Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Archives of the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, 1855 - 2017
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CUADC
Scope and Contents
The archive contains records of club governance and administration, including the first committee minute book from 1855, some financial and membership records, a significant quantity of material relating to productions and performances, and records relating to the wider activities of the club such as annual dinners and garden parties. There are notable gaps in the records, some of which for the period after August 1973 are filled in the archives of the ADC Theatre (see: UA/ADCT).
Dates:
1855 - 2017
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Photograph album of Anne Elizabeth Pike (later Amos), 1860 - 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/AMO/13
Scope and Contents
Formal mounted portrait photographs in most cases. Includes Rev. James and Mrs Amos, children possibly from both marriages, Annie Amos in later years, several of William Bennett Pike as a young boy (most probably Annie and William's son William Bennett Pike (1873-1905)) and in theatrical costumes, some marked 'ADC', [presumably in performances at the fledgling Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club] and several family groups. A portrait marked 'Annie E. Pike' showing her as a young women...
Dates:
1860 - 1900
Sub-Fonds
Production Records, 1973 - 2016
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ADCT 4
Scope and Contents
Records relating to productions and performances staged at the ADC Theatre, including applications to direct, theatre hire contracts, posters, programmes, photographs, press releases and press reviews, and occasionally scripts and audio recordings.The productions are staged by a variety of theatre groups but a significant number are performed by the three resident companies of the ADC Theatre: Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, the Footlights Dramatic Club, and Cambridge...
Dates:
1973 - 2016
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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- Subject
- Amateur theatre 2
- Photograph albums 1
- Theatre 1
- Theatre management 1
- Theatrical production 1