Journal entry-style piece by Adams about the end of his degree.

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Begins with 'Tonight is my last night in College and in a few hours I will be quitting Cambridge', and ends with 'Goodbye Cambridge -- it's been good and bad -- mostly good'. Copied manuscript.

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Papers of Douglas Noël AdamsAdamsDN

Personal, Family and Business MaterialAdamsDN/1

Personal and business documentationAdamsDN/1/1

CorrespondenceAdamsDN/1/2

SchoolAdamsDN/1/3

UniversityAdamsDN/1/4

Life at Cambridge and St John'sAdamsDN/1/4/1

Four Cambridge Men's Colleges Joint Examination papers for English.AdamsDN/1/4/1/1

George Colin Lawder Bertram. Telegram to Adams.AdamsDN/1/4/1/2

Kenneth John Pascoe. Letter to Adams, enclosing his entrance exam results.AdamsDN/1/4/1/3

M.M. Warner. Letter to Adams.AdamsDN/1/4/1/4

L.R. Kay. Letter to Adams.AdamsDN/1/4/1/5

Newspaper cutting, in three pieces, about elections and awards at Cambridge.AdamsDN/1/4/1/6

Two newspaper cuttings about Brentwood School students who have been successful in their Oxbridge applications.AdamsDN/1/4/1/7

Cutting from 'Argus' about Brentwood School's speech day and prizes.AdamsDN/1/4/1/8

Adams's National Union of Students membership card for 1970-1971.AdamsDN/1/4/1/9

'A Compendium of Information and Regulations for the Use of Junior Members of the University of Cambridge', 1971-1972.AdamsDN/1/4/1/10

St John's College conspectus.AdamsDN/1/4/1/11

Two editions of a St John's College booklet on 'General Information for Junior Members'.AdamsDN/1/4/1/12

Description of the Grace said in Hall at St John's College.AdamsDN/1/4/1/13

Cambridge University Library 'Information for New Readers', third edition, 1970.AdamsDN/1/4/1/14

'Varsity Handbook: The Cambridge University Guide 1973/4'.AdamsDN/1/4/1/15

Information on General Admission 1974 and the nature of the Cambridge B.A. and M.A. degrees.AdamsDN/1/4/1/16

Adams's St John's College bills.AdamsDN/1/4/1/17

Documentation relating to financial aid.AdamsDN/1/4/1/18

Insurance brochures.AdamsDN/1/4/1/19

Insurance documentation.AdamsDN/1/4/1/20

Cambridge English examination papers, with manuscript markings and annotations.AdamsDN/1/4/1/21

Kenneth John Pascoe. Letter to Adams.AdamsDN/1/4/1/22

Ralph G. Rust. Letter to K.J. Pascoe.AdamsDN/1/4/1/23

John E. Stevens and Leo Gerald Salingar. Letter to Directors of Studies and Senior Tutors.AdamsDN/1/4/1/24

R.E. Macpherson. Letter to Adams with form on reverse.AdamsDN/1/4/1/25

Journal entry-style piece by Adams about the end of his degree.AdamsDN/1/4/1/26

St John's College Porter's Lodge room-leaving form.AdamsDN/1/4/1/27

Kenneth John Pascoe. Letter to Adams.AdamsDN/1/4/1/28

Emmanuel College, Cambridge dinner menu.AdamsDN/1/4/1/29

Invitation to Adams, Nick Burton and Paul Goodman's birthday party.AdamsDN/1/4/1/30

Three hand-copied menus for 'Diner Rue de Pont', presumably referencing Cambridge's Bridge Street.AdamsDN/1/4/1/31

St John's College May Ball 1972 items.AdamsDN/1/4/1/32

St John's College Chapel order of service for Advent.AdamsDN/1/4/1/33

Five menus (one large, four small) for Adams's 21st birthday lunch at St John's, some with messages from friends.AdamsDN/1/4/1/34

Two drinks coasters serving as invitations to a beer-drinking party hosted by Adams, Nick Burton and Johnnie Simpson.AdamsDN/1/4/1/35

Two Fitzwilliam College March Ball 1974 programmes, containing corrections slips.AdamsDN/1/4/1/36

St John's College Commemoration of Benefactors 1974 menu.AdamsDN/1/4/1/37

Cambridge University Officers Training Corps booklet.AdamsDN/1/4/1/38

Adams's membership card (1972/3) for the British Universities North America Club.AdamsDN/1/4/1/39

St John's College Wine and Food Society 1972-73 information sheet.AdamsDN/1/4/1/40

Douglas Norman Byrne. Letter including a Johnian Society membership form for 1974.AdamsDN/1/4/1/41

Three editions of the Johnian magazine *The Eagle*, and a separate contents page.AdamsDN/1/4/1/42

Academic workAdamsDN/1/4/2

Extracurricular life in CambridgeAdamsDN/1/4/3

Finances and employmentAdamsDN/1/5

Address booksAdamsDN/1/6

Appointment diariesAdamsDN/1/7

Cuttings and periodicalsAdamsDN/1/8

Transport, travel and tourismAdamsDN/1/9

MusicAdamsDN/1/10

Books ownedAdamsDN/1/11

ProgrammesAdamsDN/1/12

PhotographsAdamsDN/1/13

ArtefactsAdamsDN/1/14

Oversize itemsAdamsDN/1/15

FilingAdamsDN/1/16

NotebooksAdamsDN/2

Early MaterialAdamsDN/3

*The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* SeriesAdamsDN/4

*Doctor Who*AdamsDN/5

LiffAdamsDN/6

Dirk GentlyAdamsDN/7

*Last Chance to See*AdamsDN/8

Other Works and ProjectsAdamsDN/9

Press and PublicityAdamsDN/10

Magnetic and Optical MaterialAdamsDN/11

Material from other sourcesAdamsDN/Extranea