CUTTEN COLLECTION

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 3

ARCHIVAL PAPERS

A ARTISTS

Cutten Mss/A/1 CHICHESTER ARTISTS

Cutten Mss/A/1/1 Research notes 4

Cutten Mss/A/1/2 Articles and published material 5

Cutten Mss/A/1/3 Publication of Chichester

Artists 6

Cutten Mss/A/1/4 Photographs and transparencies 6

Cutten Mss/A/2 SHAYER FAMILY

Cutten Mss/A/2/1 Notes, articles and publications 7

Cutten Mss/A/2/2 Negatives 8

Cutten Mss/A/2/3 Postcards 8

Cutten Mss/A/3 MISCELLANEOUS 8

Cutten Mss/B BARNHAM

Cutten Mss/B/1 NOTES AND RELATED MATERIAL

Cutten Mss/B/1/1 General History 9

Cutten Mss/B/1/2 Barnham Mill 9

Cutten Mss/B/1/3 Murrell Arms 10

Cutten Mss/B/1/4 Miscellaneous 11

Cutten Mss/B/2 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS 11

Cutten Mss/B/3 PHOTOGRAPHS

Cutten Mss/B/3/1 Murrell Arms 11

Cutten Mss/B/3/2 Miscellaneous 12

Cutten Mss/B/4 NEGATIVES 12

Cutten Mss/B/5 TRANSPARENCIES 13

Cutten Mss/B/6 PAINTINGS 13

Cutten Mss/C BOGNOR

Cutten Mss/C/1 NOTES AND RELATED MATERIAL

Cutten Mss/C/1/1 General History 13

Cutten Mss/C/1/2 Stamp House 13

Cutten Mss/C/1/3 Miscellaneous 13

Cutten Mss/C/2 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS 14

Cutten Mss/C/3 PROGRAMMES AND GUIDES 14

Cutten Mss/C/4 PHOTOGRAPHS 15

Cutten Mss/D CHICHESTER

Cutten Mss/D/1 NOTES AND RELATED MATERIAL

Cutten Mss/D/1 General History 16

Cutten Mss/D/1/2 Cutten's Coachbuilders 17

Cutten Mss/D/1/3 Inns and Pubs 17

Cutten Mss/D/1/4 Population 18

Cutten Mss/D/1/5 Theatre 19

Cutten Mss/D/1/6 Miscellaneous 19

Cutten Mss/D/2 NEWPAPER CLIPPINGS 19

Cutten Mss/D/3 PROGRAMMES AND CATALOGUES 20

Cutten Mss/D/4 PHOTOGRAPHS 21

Cutten Mss/D/5 NEGATIVES 22

Cutten Mss/D/6 PRINTS AND DRAWINGS 22

Cutten Mss/E CORPORATION OF ST PANCRAS

Cutten Mss/E/1 NOTES AND RELATED MATERIAL

Cutten Mss/E/1/1 General History 23

Cutten Mss/E/1/2 Events 23

Cutten Mss/E/1/3 Miscellaneous 24

Cutten Mss/E/2 PHOTOGRAPHS 24

Cutten Mss/E/3 NEGATIVES 24

Cutten Mss/F OTHER SUSSEX MATERIAL

Cutten Mss/F/1 NOTES AND RELATED MATERIAL

Cutten Mss/F/1/1 Genealogy 25

Cutten Mss/F/1/2 Inns and Pubs 25

Cutten Mss/F/1/3 Mills 26

Cutten Mss/F/1/4 Miscellaneous 26

Cutten Mss/F/2 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS 27

Cutten Mss/F/3 PROGRAMMES AND CATALOGUES 27

Cutten Mss/F/4 PHOTOGRAPHS 28

Cutten Mss/F/5 NEGATIVES 29

Cutten Mss/F/6 PRINTS AND DRAWINGS 29

Cutten Mss/F/7 POSTCARDS

Cutten Mss/F/7/1 General 29

Cutten Mss/F/7/2 Inns and Pubs 30

CUTTEN LIBRARY 31

Items in this catalogue are closed to public inspection for 30 years from the last date of a document

INTRODUCTION

Mervyn James Cutten was born on 16th December 1916, son of Ewer Cutten, master coachbuilder of St Pancras, Chichester, and Alice (nee Smith). After education at St Margaret's School, Chichester, and Colebrook House School, Bognor, he joined the Royal Air force Volunteer Reserve at Tangmere in 1938, and in the Second World War he served in the Middle East. In the 1960's he became active in local politics, serving representing the South Ward as a Liberal on Chichester City Council between 1962 and 1965, and in 1964, he became licensee of the Murrell Arms, Barnham, a position which (in 1996) he still held. He served as Mayor of the Ancient Corporation of St Pancras, Chichester, in 1992, and Alderman in 1993, and is currently its archivist. His publications, along with countless articles, include Changing Chichester (Francis Steer co-author), Chichester Papers No.24, 1961; Some Inns and Alehouses of Chichester, Chichester Papers No.46, 1964; The Shayer Family of Painters (Brian Stewart co-author), 1981; Chichester Artists (Brian Stewart co-author), 1987; The Mill and The Murrell (Vic May co-author), 1992

In his introduction to The Mill and The Murrell, Mr Cutten wrote, "local history has been my hobby for most of my life". The records and books listed were deposited at the Record Office, usually by Mr Cutten in person, over the course of several months, and reflect that hobby in all its eclectic glory. For the purpose of this list, they have been arranged broadly by subject matter, and then by document type, eg. newspaper clippings, photographs, negatives. As well as a regular visitor at the Record Office, Mr Cutten has been an occasional depositor for many years; previous deposits, where deemed to be of sufficient relevance, have been incorporated into this list under their original catalogue marks. The publications are also indexed by author, place and subject in the Record Office's main library index

For brevity, Mr Cutten is referred to in this catalogue as MJC