Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJAC/1/2/Howland
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Date(s)
- 1931-1965 (Creation)
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1 file. Paper
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert Leslie Howland was born in 1905 to Robert Howland and Mary Helen Turner in Watford. In 1913 the family moved to New York, where he attended the Noble School, before returning to Great Britain to attend a Preparatory School in Dundee, followed by Shrewsbury School.
He matriculated at St John’s in 1924 to read Classics, and graduated BA in 1928. He taught briefly at Eton College, before returning to St John’s after being elected to the Fellowship on 1929. He remained a Fellow the rest of his life. He was appointed Tutor in 1932, and began lecturing at the Classical Faculty two years later. He became a Faculty Assistant Lecturer in 1936 and a University Lecturer in 1938. After serving in the Second World War, he returned to the College and became Senior Proctor 1951-52, Senior Tutor in 1956, and was elected President in 1963. Howland served as Warden of Madingley Hall, succeeding Edward Miller, in 1965 and remained in that post until his retirement in 1975.
Howland was an accomplished shot-putter, having competed for the British National Athletic Team from 1927 to 1939, and representing Great Britain at the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928. In 1950, he won the Cambridgeshire title aged 45.
Howland died in 1986 age 80 leaving two sons and one daughter.
Obituary in The Eagle: Vol 71, 1987, p55
Accessible online at:
https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Eagle/Eagle%20Volumes/1980s/Eagle_1987.pdf
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Robert L. Howland was a tutor from 1931-1965. His tutorial records were originally given to the College's Library. They were then transferred by the Librarian to the Archivist in 2003. At this time the Archivist separated some of the material and placed it into other files to which he believed it pertained. The remaining material was then stored in poor environmental conditions and was sadly destroyed with the exception of this file and its contents.
Included in the file is the Archivist's notes on what he did with the material he received from the Librarian in 2003.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes: list of names and occupation under the heading 'Eagle'; College memoranda and notices; statements of fees & charges for rooms,fees, kitchen account and bicycle storage; a pamphlet on College rules/guidelines for students; correspondence; pamphlet on the organisation of secondary education; blank application forms & service records; scholarship information; tutor's praeter fund (1945-1953)
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Note
Notes describing the separation of the material can be found in Finding Aids Folder 10.