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00019 - Astley Clarke papers
1 - Scrapbook of press cuttings, printed material, original correspondence and memoranda on the foundation and early development of University College Leicester compiled and maintained by Dr. Astley Clarke.
2 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons):
1 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Transactions of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, vol. XVII (1913).
2 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Astley Clarke’s personal handwritten memories of Thomas Fielding Johnson (numbered 1-8 by Simmons)
3 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Typescript of 2/2
4 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Handwritten account of the selection of a Principal for the University College 1921 and of the Hatton and Robjohns gifts and money given for the Playing Fields by A.Oram (nos.9-10)
5 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Notes on the “conception, gestation and birth” of the University college (nos. 11-14)
6 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Handwritten account of the early stages of University College Leicester (nos. 15-21)
7 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Note of “Gifts and Promises” for the University College 1918-19 (nos.22-23)
8 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Letter to AC from E.Huntsman, Lord Mayor of Nottingham with thanks for his congratulations on their achievement with the university there
9 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Typewritten account by F.B.Armitage, Director of Education for Leicester, of “the manner in which the idea of an University College has come to fruition”. Includes brief biographical notes on William Wyggeston, Alderman Newton, Astley Clarke, Thomas Fielding Johnson and Sir Jonathan North (nos.25-52)
10 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Printed copy of Thomas Fielding Johnson’s letter to the Mayor of Leicester announcing his purchase of and intentions for the Asylum site. Signed TFJ
11 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Folder of letters to Astley Clarke “promising and sending money to the foundation of the University College Leicester”
12 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Correspondence with the Town Clerk of Leicester concerning changing the name of Victoria Road to University Road
13 - Notes and other material composed and collected by Astley Clarke (most folios numbered by Prof. J.Simmons): Letters received by Astley Clarke relating to Thomas Cook.
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