Founded in 1951 (?by John Newton and John Northam?), the Clare College Picture Guild arranged exhibitions of paintings and other work by artists in the former Latimer Room (now the MCR). The Guild also purchased pieces of artwork for the College and these were available to be loaned to College members.
Agnes Lewis and Maggie Gibson (both nee Smith) born in 1843 were eccentric twin sisters who undertook remarkable journeys to extend their Semitic scholarship. They later lived at Castlebrae House, Chesterton Road, which later became one of the hostels on the Colony site owned by Clare College.
Some original material was provided and copied by the former Archivist, Susy Johnson in 1993.
Matriculated at Clare, 1938-9, killed in raid on St Nagine.
Baron Baker of Windrush, scientist and Professor of Mechanical Sciences, (1901-1985)
Prof. Edward Nevill WILLMER (1902-2001), Fellow from 1936
These three items belonged to Edward Brian Pope who came up to Clare in 1929. They were donated to the College on his death in 2011.
Admitted fellow commoner 1753
Matriculated at Clare, 1898
Henry Cecil Llewellin and George Trenery Bennet both came up to Clare in 1909 after leaving schoool at Barker College in New South Wales, Australia.