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General Feedback

I have really enjoyed and appreciated the generosity and friendliness of your college and its library!

The webpage is excellent. I have been comparing different Colleges, and your access is so good. Congratulations!

Library Newsletter

I have just been reading the latest Newsletter (Vol 5: 3) and wanted to express my appreciation of it, and of all the Newsletters, because they are always interesting, informative, sometimes challenging, and confirm my satisfaction in contributing £100 a year to the Library funds. Please commend all the contributors.

What an excellent newsletter! Thank you for putting it together – I enjoyed reading it.

A good document giving lots of information about Library activities thank you

A short note to say I have just read the Library Newsletter and thought it was brilliant, so many things I did not know. Whilst I realise that this is aimed at Students, it is a great read.

Working Library

Thank you so much for creating a wonderful environment. I studied here all year and couldn’t have done my exams without it! Thank you! [Note attached to a box of chocolates]

Dissertation Support Group

The group had a unique sense of community and the chats at the breaks made me so happy and positive, and I could work more effectively.

Thursday afternoon sessions have been invaluable to my confidence and enjoyment of it all. I will miss them.

It was so lovely and encouraging. You gave the group a really supportive atmosphere. As a year abroad student, it was also a good opportunity to touch base with the College.

It was such a good way to encourage yourself to do the dissertation in more manageable chunks instead of putting it off and having to rush.

The presentations have been something I have returned to when stuck – and not just in regard to the dissertations – they have been useful for my thinking more widely.

The presentations were great – some really good advice, and also always very engaging and wellprepared.

I feel like I should credit the dissertation group at the end of my dissertation! I couldn’t have done it without you!

Special Collections

Thank you so much for the super prompt and complete reply. I cannot remember such a request being so speedily fulfilled by any other institution. Bravo.

That's not only helpful, it's instant. Some other permissions I've sought have taken months of repeated imploring to get a response. Thank you sincerely for being so immediate and helpful.

Superb detective work! The second document you sent me is precisely what I was looking for – and more.

This is extremely kind and goes far beyond what I hoped or expected. Many thanks for the speed of your response.

The last time I was in contact was back in 2020, on the day you closed down for the pandemic. You very kindly carried out some manuscript checks for me even though it must have been a very stressful time, for which I am very grateful as it contributed enormously to my now finished PhD.

Thank you so much for these useful photographs and your *incredibly* rapid response. Your description is coherent, useful, and generously given.

This is such rich information and helps with all sorts of questions.

Wow, that is so incredibly helpful. I am grateful for your time and assistance here, and am thrilled to finally see an inscription that I’ve read about for over 20 years.

You have been a godsend Kathryn. FYI, you have earned a much deserved note of gratitude in my book for which I'm doing this research.

On this the 21st anniversary of the death of author Douglas Adams I was privileged to read his papers. How well catalogued they have been. Thank you.

On the talk given by Sarah Gilbert and Kathryn McKee

As part of @peterborocathedral’s History Online series, I attended a lecture on the Lindsay Psalter given by @sarahxgilbert – As a lay medievalist and Anglo-Saxon fanatic, it was very interesting and wonderfully expounded. Ic Þancie Þē.

A brief note to say how much I enjoyed your paper yesterday evening, an excellent introduction to a variety of topics, from which I certainly learnt a lot.

Exhibitions

Huguenot exhibition

I thoroughly enjoyed [the] exposition of what went on, and the illustrations from the books and manuscripts in the college's collections were beautifully complementary. It's a shame I won't be able to see it personally... but I was very pleased indeed to benefit from the transfer into an online presentation

Art & Photography competition

Love the exhibition – such talent! The lobster belongs in the Tate for sure!

Fantastic photos! Keep up the good work!

Excellent work, everybody!

Space & Time exhibition

What a glorious collection. Such a delight to read. Thank you  Wonderful space and time exhibition – super collection of texts.

Fascinating astrolabes!

Thought provoking.

Fantastic!!

Biographical Office

Deaths

Having dealt with banks, utility companies etc your email is so much more ‘human’ than the standard ‘please accept our condolences’. I don’t expect sympathy from strangers but just that extra sentence that acknowledges that there is a huge amount of tedious phoning and letter writing to be done goes a long way. So thank you for taking that extra moment with your reply!

Wow! You are the most diligent and caring person I know. Thank you so much for all the information and guidance. You have done so much for us…above and beyond in fact. You make such an amazing positive difference to everyone who seeks your help.

I am so grateful to you for providing all his biographical information - it made it much easier to craft a tribute to him.

At a very difficult time for our family your kind words and patient guidance is appreciated.

Enquiries

You have been tremendously helpful. I knew more within half an hour of contacting you than I have been able to discover over the last year of my research. I cannot thank you enough.

This is the most helpful ‘holding reply’ I have ever received. To think there may be more to come is exciting, as what you have already sent is much more than I was already aware of.

How thoughtful of you to go to all this effort to ensure I have precisely the correct details for my book.

The work you do is fascinating and the service you provide is second to none.

Archives

If it weren't for the kindness of you and other librarians/archivists I could not have completed the book.

Thanks so much for taking the trouble to search through the Book Club minutes. Interesting!

Archives/Special Collections/Biographical Office combined

Just a short note to say thank you so much for arranging such an informative and interesting tour for me yesterday. It was a real privilege to be offered a glimpse of your impressive work.