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Box 606733895

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Contains 16 Results:

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Miscellaneous receipts and accounts, 1934-1945

3 packets parcelled and labelled by Strachey as follows: 'Cambridge receipts 1934 - August 1939' 'Blackheath 1939-1940' 'Ilminster receipts'. Included here are miscellaneous receipts 1941-1945 relating to Strachey's employment at Standard Telephones and Cables.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.8
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1934-1945
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Miscellaneous receipts and accounts, 1940-1947

Two green account books, one including details of Strachey's administration of various family accounts and monies, 1941-1942, one 'Letter Book', 1940. Two envelopes of Bank Statements covering Strachey's and family accounts, 1940-1947. One S.O. Book of domestic accounts, n.d. [c.1945].
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.9
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1940-1947
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Gresham's School, Holt, 1930-1935

Medal for '1st High Jump, under 16'. Essay on 'Unselfishness' dated May 1935.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.10
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1930-1935
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King's College, Cambridge, n.d.

Ring-back notebook of 'Miscellaneous Notes' of lectures attended. Includes: 'Cockroft (sic). Production and Measurement of Low Temps.' 'Adiabatic Demagnetisation' 'Properties of Liquid Helium' 'Resistance of Metals at Low Temps.'.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.11
Extents: 1 file
Dates: n.d.
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King's College, Cambridge, 1936

Notebook, dated October 1936, 'Constitution of Matter. Lord Rutherford'. Notes on lectures.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.12
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1936
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King's College, Cambridge, 1937

Essay on current trends in vice, submitted for the James Essay Prize, (typescript), 14 pages.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.13
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1937
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King's College, Cambridge, Oct 1938

'History of Morals', an outline plan of research, 3 pages. Includes letters, from Joan Bennet and Basil Willey to whom Strachey appears to have written about the scheme.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.14
Extents: 1 file
Dates: Oct 1938
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King's College, Cambridge, n.d.

'Value Judgments. Ethics and Aesthetics'. Manuscript draft for a talk.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.15
Extents: 1 file
Dates: n.d.
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King's College, Cambridge, n.d.

'Science, Psychology and Religion'. Plan for an essay or more extended work, covering 'The battle, The proponents, The result, The solution', with 4 pages of more developed ideas.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.16
Extents: 1 file
Dates: n.d.
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King's College, Cambridge, 1939

Ring-back notebook, 'Atmospheric Electricity', notes of lectures attended, some dated January 1939.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.17
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1939
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Correspondence, 1939

Correspondence relating to Strachey's appointment as Physicist, Valve Development Laboratory, Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd. [S.T.C.].
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.18
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1939
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Correspondence, 1943

Brief correspondence regarding Strachey's enquiry about admission as Research Student at Cambridge. Includes postcard sent from T.R.E. Malvern by E.S. Shire referring to Strachey's work at S.T.C.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.19
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1943
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Correspondence, 1945

Correspondence with S.T.C. regarding Strachey's wish to leave the Company and pursue a teaching career, 1945; includes testimonials from C.E. Strong (Chief Radio Engineer, S.T.C.) and from D. Beves (King's College, Cambridge).
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.20
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1945
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Job applications, 1945

Miscellaneous applications for posts in schools.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.21
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1945
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St. Edmunds's School, Canterbury, 1945

Correspondence and appointment as physics and mathematics master, St. Edmund's School.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.22
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1945
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St. Edmunds's School, Canterbury, October 1945

Journal kept by Strachey of early days at St. Edmund's.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 249/A.23
Extents: 1 file
Dates: October 1945