Observing Wherein It Differs

by Anonymous

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 This anonymous and light-hearted work was first published in 1803: reissued here is the edition of 1824, of which the authors describe themselves as 'a Brace of Cantabs'. Abounding in puns and humorous anecdotes, this fascinating book demonstrates that the publication of spoof 'guides to freshmen' is nothing new.
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Ancient Cambridgeshire - Or, An Attempt To Trace Roman And Other Ancient Roads That Passed Through The County Of Cambridge

by Charles Cardale Babington

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 This work by Charles Cardale Babington, published in 1853, is the first substantial account of Roman Cambridgeshire, describing not only the courses of the various roads but also finds such as the Roman villa at Comberton, the Roman cemetery at Trumpington, and large numbers of individual coins and other artefacts.
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Munimenta Gildhallae Londoniensis - Liber Albus, Liber Custumarum Et Liber Horn, In Archivis Gildhallae Asservati

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 Published in 1859â€"60, this selection from London's medieval records provides much information of all aspects of civic life - social, economic, political, ecclesiastical, legal and military. Volume 3 contains a translation of the Anglo-Norman sections of the Liber Albus, published in Volume 1, and other documents relating to London life.
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Political Poems And Songs Relating To English History, Composed During The Period From The Accession Of Edward Iii To That Of Richard Iii

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 Compiled by Thomas Wright for the Rolls Series, this two-volume collection of poems and tracts covers the period between the reigns of Edward III and Edward IV. Volume 2, first published in 1861, consists of forty-four pieces, including Chaucer's apocryphal 'Jack Upland', and several poems by Gower.
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Memorials Of Cambridge

by Charles Henry Cooper

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 When Charles Henry Cooper (1808â€"66) undertook to revise the text of Le Keux's 1841 Memorials of Cambridge, he was under the impression that 'only a slight amount of labour' would be needed. However, the new three-volume edition, published in 1860, was extensively re-written, and had new illustrations added.
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Memorials Of Cambridge

by Charles Henry Cooper

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 When Charles Henry Cooper (1808â€"66) undertook to revise the text of Le Keux's 1841 Memorials of Cambridge, he was under the impression that 'only a slight amount of labour' would be needed. However, the new three-volume edition, published in 1860, was extensively re-written, and had new illustrations added.
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The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery At Girton College, Cambridge - A Report Based On The Ms. Notes Of The Excavations Made By The Late F. J. H. Jenkinson, M.A.

by E. J. Hollingworth e M. M. O'Reilly

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 This detailed report of the excavations of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge, was written by Girton alumnae Edith Hollingworth and Maureen O'Reilly. Based on notes left by Francis Jenkinson (1853â€"1923), who had supervised the excavations in the 1880s, this record of the discoveries was published in 1925.
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Reminiscences Of The University, Town And County Of Cambridge, From The Year 1780

by Henry Gunning

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 Henry Gunning (1768â€"1854) was an official of the University of Cambridge for over sixty years. Published shortly after his death, this two-volume work gives an entertaining view of university life between 1784 and 1830. Volume 2 deals with town and gown affairs, including floods, disputed elections, censuses, and sermons.
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Hobson'S Conduit - The New River At Cambridge Commonly Called Hobson'S River

by W. D. Bushell

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 It is a peculiarity of Cambridge that in one of the principal streets, Trumpington Street, there is a runnel of fresh water, named Hobson's Conduit. First published in 1938, this history of Hobson's urban watercourse was written by W. D. Bushell of the Hobson's Conduit Trust.
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'J.' A Memoir Of John Willis Clark, Registrary Of The University Of Cambridge And Sometime Fellow Of Trinity College

by A. E. Shipley

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 John Willis Clark (1833â€"1910), biologist and architectural historian, devoted his life to the University of Cambridge. This 1913 memoir by A. E. Shipley not only records Clark's many achievements as an administrator, but provides a fascinating picture of Cambridge during his childhood as well as his later career.
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Alumni Cantabrigienses - A Biographical List Of All Known Students, Graduates And Holders Of Office At The University Of Cambridge, From The Earliest Times To 1900

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 First published between 1922 and 1954, this ten-volume work, compiled by distinguished Cambridge scholars John Venn and his son J. A. Venn, and invaluable to historians and genealogists, is a comprehensive directory of all known alumni of the University of Cambridge until 1900. Notable figures in this part include William Wilberforce.
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Alumni Cantabrigienses - A Biographical List Of All Known Students, Graduates And Holders Of Office At The University Of Cambridge, From The Earliest Times To 1900

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 First published between 1922 and 1954, this ten-volume work, compiled by distinguished Cambridge scholars John Venn and his son J. A. Venn, and invaluable to historians and genealogists, is a comprehensive directory of all known alumni of the University of Cambridge until 1900. Notable figures in this part include A. A. Milne.
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Alumni Cantabrigienses - A Biographical List Of All Known Students, Graduates And Holders Of Office At The University Of Cambridge, From The Earliest Times To 1900

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 First published between 1922 and 1954, this ten-volume work, compiled by distinguished Cambridge scholars John Venn and his son J. A. Venn, and invaluable to historians and genealogists, is a comprehensive directory of all known alumni of the University of Cambridge until 1900. Notable figures in this part include Thomas Sackville.
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Alumni Cantabrigienses - A Biographical List Of All Known Students, Graduates And Holders Of Office At The University Of Cambridge, From The Earliest Times To 1900

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 First published between 1922 and 1954, this ten-volume work, compiled by distinguished Cambridge scholars John Venn and his son J. A. Venn, and invaluable to historians and genealogists, is a comprehensive directory of all known alumni of the University of Cambridge until 1900. Notable figures in this part include Isaac Newton.
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The History Of The College Of Corpus Christi And The B. Virgin Mary (Commonly Called Bene'T) In The University Of Cambridge - From Its Foundation To The Present Time

by Robert Masters

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 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, was founded in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary, making it the only Cambridge college established by the town's citizens. This comprehensive history, published in 1753, gives a full account of its establishment and describes the college's most distinguished members.
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A Guide To The Windows Of King'S College Chapel, Cambridge

by Kenneth Harrison e Montague Rhodes James

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 M. R. James' detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still much sought after by librarians and researchers. His description of King's College chapel's stained-glass windows and their symbolism was first published in 1899.
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Catalogue Of The Books And Papers For The Most Part Relating To Cambridge - Bequeathed To The University By John Willis Clark, M.A.

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 John Willis Clark, academic and antiquarian, collected Cambridge literature of all periods and upon every subject. This catalogue, published in 1912, documents over ten thousand of Clark's books, pamphlets and pieces of print relating, directly or indirectly, to the university, town or county of Cambridge.
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Five Years In An English University

by Charles Astor Bristed

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 Charles Astor Bristed (1820â€"1874) was an American scholar and author who graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1845 and published his experiences at Cambridge in 1852. This second volume contains an analysis of the differences between English and American higher education.
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St John'S College, Cambridge

by Robert Forsyth Scott; Illustration: Edmund H. New

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 First published in 1907, this is a delightful and comprehensive history of St John's College, Cambridge, from its foundation in 1511 by Lady Margaret Beaufort to the beginning of the twentieth century. Copiously illustrated throughout, this book will appeal to anyone interested in Cambridge University and its history.
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Charters Of The Borough Of Cambridge

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 A transcript and translation of the royal charters issued to the borough of Cambridge between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. Maitland lays stress on the considerable independence exercised by the medieval borough. The introduction explains the conventions of such charters, and explains how to interpret the information contained in them.
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Account Of The Finances Of The College Of St John The Evangelist In The University Of Cambridge 1511â€“1926

by Henry Fraser Howard

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 Sir Henry Fraser Howard (1874â€"1943) was elected to a Fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge in 1923 and became the college's Senior Bursar soon after. First published in 1935, this volume provides a detailed financial history of the college from its foundation in 1511 until 1926.
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The Archaeology Of The Cambridge Region - A Topographical Study Of The Bronze, Early Iron, Roman And Anglo-Saxon Ages, With An Introductory Note On The Neolithic Age

by Cyril Fox

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 Sir Cyril Fox (1882â€"1967) was an archaeologist and Director of the National Museum of Wales. This book, first published in 1923, is his pioneering doctoral thesis, in which he developed the geographical approach to analysing changes in ancient settlement patterns. This approach influenced later environmental and landscape archaeology.
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