Personal Papers of Joyce Mary Freeman Penny

This material is held atGirton College Archives, University of Cambridge

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous writings, unpublished: 'The Yearling', collected poems; 'Joyce Penny Poems'; 'Selected poems'; 'Marjorie Maltravers', a novel; 'A Flower from Fortune's Garland', collected short stories; 'The Merlin', collected short stories; translations of Latin poetry from earliest times to 6thC AD; translations of Latin poetry from 6thC to 9thC; translations of medieval Latin lyrics; two short stories, 'Bishop Incognito' and 'Journey into Autumn', and an untitled poem; 'A Skein of Milk', short story letters to Piloo Jungalwalla; with poems, 1948-1985.

Administrative / Biographical History

Joyce Mary Freeman Penny was born in 1912. She studied English at Girton College 1933-1936.

Access Information

Access is open to bona fide scholars by appointment only.

Other Finding Aids

As at Sep 2008 an online catalogue for Girton College Archives was available at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/

Archivist's Note

Collection Description taken from Genesis in Sep 2008 as part of Genesis 2008 Project. Description by Catherine Burke, Genesis Project Officer 17/01/2002

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