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SP:P25 – The Papers of Professor John Barron

Name(s) of creator(s): Barron, John Penrose (1934-2008), academic and educational administrator

Dates of creation of material: 1687 - 2007

Level of description: Fonds

Extent: 27 boxes

Biographical history: John Penrose Barron (JPB) was born in Morley, west Yorkshire, on 27 April 1934. Educated at Clifton College, Bristol, he went up to Oxford in 1953 as an exhibitioner at Balliol College, where he read Classics. He graduated in 1957 with first-class honours, going on to complete his doctorate in 1961 on the history of Samos to 439 BC. Barron’s academic career began when he joined Bedford College, London, as an Assistant Lecturer in Latin. In 1964, he moved to University College London as a Lecturer in Archaeology, becoming Reader in 1967. For twenty years from 1971, he was Professor of Greek at King’s College London, having been elected to the Chair at the age of only 37. He was also Director of the Institute of Classical Studies of London University (1984-1991), Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Arts (1987-1989) and Dean of the Institutes for Advance Study (1989-1991). He also served as the University of London’s Public Orator (1978-1981, 1986-1988). His publications include Introduction to Greek Sculpture (1965, revised 1981) and The Silver Coins of Samos (1966). In 1991, he was elected Master of St Peter’s College, Oxford, a post he would hold until 2003. His Mastership was characterised by a rise in both the number of female students at the college and its academic performance. Barron also oversaw the development of three off-site halls of residence, as well as an unsuccessful attempt to acquire the nearby site of Oxford Prison, which had closed in 1996. After his retirement in 2003, he chaired a number of educational institutions, such as the Cassel Trust and the committee of Lambeth Palace Library. In 1962, he married Caroline Barron (née Hogarth), who would herself go on to become a leading historian of medieval London and professor of medieval history at Royal Holloway College, and with whom he had two daughters (Catherine and Helen). Prof John Penrose Barron died on 16 August 2008.

Scope and content: Papers relating to John Barron’s academic research and administrative duties. Includes research notes and correspondence, essays, draft lectures and articles, and material relating to John Barron’s role as Public Orator at the University of London. Also includes correspondence and documents concerning his Mastership of St Peter’s College, Oxford, in particular in relation to the college’s unsuccessful attempt to acquire and convert for use the site of the former Oxford Prison, as well as a collection of personal papers.

System of arrangement:

SP:P25/1 Studies, research and teaching

SP:P25/2 University of London

SP:P25/2/1 Public Orator

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SP:P25/2/2 Post Appointments

SP:P25/2/3 Administration

SP:P25/3 Post Applications and Headhunting

SP:P25/4 St Peter’s College

SP:P25/4/1 Election and Installation

SP:P25/4/2 Oxford Prison

SP:P25/4/3 St George’s Gate

SP:P25/4/4 Conservative Club and Probate Office

SP:P25/4/5 Paradise Street

SP:P25/4/6 General Papers

SP:P25/4/7 Retirement

SP:P25/5 Personal Papers

Access conditions: Access conditions apply to the use of parts of this collection; please consult the Archivist for further information.

Language of material: English, German, French, Latin, Greek (both ancient and modern)

Conditions governing reproduction: No restrictions on copying or quotation other than statutory regulations and preservation concerns.

Custodial history: In the possession of John Barron, then of his widow, Professor Caroline Barron.

Immediate source of acquisition: Received as a revocable deposit from Professor Caroline Barron on 21 Jan 2016, 7 Nov 2016 and 16 May 2017.

Archivist's note: Fonds and file level description created by Richard Allen, August 2017. Biographical History based on the obituaries for John Penrose Barron printed in The Guardian (19 Sep 2008) and The Telegraph (28 Aug 2008).

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SP:P25 – The Papers of Professor John Barron

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SP:P25/1 Studies, research and teaching

Comprises notes, correspondence and other materials relating to the studies, research and teaching of JPB during his time at Balliol College, Oxford, Bedford College, the University of London and St Peter’s College, Oxford, as well as in retirement.

1927 - 2007

SP:P25/1/1 Balliol College

Correspondence and personal mementos sent, received or collected during JPB’s time at Balliol College, Oxford. Includes material relating to a trip taken to the United States in 1957 and correspondence received in JPB’s capacity as Secretary of the Leonardo Society. Also includes some material relating to JPB’s wider family, in particular his parents.

1927 - 1960

SP:P25/1/2 Sculptor of the Harpy Tomb

Bound typescript copy of the essay ‘The sculptor of the Harpy tomb’ submitted by JPB in 1955 while at Balliol College, Oxford, for the Thomas Whitcombe Greene Prize (awarded)

1955

SP:P25/1/3 Essays

Eight manuscript essays, perhaps written while JPB was at Balliol College, entitled ‘Prolegomena to the ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ anciently ascribed to Xenophon’, ‘Tristan and others’, ‘History of Samos’, ‘Theophrasti Characteres’, ‘Pro-allied party at Rome’, ‘The agrarian problem’, ‘The constitutional position of Augustus, 31-18’ and ‘Introduction to the Homeric Question’

Not dated, 1950s?

SP:P25/1/4 Research notes

Various manuscript and typescript research notes, including ‘Some Fifth-Century Stonecutters’, ‘Thukydides. Expeditions of the Athenian League’, and ‘Thucydides VI : Apparatus Criticus’, some of which seem to have been compiled while JPB was a student at Balliol College. Also includes correspondence with Prof Kenneth Dover (University of St Andrews)

Not dated (1950s?, 1970s?), and 1957

SP:P25/1/5 Alexander the Great

Manuscript text (hand not JPB’s) entitled ‘Alexander – Hignett’. Hignett is presumably noted classicist, Charles Hignett (1896-1966), in whose hand the notes, on Alexander the Great, may be written

Not dated, 1950s?

SP:P25/1/6 Unpublished work Typescript chapters/articles entitled ‘Appendix C. Who was Batis?’, ‘The constitution of Athens’, ‘Samians at Kyme’ and

Not dated, and 24 May 1959

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‘Samos, Kyrene, and Kolaios’ voyage’. Also includes some manuscript research notes and letter to JPB from Sir Edward (Stanley) Robinson [ESGR]

SP:P25/1/7 Sons of the Soil, Parthenon, Thukydides Manuscript copy of book chapter entitled ‘II. Sons of the Soil’; manuscript copy of lecture or article entitled ‘The Allies and the Parthenon’; and research notes entitled ‘Thukydides on Perikles: evidence of the historian’s own political outlook’

Not dated, c. 1960s - c. 1990s?

SP:P25/1/8 Greek Sculpture Manuscript and typescript copies of chapters and notes on the subject of Greek sculpture, perhaps prepared in relation to An Introduction to Greek Sculpture

Not dated, 1960s?

SP:P25/1/9 Research notes Typescript research notes on ‘Laos’, ‘Poseidonia’, ‘Sybaris’, ‘Caulonia’ and ‘Croton’

Not dated, 1960s?

SP:P25/1/10 Thukydides Manuscript copy of essay entitled ‘The Political Views of the Historian Thukydides’

Not dated, c. 1960s?

SP:P25/1/11 The Noble Lie Spring back binder containing typescript copy of chapters 1 to 4 for unpublished dissertation ‘The Noble Lie’, by JPB. Also includes some loose manuscript notes


SP:P25/1/12 The Noble Lie Spring back binder containing typescript copy of chapter entitled ‘V. Kodros, Neilos, Basile’ and footnotes for unpublished dissertation ‘The Noble Lie’, by JPB. Also includes some loose manuscript notes


SP:P25/1/13 The Noble Lie Spring back binder containing typescript copy of chapters 1 to 4 for unpublished dissertation ‘The Noble Lie’, by JPB. Also includes some loose manuscript notes


SP:P25/1/14 The Noble Lie Spring back binder containing typescript copy of footnotes for chapters 1 to 4, plus photographic plates, for unpublished dissertation ‘The Noble Lie’, by JPB


SP:P25/1/15 Lecture notes

Manuscript and typescript notes, most likely prepared for lectures, entitled ‘Rhoikos and Theodoros of Samos’, ‘Pythagoras of Rhegion’, ‘Myron of Eleutherai’, ‘Xenokrates of Sikyon’ and ‘What went on in the heraion at Samos’

Not dated, 1960s

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SP:P25/1/16 Correspondence and research notes Manuscript and typescript research notes on various issues, plus photocopied extracts. Also includes correspondence addressed to JPB from Edgar Lobel, Ted Jenner, Lawrence Jost, Denys Page, William Spencer Barrett, Maurice Bowra, and Doreen Innes

Not dated, and 19 Aug 1960 - 18 Nov 1988

SP:P25/1/17 Correspondence and research notes

Correspondence received by JPB, mainly from fellow academics, museum curators and other specialists relating to his research or printed publications. Correspondents include CJ Fordyce, Gerhard Neumann, Leonard Woodbury, Nicholas Hammond, H.-D. Schultz, Herbert A Cahn, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Günther Klaffenbach, Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke, and Kenneth Dover. Also includes some research notes

1960 - 1970

SP:P25/1/18 Off-prints and brochures

Off-prints of articles published by JPB, including ‘The Son of Hyllis’, ‘The Tyranny of Duris and Samos’, ‘Milesian Politics and Athenian Propaganda, c. 460-440 BC’, ‘The Sixth-Century Tyranny at Samos’, ‘Religious Propaganda of the Delian League’, ‘New Light on Old Walls. The Murals of the Theseion’, ‘Ibycus: To Polycrates’, ‘Bakchylides, Theseus and a Wolly Cloak’, ‘The Fifth-Century Dsikoboloi of Kos’, ‘The Fifth-Century Horoi of Aigina’, ‘Chios in the Athenian Empire’, ‘Ibycus: Gorgias and Other Poems’, ‘Two Goddesses in Samos’, ‘The Vision Things: The Founding of an Institute’, ‘The St George’s Hours’

1961 - 2000

SP:P25/1/19 Peace of Kallias Manuscript lecture/article entitled ‘Theopompos, Kallisthenes, and the Persian treaties’ and manuscript research notes relating to various subjects. Correspondence to JPB from Prof George Huxley. Inscribed off-prints of H. Mattingly, ‘The peace of Kallias’, Historia 14 (1965), pp. 271-281 and J.M. Cook, ‘The problem of Classical Ionia’, Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society, 187 (1961), pp. 9-18.

Not dated, and 1961 - 12 Dec 1967

SP:P25/1/20 Dr Richard Bentley

Typescript essay or seminar paper entitled ‘Prince of Critics. Tercentenary of Dr Richard Bentley’

27 Jan 1962

SP:P25/1/21 Coins of Samos and Cos

Correspondence received from various museums and libraries, including the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, The British Museum, The Ashmolean Museum and the Vatican Library concerning coins from Samos and Cos

1962 - 1965

SP:P25/1/22 Exam papers 1963

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Printed exam papers for Ancient History and History at the University of London. Also includes typescript list of Final Examinations Results 1963

SP:P25/1/23 Research notes and exam passages

Manuscript and typescript research notes on various topics. Also includes set passages for translation into/out of Latin and Greek as part of Latin Prose and Greek Prose examinations

Not dated, and 1963

SP:P25/1/24 Milesian Politics

Manuscript and typescript research notes and correspondence mainly relating to JPB’s article ‘Milesian Politics and Athenian Propaganda c. 460-440 B. C.’ published in The Journal of Hellenic Studies (vol. 82, 1962). Also includes notes and correspondence relating to research carried out in the year 1963.

1963 - 1964

SP:P25/1/25 Egesta and Sigeion

Manuscript research notes, correspondence, photographs, and manuscript and typescript copies of article entitled ‘Egesta and Sigeion, 458/7 and 451/0 BC’

Not dated, and 1965

SP:P25/1/26 Themistokles

Manuscript research notes, correspondence, and manuscript and typescript copies of article entitled ‘The publication of Themistokles’ decree’

Not dated, and 1965

SP:P25/1/27 The Silver Coins of Samos

Annotated proofs for The Silver Coins of Samos (published 1966)

19 May 1965

SP:P25/1/28 Correspondence and research notes

Manuscript (and some typescript) research and lecture/article notes on a wide range of topics, including Thucydides, The fifth-century Horoi of Aigina, Herodotus, and Ionian race and religion. Also includes some correspondence addressed to JPB from Günter Dünst, Prof George Huxley, David Blackman, and Russell Meiggs

Not dated, and 6 Nov 1965 - 8 May 1967

SP:P25/1/29 Historia Numorum

Correspondence and documents, including committee minutes and research notes, relating to the publication of a new edition of Historia Numorum

1965 - 1971

SP:P25/1/30 Publishers

Correspondence with various publishers relating to ‘Sculpture and Painting in Greece, c. 1100 – 100 BC’ (Penguin Books Ltd), ‘An Introduction to Greek Sculpture’ (Studio Vista Ltd), two

1965 - 1983

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volumes of the Cambridge History of Classical Literature, and ‘The Silver Coinage of Samos’ (Athlone Press). Also includes various memoranda of agreement, and a 1965 Vista Books Spring Catalogue featuring JPB’s book on Greek sculpture

SP:P25/1/31 Theseus

Manuscript text of article entitled ‘Theseus’ and manuscript research notes on various topics

Not dated, and 17 Feb 1965 - 11 Sep 1967

SP:P25/1/32 Theseids

Manuscript copy of article entitled ‘Theseids in early literature and art’; manuscript copy of lecture/article entitled ‘Finding a lost epic: the Deeds of Theseus’; related research notes

Not dated, and 1967

SP:P25/1/33 Theseis

Spring back binder containing typescript copy of unpublished essay entitled ‘Theseis’. Also includes some manuscript notes and correspondence

Not dated, late 1960s

SP:P25/1/34 Theseides

Two copies of typescript article entitled ‘Theseides’ with manuscript comments and corrections


SP:P25/1/35 Bee-Kings

Manuscript lecture/article entitled ‘Bee-Kings of Ephesus’ and manuscript research notes

Not dated, and 1967

SP:P25/1/36 Athenian Alliance

Manuscript chapter entitled ‘III. Order out of chaos’ and manuscript research notes relating to various subjects. Inscribed off-print of N. Hammond, ‘The origins and the nature of the Athenian Alliance of 478/7 BC’, The Journal of Hellenic Studies (87, 1967), pp. 41-61

Not dated, 1967 - 1972

SP:P25/1/37 Athenian Empire

Spring back binder containing typescript copy of untitled and unpublished essay by JPB on the Athenian empire. Part I entitled ‘A debt of honour’. Part II entitled ‘Nation and Race: The Barbarian’. Also includes some manuscript notes and correspondence


SP:P25/1/38 Athenian Empire

Manuscript chapter entitled ‘A debt of honour’ and manuscript research notes relating to various subjects

Not dated, and 1968 - 1969

SP:P25/1/39 Battle of Marathon


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Manuscript texts of articles/lectures relating to ‘Marathonomachoi’, ‘I. A debt of honour’, and the Battle of Marathon

SP:P25/1/40 Delian Confederacy

Manuscript and typescript copy of a book chapter entitled ‘II. Nation and Race’, dealing in part with the Delian Confederacy


SP:P25/1/41 Athens and its neighbours

Manuscript lecture/research notes on various topics, including ‘Greece and Persia’, Athens and its neighbours, ‘I. A debt of honour’


SP:P25/1/42 Erechtheus

Manuscript lecture/article entitled ‘Sons of the soil’, accompanied by various manuscript research notes

Not dated, late 1960s? - 1973

SP:P25/1/43 Ibycus

Manuscript research notes, papers, correspondence and other documents relating to the poet Ibycus and JPB’s article ‘Ibycus to Polycrates’ (Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, 16, 1969)

1969 - 1971

SP:P25/1/44 Pausanias and Olympia

Typescript copy of anonymous work entitled ‘Olympia V’, concerning archaeological discoveries at Olympia


SP:P25/1/45 Myth of Theseus

Photocopy of manuscript copy of ‘The Myth of Theseus’ by Grace E Nevard (King's College London doctoral thesis submitted in 1975)

23 Oct 1974

SP:P25/1/46 Two Goddesses in Samos

Manuscript research notes and drafts, proofs and correspondence relating to JPB’s chapter entitled ‘Two goddesses in Samos’ in a festschrift in honour of Martin Price

1975 - 1997

SP:P25/1/47 Television programmes

Correspondence and documents relating to various television programmes involving JPB, including the Open University programmes on Greek painting and Classical Painting, recorded at Alexandra Palace on 30 Dec 1977, and BBC interview contract for the programme ‘Wars that Changed the World’ (dated 20 Aug 1976)

1976 - 1978

SP:P25/1/48 Archilochus

Not dated, c. 1980s

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Manuscript text of article/lecture on Archilochus and photocopy of Four Hundred Sixty Talents or Less by Ronald K Unz (Harvard University)

SP:P25/1/49 Chios

Typescript and photocopy of manuscript text of article ‘Chios in the Athenian Empire’ and manuscript research notes. Off-print of D. Rathbone, ‘Italian wines in Roman Egypt’, Opus 2 (1983), pp. 81-98. Also includes some correspondence addressed to JPB

Not dated, and 23 Mar 1982 - 24 Apr 1984

SP:P25/1/50 Athenian Treasury at Delphi

Manuscript research notes and photocopies of articles concerning Delphi, relating in particular to the Athenian Treasury. Includes letter to JPB from Claud Vatin and black and white photographs, presumably of the Treasury

Not dated, and 22 Mar 1984 - 26 June 1985

SP:P25/1/51 Lectures

Typescript outline of paper delivered by JB entitled ‘Propaganda in Periclean Athens’ (12 Feb 1985); manuscript copy of untitled lecture delivered by JB (Vassar written at top of first page, presumably Vassar College, USA); manuscript copy of lecture delivered by JB entitled ‘Kimon Reassessed’. Also includes some loose notes

Not dated, and 12 Feb 1985

SP:P25/1/52 Greek Bronze Statuary

Photocopy (partial) of manuscript text of a doctoral thesis [The Technique of Greek Bronze Statuary] written by [Denys Haynes]

Not dated, c. 1990s

SP:P25/1/53 Riace Bronzes

Manuscript texts of various lectures delivered by JPB on the Riace Bronzes, with associated materials

Not dated, c. 1990s

SP:P25/1/54 Pythagoras’ Euthymos

Manuscript and typescript notes, photocopies, and correspondence relating to article for the festschrift in honour of Mortimer Chambers. Includes typescript copy of JPB chapter for festschrift (‘Pythagoras' Euthymos. Some thoughts on early classical portraits’)

1999

SP:P25/1/55 From Polygnotus to Apelles and Alexander the Great

Manuscript copy of lecture or seminar paper entitled ‘From Polygnotus to Apelles: The rediscovery of Greek painting’. Also includes notes and manuscript copy of lecture or seminar paper entitled ‘Alexander the Great paintings: Venice and Naples’

Not dated (2000s?)

SP:P25/1/56 Canons of St George

2000 - 2002

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Correspondence relating to the article by John Baron entitled ‘The Augustinian Canons and the University of Oxford: the Lost College of St George’, published as part of the Proceedings of the Harlaxton Symposium 1999. Includes letters of thanks for off-prints and off-prints sent in return, and copy of article

SP:P25/1/57 St George's Book of Hours

Comprises various materials relating to the article by JPB entitled ‘The St George's Hours’ published in The Bodleian Library Record (2008), including research notes, photocopied extracts from primary and secondary sources, correspondence, article drafts, and colour reproductions of Oxford, Bodleian, MS. Don. d 206. This file is in three parts.

2006 - 2007

SP:P25/1/58

Spode in Caramania

Manuscript copy of article/lecture entitled ‘With Spode in Caramania’

Not dated, 20th c.

SP:P25/1/59 Tyrant and Tyrannicide

Manuscript lecture/article entitled ‘Tyrant and tyrannicide’, accompanied by various manuscript research notes and photocopied extracts

Not dated, 20th c.

SP:P25/1/60 ΣTOIX 22

Typescript edition of ΣTOIX 22, with English notes

Not dated, 20th c.

SP:P25/2 University of London

Comprises correspondence and documents relating to JPB’s time at the University of London.


2/1 Public Orator

2/2 Post Appointments

2/3 Administration

1961 - 1991

SP:P25/2/1 Public Orator

Comprises orations, correspondence, programmes and other materials relating to JPB’s time as Public Orator at the University of London

1961 - c. 1996

SP:P25/2/1/1 Foundation Day 1977

Copy of orations delivered by Arthur Tattersall, MA on the University of London’s Foundation Day 1977

24 Nov 1977


1978 - 1979

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Comprises typescript copy of orations delivered by JPB on the University of London’s Foundation Day held on 30 Nov 1978, programme of events, letters of thanks, including on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and related materials. Also includes reel of Scotch Magnetic Tape with recording of proceedings. Orations delivered for Prof Lars Ahlfors, Sir Peter Medawar, Alfred Brendel, Lord Shawcross, Prof Sir Alfred Ayer and The Very Rev Dr Sydney Evans


Comprises typescript copy of orations delivered by JPB on the University of London’s Foundation Day held on 29 Nov 1979, programme of events, letters of thanks, including on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and related materials. Also includes reel of Scotch Magnetic Tape with recording of proceedings. Orations delivered for Sir Alastair Pilkington, Prof Wilhelm Feldberg, Lord Diplock, Gaston Thorn, Jacqueline du Pré and Sir John Betjeman

1979


Comprises typescript copy of orations (annotated with oration marks) delivered by JPB on the University of London’s Foundation Day held on 2 Dec 1980, programme of events, letters of thanks, including on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and related materials. Orations delivered for Cardinal Basil Hume, Sir Arnold Hall, Sir Kenneth Dover, David Attenborough, Sir Cyril Clarke and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

1980 - 1981


Comprises typescript copy of orations (annotated with oration marks) delivered by JPB on the University of London’s Foundation Day held on 15 Oct 1986, programme of events, letters of thanks, and related materials. Orations delivered for Roland Dumas, Sir Karl Popper, Sir Peter Baxendell, Sir Georg Solti and Prof Albert Starr

1986


Comprises typescript copy of orations delivered by JPB on the University of London’s Foundation Day held on 18 Oct 1987, letters of thanks, and related materials. Orations delivered for Prof Clifford Darby, Prof Rita Levi-Montalcini, Bob Geldof, Sir John Harvey-Jones, Sir Frank Hartley and Prof Eduardo Paolozzi

1987

SP:P25/2/1/7 Presentation Days 1988-1990

Comprises typescript copy of orations delivered by JPB on King’s College London Presentation Day held on 11 September 1989, programme of events and letters of thanks. Also includes annotated copy of Vice-Chancellor’s speech at

1988 - 1991

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Presentation Day 1988 and correspondence relating to orations delivered at Presentation Day 1990

SP:P25/2/1/8 Reminiscences

Manuscript copy of JPB’s reminiscences of his time as Public Orator. Includes comments on working alongside Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and on the art of oration

Not dated, c. 1996

SP:P25/2/1/9 Greetings

Comprises a copy of Greetings sent to the University of London by Vilnius University in 1979 to which JPB, as Public Orator, was asked to respond. Also includes copies of previous greetings sent by the University of London to the universities of Adelaide, Nairobi, Makerere and Nigeria

1961 - 1979

SP:P25/2/2 Post Appointments

Comprises correspondence and documents relating to the various posts at the University of London to which JPB applied and was appointed

1971 - 1989

SP:P25/2/2/1 Chair of Greek Language and Literature

Correspondence and documents relating to JPB’s application for and appointment to the Chair of Greek Language and Literature at King’s College London. Includes letter of application and manuscript presentation on the functions of a professor at the University of London, letters of appointment and congratulations, a list of attendees at Barron’s inaugural lecture and a printed copy of this lecture (‘The Noble Lie’), a complete copy of the Times dated 14 Jun 1971, which includes a notice announcing his appointment to the Chair, and correspondence regarding his resignation from the Chair

1971 - 1991

SP:P25/2/2/2 Director of the Institute of Classical Studies

Correspondence and documents, including letters of congratulation, relating to JPB’s appointment as Director of the Institute of Classical Studies

1984

SP:P25/2/2/3 Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Arts

Correspondence concerning the appointment and retirement of JPB as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Arts at the University of London

1987 - 1989

SP:P25/2/2/4 Senate Member

Correspondence concerning the election of JPB as a member of the Senate of the University of London

1987 - 1989

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SP:P25/2/3 Administration

Comprises correspondence and documents relating to JPB’s administrative duties at the University of London

1972 - 1991

SP:P25/2/3/1 Sesquicentenary Committee

Comprises materials collected by JPB in relation to his role as Chairman of the Sesquicentenary Committee, charged with organising celebrations to mark the 150th Anniversary of the foundation of King’s College London

1974 - 1981

SP:P25/2/3/2 The Barron Report

Copy of report entitled ‘The Faculty of Arts in the Next Twenty-Five Years’, informally known as ‘The Barron Report’, along with letter from Sir Richard Way, Principal of King’s College London, outlining his thoughts on the report

1977

SP:P25/2/3/3 Correspondence

Comprises various letters and notes received by JPB in relation to his administrative duties. Correspondents include Sir John Hackett (Principal of King’s College), Prof Peter Ackroyd, Prof Michael Kitson, Lord Cameron (Principal of King’s College), and Prof Frank Goodyear

1972 - 1991

SP:P25/3 Post Applications and Headhunting

Comprises correspondence and documents relating to various academic posts for which JPB applied or was headhunted

1987 - 1990

SP:P25/3/1 Vice-Chancellor of Birmingham University

Correspondence relating to JPB’s unsuccessful application for the post of Vice-Chancellor of Birmingham University

1980

SP:P25/3/2 Principal of Bedford College

Correspondence and documents relating to JPB’s unsuccessful application for the post of Principal of Bedford College

1981

SP:P25/3/3 Dean of Vassar College

Correspondence regarding the Deanship of Vassar College, for which JPB’s name had been put forward to the Nominating Committee

1987

SP:P25/3/4 Principal of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College

Covering letter and curriculum vitae sent in application for the post of Principal of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College

1989

SP:P25/3/5 Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University

1989

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Correspondence regarding the invitation by Lord Dainton to JPB to apply for the post of Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University

SP:P25/3/6 Chairman Anglo-Hellenic Society

Correspondence regarding the invitation by Lord Jellicoe to JPB to apply for the post of Chairman of the Anglo-Hellenic Society

1990

SP:P25/3/7 Provost of Worcester College, Oxford

Correspondence regarding JPB’s unsuccessful application to become Provost of Worcester College, Oxford

1990

SP:P25/3/8 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Newcastle

Correspondence regarding the invitation by Sir Michael Straker to JPB to apply for the post of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Newcastle

1990

SP:P25/3/9 President of the Society of Antiquaries of London

Correspondence and documents relating to the contested election for the post of President of The Society of Antiquaries of London, for which JPB was put forward as a candidate (against Geoff Wainwright) by Martin Biddle, John Cherry, Ann Payne, Kenneth Painter, John Boardman, J. M. Crook, Mike Tite and Mirjam Foot

2007

SP:P25/4 St Peter’s College

Comprises correspondence, documents and other materials relating to or collected during JPB’s time as Master of St Peter’s College, Oxford


4/1 Election and Installation

4/2 Oxford Prison

4/3 St George’s Gate

4/4 Conservative Club and Probate Office

4/5 Paradise Street

4/6 General Papers

4/7 Retirement

1990 - 2003

SP:P25/4/1 Election

Comprises correspondence and documents relating to the election and installation of JPB as Master of St Peter’s College, Oxford

1990 - 1991

SP:P25/4/1/1 Interview

1990

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Correspondence and documents relating to JPB’s interview for the position of Master, including manuscript notes on his experience and its relevance to St Peter’s, post further particulars, and letters from Henry Mayr-Harting and Martin Powell

SP:P25/4/1/2 Congratulations

Letters and notes of congratulations received by JPB following his election as Master. Includes letters from Henry Mayr-Harting, John Kenyon, Lawrence Goldman, Albert Latner, George Goyder, Lord Flowers, Rt Revd Richard Harries, Gustav Born and Sir Alec Cairncross

1990 - 1991

SP:P25/4/1/3 Transition

Correspondence and documents received by JPB after his election as Master but before his installation, includes briefing documents for meetings with Tony Weldon and Robin Hodgson, calendar for Michaelmas Term 1991, and correspondence from retiring Master, Gerald Aylmer, and Development Director, Ken Sprague, concerning various issues, including the never-realised Portoghesi Building in Chavasse Quad

1991

SP:P25/4/1/4 Installation

Comprises materials relating to the installation of JPB as Master on 13 Oct 1991, including order of service, text of oath of office and list of attendees

1991

SP:P25/4/2 Oxford Prison

Correspondence and documents relating to the unsuccessful attempt by St Peter’s to acquire the former site of the Oxford Prison for conversion into student accommodation and other college buildings

1992 - 2004

SP:P25/4/2/1 A Future for the Past

Drafts and working copies of ‘Oxford Castle for Oxfordshire. A Future for the Past’, compiled by JPB, which comprises a history of the castle/prison site, and early proposals for the ways in which St Peter’s would develop it. Includes some contemporary colour photos of the castle/prison site, and surrounding area/buildings, as well as photocopies of historical maps and drawings. This file is in four parts1

Not dated, early 1990s

SP:P25/4/2/2 Schemes

Photocopies and extracts of various schemes prepared both for St Peter’s College, and for others, with various proposals

1994 - 1995

1 In drawer 7 of plan chest.

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for the development of the castle/prison site. Includes schemes prepared by Wolff Olins and Ridge Partners, Jacobs Holding PLC, and The Oxford Architects Partnership2

SP:P25/4/2/3 Correspondence and Documents

Correspondence and documents relating to St Peter’s attempts to acquire the castle/prison site for redevelopment. Includes Preliminary Expression of Interest document submitted by St Peter’s College, and correspondence from His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, John Patten MP, David Brock (Inspector of Historic Buildings, English Heritage), and representatives of Oxford City Council, Oxford County Council, HM Prisons and Wolf Ollins. This file is in three parts

1992 - 1997

SP:P25/4/2/4 The Outcome

Comprises various materials relating to the castle/prison site and its development by parties other than St Peter’s. Includes press cuttings (and photocopies of press cuttings), planning application correspondence, and materials pack distributed at the Oxford Castle Heritage Project service of dedication held on 8 Mar 2004

2001 - 2004

SP:P25/4/2/5 Photographs

Comprises colour and black and white prints and negatives of photographs taken of the castle/prison site and its surrounding area. Also includes some photos of converted prisons elsewhere in Britain and of Canal House interior. This file is in 17 parts

Not dated, 1990s

SP:P25/4/3 St George’s Gate

Material relating to the construction of St Peter’s student residence block at St George’s Gate

1995

SP:P25/4/3/1 General Papers

Includes fundraising brochure relating to St George’s Gate, photocopies of 19th-century prints showing the area, and postcards, one of which is addressed to JPB, showing the completed building

1995


Comprises colour prints and negatives of photographs taken of the construction (in particular, the archaeological excavations) and completion of the St George’s Gate residential block. This file is in 5 parts

Not dated, c. 1995

SP:P25/4/4 Conservative Club and Probate Office 1997 - 2000


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Material relating to the never-realised development of the Conservative Club site on New Road and the successful acquisition of the neighbouring Probate Office for the Law Centre

SP:P25/4/4/1 Design Studies and Proposals

Design studies and proposals prepared for St Peter’s College by Austin Smith Lord in relation to the proposed redevelopment of the Conservative Club site3

1997 - 1998

SP:P25/4/4/2 General Papers

Includes property information pack, maps and plans, and correspondence relating to the Conservative Club and Probate Office

1997 - 2000


Comprises colour prints and negatives of photographs taken of the Probate Office

Not dated, c. 2000

SP:P25/4/5 Paradise Street

Material relating to the construction of St Peter’s student residence block at Paradise Street

2001 - 2003

SP:P25/4/5/1 Site Acquisition

Comprises material relating to the acquisition of the Paradise Street site, including bound copy of St Peter’s proposal, and photocopies of plans and drawings

2001 - 2002

SP:P25/4/5/2 Archaeology and Design

Comprises material relating to the archaeology and design of the Paradise Street site, including design document and drawings by Anthony Rickett Partnership, archaeological desk-based assessment by Oxford Archaeology, and related correspondence

2002 - 2003

SP:P25/4/6 General Papers

Papers, including correspondence, documents and photographs, relating to various aspects of JPB’s Mastership at St Peter’s

1992 - 2003

SP:P25/4/6/1 Correspondence and Documents

Correspondence and documents relating to various aspects of JPB’s Mastership at St Peter’s, including plans for the

1992 - 2003


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refurbishment and restoration of the college chapel by George Lane, letters and notes from Gerald Aylmer, Jean Thornton-Duesbery, Sir Alec Cairncross, the Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill, and the Queen of Bhutan, press cuttings, menu cards, posters (including for lectures delivered by JPB) and other ephemera. This file is in three parts


A collection of colour prints and negatives of photographs showing various aspects of St Peter’s during JPB’s Mastership. Includes aerial photos of the central college site, Canal House garden, bicycles along the chapel’s west wall, JPB at an alumni reunion [in the USA?], JPB delivering a speech in Hannington Hall, JPB with Caroline Barron in Canal House, and the Supervisors’ Dinner 1993. This file is in six parts

1993 - late 1990s

SP:P25/4/7 Retirement

Comprises material relating to the retirement of JPB as Master of St Peter’s

2003

SP:P25/4/7/1 Final Dinners and Farewell Events

Menu cards, seating plans and notes for speech delivered at JPB’s final Domus and St Peter’s Day Dinners as Master. Also includes letters of thanks from attendees at these dinners, as well materials relating to various farewell events held in honour of JPB, including buffet lunch, garden party and concert, RSVP form and guest list for the farewell party held in honour of JPB on 20 Sep 2003

23 Jun 2003 - 20 Sep 2003

SP:P25/4/7/2 Final Message

Drafts and final copy of the personal message sent by JPB on his last day as Master to the fellowship and other senior members of St Peter’s. Includes partial list of persons to whom the message was sent

30 Sep 2003

SP:P25/4/7/3 Cards, Notes and Letters

Various cards, notes and letters of thanks received by JPB from senior members, alumni and students in the period immediately before and after his retirement as Master. Includes letters and cards from John O’Connor, Lawrence Goldman, Clendon Daukes, Richard Marson, Tim Mawson, Sir Harold Platt, Kevin Hilliard, Eric Southworth, Bernard Silverman (informing JPB of his election as an Honorary Fellow), Lord Hanson, Lord Hodgson, Lord Dormand of Easington, and Henry Mayr-Harting

2003

SP:P25/5 Personal Papers

1687 - 2007

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Comprises personal papers (including correspondence), photographs, and other pieces of ephemera collected by JPB

SP:P25/5/1 A Treatise of the Pope's Supremacy

Pages 145-146 and 151-152 (badly damaged) of A Treatise of the Pope's Supremacy. To which is Added a Discourse Concerning the Unity of the Church by Isaac Barrow

1687

SP:P25/5/2 Royal Astronomical Society

Letter from the Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society informing JPB’s father, George Barron, that he has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

13 Jan 1932

SP:P25/5/3 Clifton College

Pieces of ephemera relating to Clifton College, Bristol, including school prospectus, Upper School clothes regulations with clothes list completed for JPB, list of students in Darkyns’ House (including JPB), and list of students who qualified for admission to the college in Sep 1947 (including JPB)

1942 - 1952

SP:P25/5/4 St Ives Research Station, Bingley

Materials relating to the St Ives Research Station, Bingley, Yorkshire, and to courses taught there, including the Bingley Vacation Course 1951, which was presumably attended by JPB

1950 - 1951

SP:P25/5/5 Tax and Insurance

Comprises tax and insurance documents received by JPB

1960 - 1962

SP:P25/5/6 Brochures, Programmes and Menu Cards

Various brochures, programmes and menu cards collected by or sent to JPB, including Bedford College SCR Christmas Dinner (1960), Balliol College Commemoration Ball (1961), Balliol College 700th Anniversary Celebration (1963), University of London Presentation Ceremony (1977), Installation of HRH Princess Anne as Chancellor of the University of London (1981), and White House Staff Mess menu card (not dated, 1990s)

1960 - 2002

SP:P25/5/7 Stamp Collection

Stamps cut by JPB from envelopes received in correspondence from various countries, including the United Kingdom, Austria, the German Democratic Republic, Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary and Morocco

1961 - 1962

SP:P25/5/8 Household Fittings

Various documents relating to the purchase and transportation of household fittings for John and Caroline Barron’s house in London. The reverse of one document contains a note from Caroline Barron

1963

20

SP:P25/5/9 Libraries

Library cards for Buckinghamshire County Library in the name of JPB and a completed British Library Reading Rooms application

1963

SP:P25/5/10 Correspondence

Comprises letters, cards and notes received by JPB on various issues. Includes correspondence from Boris Johnson MP, Lord Neill of Bladen QC, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Richard Harries, bishop of Oxford, Andrew Graham (Master of Balliol College), Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, Queen of Bhutan, as well as former students and family members

1962 - 2007

SP:P25/5/11 Press Cuttings

Various press cuttings collected by JPB, including complete edition of The Times for 25 Jan 1965 (death of Winston Churchill), and obituaries for Sir Richard Way, Prof Andrew Rutherford, Prof Martin Harrison, Sir Douglas Logan, Prof Kenan Erim, Russell Meiggs and Prof RM Ogilvie

1965 - 2003

SP:P25/5/12 Swan Hellenic Cruises

Brochures for Swan Hellenic Cruises, for which JPB served as a guest lecturer (years 1967-1968, 1970-1982, 1984, 1986, 1989-1995, 2003-2007). This file is in two parts

1967 - 2007

SP:P25/5/13 Eric Handley and Tom Webster

File of correspondence between Prof Eric Handley (University College London) and Prof Tom Webster (Stanford University), created by Tom Webster and forwarded to Eric Handley by Stanford University staff, and thence presumably into the possession of JPB

1971 - 1979

SP:P25/5/14 Pocket Diaries

Pocket appointment diaries for the years 1972-1985, 1987-2004. This file is in 4 parts

1972 - 2004

SP:P25/5/15 Sir John Hackett

Press cuttings and documents relating to Sir John Hackett, former Principal of King's College, London. Includes order of service and text of address delivered by Prof Sir Michael Howard at thanksgiving service held on 24 Nov 1997

1971 - 2004

SP:P25/5/16 Vassar College ID Card

Faculty Member identification card issued to JPB by Vassar College, New York, for the academic year 1980-81

1980

SP:P25/5/17 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

1980 - 2000

21

Various materials relating to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, including invitation to and order of service for the service of thanksgiving for the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday held in St Paul’s Cathedral on 15 Jul 1980, invitation to a Buckingham Palace Garden party to celebrate the same, and copy of The Sunday Times dated 16 Jul 2000 celebrating the 100th birthday of the Queen Mother

SP:P25/5/18 Academiae Europaeae

Membership certificate for the Acamdeiae Europaeae and accompanying letter

1989 - 1991

SP:P25/5/19 The Cocked Hat Club

Letter from the Secretary of The Cocked Hat Club (a society open to Fellows of The Society of Antiquaries) informing JPB of his election to the club, and a copy of ‘The Magna Charta of the Cocked Hat Club’

1990

SP:P25/5/20 The Prince of Wales

Various materials relating to His Royal Highness Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, including Christmas cards sent to JPB by the Prince and Princess Diana, letters sent to and from the Prince, and an invitation to dinner at Kensington Palace on 11 Jun 1990

1991 - 1998

SP:P25/5/21 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

Materials concerning Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, in particular in relation to JPB’s participation in the school’s Speech Days

1991 - 1995

SP:P25/5/22 House of Lords

Materials relating to a never-submitted application for a seat in the House of Lords as a non-party political member, includes letter of encouragement from Professor the Lord McColl, blank application form, and manuscript notes relating to application

2001

SP:P25/5/23 Henry Allen Bibby

Research report prepared by JPB for the Metropolitan Police concerning a drawing, with Latin text and architectural features, discovered among the possessions of the convicted murderer, Henry Allen Bibby (Edward Alexander Crowley), at the time of his arrest. Accompanied by related materials, including press cuttings

2001

SP:P25/5/24 St Peter’s College

Various materials, including correspondence, collected by JPB in relation to St Peter’s College following his retirement as Master. This file is in two parts

2003 - 2007

22

SP:P25/5/25 70th Birthday

Materials relating to the celebrations held at Lambeth Palace in Apr 2004 in celebration of JPB’s 70th birthday. Includes guest list, letters and cards of thanks, and photographs, featuring St Peter’s members, including David Johnson, Geoffrey Fouquet, Lord Hodgson, Mensun Bound, Tim Mawson, Billy Watson and Eric Southworth. This file is in three parts

2004

SP:P25/5/26 Amateur Dramatics

Various materials relating to amateur dramatic productions, including those performed by Classics students at King’s College. Includes scripts for the plays ‘Goose Tours, 1962-3’, ‘What Iocasta Did Next or Little Men and Good Wives’ by Arthur WH Adkins, ‘From Chalfont with Love’ and ‘Morse in Master of Nunn or The Faggot in the Freezer’ (set in St Peter’s College)

Not dated, c 1960s - c 1990s

SP:P25/5/27 Photographs

Colour prints and negatives of photographs showing John and Caroline Barron’s cat, Canal House garden, the interior of an unidentified church, and an unidentified wedding party outside a stately home

Not dated, c. 1990s

SP:P25/5/28 Lucy Cavendish College Speech

Photocopy of a manuscript copy of a speech delivered by an unidentified speaker at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, on the future of higher education

Not dated, c. 1990s

SP:P25/5/29 Postcards

A small collection of blank postcards, including of Balliol College, Oxford, the city of Oxford from the air, and the Saxon tower of Oxford Castle

Not dated, 20th c.

SP:P25/5/30 Family History

A hand-drawn family tree, with JPB at the bottom, entitled ‘The Thomases of Zennor’ and an unidentified hand-drawn heraldic crest with the motto ‘Fortuna Audaces Iuvat’ (Fortune Favours the Brave)4

Not dated, 20th c.
