File 1 - Cambridge University (Student)

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P/P120/3/7/1

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Cambridge University (Student)

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  • 1953-1963 (creation)

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1 box (4 folders)

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Material from Tim Robinson's time as a student of Mathematics at Cambridge University.

Folder 1/4 Letters and invitations to Tim Robinson, mostly relating to him designing sets for productions and events held at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University. Signed Chris [Renard], Martin [ ], Michael Carter, Richard [ ], Robert [ ], and some unsigned. Programmes and ephemeral material relating to dramatic and artistic productions of the Amateur Dramatic Club Theatre. Originals and newspaper cuttings of Robinson's cartoons from this time including a self portrait of him as a mathematician.

Folder 2/4 Personal correspondence and invitations from 1956-58. Also includes a commission and copy of a review of an exhibition for Broadsheet, and a draft and carbon copy of a prose piece by T D Robinson entitled 'Three Misleading Tales'.

Folder 3/4 Artwork by Tim Robinson, including doodles, watercolours, and newspaper clippings featuring his cartoons.

Folder 4/4 Folder of ephemeral material - programmes of the Amateur Dramatic Club Theatre, and for mass held at Sidney Sussex college. 'A Brief Statement of the policy of the Cambridge University Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament'. Copies of Granta, Gemini, Delta, New Chapter, The Bull and the Porcupine from this time.

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      09/01/2017
      16/07/2025

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