Includes two letters from Cecil Sharp explaining the conditions of his bequest, 1914 and 1920.
Counsel's opinion and correspondence concerning discovery that preparation of leases by a College servant was technically illegal
Published as M. R. James, A descriptive catalogue of the western manuscripts in the library of Clare College, Cambridge(Cambridge, 1905). Includes publishing agreement, 1906.
Includes printed Statutes, 1878 and 1898.
Chiefly concerns negotiations about servants' wages and working conditions with the National Amalgamated Union of Labour and National Federation of Women Workers.
Includes:
(1) a signed order concerning the income of a Fellowship in dispute between John Heaver and Thomas Wilson (1661)
(2) the case of John Jennings for election as Fellow on the Diggons Foundation (1698)
(3) copy documents about St. John's Hospital, Ely (1458-1585)
(4) copy of a letter from Nicholas Ridley to the Duke of Somerset objecting to a proposed dissolution of Clare College and union with Trinity Hall (1549)
(5) copy of an Act of Parliament against abuses in elections of Scholars and presentations to benefices (1589)
Include papers, minutes and accounts.
(1) Repairs to Combination Room etc, after fire in students' rooms above, 1890-1891
(2) Alterations to Staircase D, 1892- 1893
(3) Major alterations to drainage system, especially of Kitchen area, 1895-1897. Includes book of reference to plan, with sections and instructions for maintenance, updated in 1910 and 1914
(4) Alterations to Staircase C, 1900-1901