University of Cambridge
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Fonds
Minutes of meetings of the Council of the Senate of Cambridge University
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4317
Scope and Contents
In the hand of W.M. Campion, 15 November 1856 - 3 October 1862, 110 folios. The entries from 18 November 1857 to 7 December 1860 are in shorthand. Another hand appears on fos 22v, 23 and 57. Attached to fo. 95 is a letter from J. Fuller to W.M. Campion, 2 December 1861.
Dates:
1856-1862
Conditions Governing Access:
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Fonds
Miscellaneous collection of documents chiefly relating to the Cathedral and Diocese of Ely, and to the University of Cambridge
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.41
Scope and Contents
Compiled by Samuel Knight DD. Includes statutes, copies of surveys, rentals, plans, notes on Robert Grossteste, charters, list of churches, biographical notes and lists of members of the church, notes on tenants and rents, testimonials to college figures, wills relating to College benefactions, orations, speeches to University of Cambridge Senate, lists of College fellows, copies of decrees relating to University of Cambridge.
Dates:
1317-1730 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1846 - 1897
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/247
Scope and Contents
(1) Letters regarding the existence of Neptune, 1846-1878Duplicate copies of collected correspondence on the investigations of J.C. Adams and U.J.J. Le Verrier into the existence of Neptune and in particular of the ensuing controversy over the name of the planet. There are also other letters concerning the minor planets and mathematical formula for their orbits, the Moon's equation and lunar acceleration. The correspondents include J.C. Adams, Sir George Airy, F.N.M. Arago, J....
Dates:
1846 - 1897
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1886 - 1937
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/251
Scope and Contents
(1) Correspondence of the Astronomers Royal W.H.M. Christie and F.W. Dyson with the Hydrographer of the Navy, 1886-1932.(2) Correspondence with the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 1886-1937Letters on the disc presented to W.H.M. Christie, 1902.Pages from 'Nature' reporting the speech made by Professor Love on presenting W.H.M. Christie and A.W. Rücker with the degree of Doctor of Science (Honorary), 1902. Notice of the vacancy of the chair of Savilian...
Dates:
1886 - 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1959-07-17 - 1967-01-04
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/554
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on miscellaneous matters, including correspondence with the National Institute of Oceanography; Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, University of Cambridge; the Economic League; the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty, concerning applications from the B.B.C. and the 'Yorkshire Post' to give publicity to the Isaac Newton Telescope mirror; Professor C. Fehrenbach of the Observatoire de Marseille; Dr T....
Dates:
1959-07-17 - 1967-01-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Miscellaneous documents on parchment
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.71
Scope and Contents
Including: pedigree of the Fawconer family, 'per Raphe Brooke Yorks Herault 1613'; William Alington: patent of creation as a baron, 5 Dec. 1682; Cambridge University: list of chancellors and vice-chancellors with coats of arms, 1500-1632, and list of honorary MAs, 1583-1631; lease for 3 lives by Simon Patrick to John Acton and Edmund Rivett of the priory and parsonage of Swavesey, and of the manor of Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, 1693; copy of will of John Patrick, with attached probate, 6...
Dates:
1613-1693
Conditions Governing Access:
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Fonds
Miscellaneous letters relating to Cambridge University
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7896
Scope and Contents
Includes documents on elections, appointments and statutes.
Dates:
3 July 1677-25 May 1840
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Montague Rhodes James: Collections of Manuscripts at Cambridge
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4229
Scope and Contents
'Collections of Manuscripts at Cambridge, their History, Sources and Contents', the Sandars Lectures for 1903, 48 folios. A list of slides shown follows the text (fo. 45). The versos are blank throughout.
Dates:
1903
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Montague Rhodes James: Sermons, Lectures and Addresses
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7484-7485
Dates:
1887-1935 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Papers dealing with cases before Vice-Chancellor's Court, University of Cambridge
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1603
Dates:
1609-1614
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papers on geodesy and geophysics, 1897 - 1931
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/81
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous material relating to geodesy and geodynamics, including a report on terrestrial magnetism and atmospheric electricity work at Greenwich and Abinger, 1927-1929; reports and notes to members of the Committee for Geodesy and Geodynamics, 1928 and 1930; correspondence regarding the possibility of establishing a permanent Department of Geodesy and Geophysics at Cambridge University; and a copy of the International Association of Geodesy 'Rapport du Secrétaire Perpétuel', 1909.
Dates:
1897 - 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on quartz clocks, 1945 - 1963
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/626
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding quartz clocks, including the following items:Correspondence with M.L. Bateman and A. Hunter regarding the new the 'Isatome' portable quartz clock, 1963.Letter from H.M. Smith to the Division of Scientific Intelligence, Ministry of Defence, regarding Russian work on quartz clocks, 1957.Correspondence with H.M. Smith concerning the Time Department's move to Herstmonceux and the performance of ring crystals, including graphs,...
Dates:
1945 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on Sheepshanks' Memorial, 1856 - 1859
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/222
Scope and Contents
Material concerning Sheepshanks' Memorial, including papers on the establishment of funds; letters on the fund from Airy, Miss Sheepshanks, Dr W. Whewell, the Revd W.H. Bateson and W. Sharp; letters from Trinity and other Cambridge University colleges; and a public letter to Miss Sheepshanks, in Latin.
Dates:
1856 - 1859
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Series
Papers on Sheepshanks' Memorial, 1859 - 1861
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/223
Scope and Contents
Material concerning Sheepshanks' Memorial, including correspondence with Miss Sheepshanks, W. Sharp, the seniority of Trinity and other Cambridge University colleges, Professor J. Challis and W. Simms. There is also correspondence on the examination of 1859 and 1861, with related papers and results.
Dates:
1859 - 1861
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on the Cambridge University Association, 1882 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/250
Scope and Contents
Notice of meeting of the Provisional Organizing Committee, 1899.List of members of the Provisional Organizing Committee, 1899.Report of the meeting of the Provisional Organizing Committee, 1899.List of original members of the Cambridge University Association, 1899.Undated list of the benefactors to the University.List of original members, 1900.Statement of the needs of the University, in three booklets, 1900.Notice of the King becoming...
Dates:
1882 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Pedigrees and Heraldic Miscellany
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6907-6913
Scope and Contents
A collection of rolls, pedigrees and books of arms formed by the Lambarde family, notably Francis Fane Lambarde (1868-1948), Brigadier General and antiquary.
Dates:
1587-1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Personal correspondence, 1956 - 1957
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/528
Scope and Contents
Personal correspondence of Richard Woolley concerning committees, visits, lectures, awards, prize-givings and book reviews. The correspondents include Sir Edward Appleton; J.R.A. McMillan; H. Brück; W. Buscombe; S. Chapman; P. Du Val; Sir F. Dreyer; O.J. Eggen; G.M. Sisson; M.J. Fenn; Dr Fricke; Dr Gascoigne; Dr Hogg; W. Heintz; the Astronomical Society of Glasgow; the Radio Society of Great Britain; the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh; the Royal Society of Edinburgh; the English Speaking...
Dates:
1956 - 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Peter Parham: Memoranda on Cambridge University
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7966
Scope and Contents
Manuscript memoranda concerning Cambridge University affairs.
Dates:
1666-1676 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Petition against the Act of Uniformity, University of Cambridge
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.614
Scope and Contents
Petition by Members of the Senate to the Vice-Chancellor requesting that he will prepare a petition to the House of Commons against the Uniformity Act Amendment Bill. The signatures are arranged in one to two columns. Endorsed on the back in the hand of E. Atkinson (then Vice-Chancellor): 'Petition agst. Mr. Bouverie's Bill.'
Dates:
1863 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Series
Petition, Cambridge University, 3 May 1820
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8781/96
Scope and Contents
Petition of over 380 undergraduates to George IV on his accession, requesting the grant of a celebratory 'term'; possibly drawn up by Augustus Granville Stapleton, St John's; no evidence that it was presented
Dates:
3 May 1820
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Miscellaneous letters
Fonds
Petition of Irish Church Bill, University of Cambridge
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.613
Scope and Contents
Petition by Members of the Senate to the Vice-Chancellor requesting him to submit a Grace to the Senate for affixing the Seal of the University to a Petition to the House of Lords against the Irish Church Bill. The signatures are arranged in two columns.
Dates:
1869 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Fonds
Petition, University of Cambridge
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.611
Scope and Contents
Petition of Bachelors of Arts and Undergraduates to King William IV against the return of a Whig Ministry with special reference to the Irish Church question. The signatures are arranged in three columns.
Dates:
1835 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Fonds
Petition, University of Cambridge
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.612
Scope and Contents
Petition of Members of the Senate to the Vice-Chancellor requesting him to prepare a University Petition to Parliament against the Endowed Schools Bill.
Dates:
1862 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Fonds
Photographs of Cambridge groups and scenes
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9723
Scope and Contents
Probably collected by J. Hawtrey May. Formerly mounted in an album. Only Cambridge subjects and 'Spy' and 'Ape' cartoons are listed 1. 'Magpie and Stump mock trial  1892' (a Trinity College Debating Society). Names listed, not always accurately. 2. 'The Epicureans' (on same board as [1]). A University debating society. Only Oscar Browning and G.E. Moore identified. 3. 'Cambridge dons. Procession to Gt St Marys for Memorial Service to Edward VII'. 6. 'The Hydahs Missionary Band 1900'. 7....
Dates:
1892-1907 (circa)
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Poems on Several Occasions
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6374
Scope and Contents
106 folios. The volume is probably the verse commonplace book of a Cambridge student. The authorship of the poems is not stated. Pages 2-6 and 118-206 are blank. There is a list of contents at pp. 207-209.
Dates:
1727
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library