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Marr/1/3/1/2
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Date(s)
- c.1860-c.1901 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 scrapbook; paper.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Red scrapbook with 'News Cuttings' written on the front. Contains a vast collection of mostly loose papers, with a few items stuck in, which includes but is not limited to: pamphlets, programmes, flyers, and reviews about lectures given by J. E. Marr (Cambridge University Local Lectures, University classes for women, Literary and Scientific Society); items relating to the British Association for the Advancement of Science; several reports/programmes from the International Geological Congresses during the 1880s; sketches; flyers and programmes for various events (music concerts, theatre programmes); a letter from E. J. Garwood, President of the Geological Society; dinner menus and seating plans for various events; various club meeting cards; news cuttings relating to the publications of J. E. Marr, death notices for various people, geology, the Lady Margaret Boat Club, and a debate about women's dress and clothes; handwritten notes; telegrams regarding his election to Fellowship; items relating to St John's College events.