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Management Group
Administrative Records of Downing College
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCAR
Scope and Contents
Records of the Bursar and College Office, including Downing family and estate records and those created by the bursarial function.
Dates:
1548-[1970]
Conditions Governing Access:
Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods:
30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files;
50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees;
100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. Records containing sensitive, confidential or personal information remain closed for 100 years.
Access to open records is by appointment only.
Found in:
Downing College
Management Group
Governance Records / Governing Body
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCGB
Scope and Contents
Records concerning the government of the College, including of the College Governing Body and pre-foundation records relating to the work involved in obtaining the College Charter and founding the College.
Dates:
[1764-1961]
Conditions Governing Access:
Governmental records are closed for 50 years from date of creation, except for those dealing with elections, tutorial matters and appointments which are closed for 100 years.
Found in:
Downing College
Management Group
Personal, Private and Academic papers of Downing members and associates
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP
Scope and Contents
Including papers of Masters, Professors and Fellows of Downing College, and gifts from past members. Includes academic administrative records but not estates correspondence.
Dates:
1708 - 2018
Conditions Governing Access:
Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods:
30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files;
50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees;
100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years.
Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
Found in:
Downing College
The UK Archival Thesaurus has been integrated with our catalogue, thanks to Kings College London and the AIM25 project for their support with this.
