Records of and relating to the Registrary, 1601 - 2007
Scope and Contents
The office was created in 1504 to compile and maintain the records of the University. In modern times, the Registrary is secretary to the Council of the Senate, the chief executive and policy-making body of the University, and head of the University's unified administrative service.
Dates
- Creation: 1601 - 2007
Creator
- From the Management Group: University of Cambridge (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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).
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
O.VII 22, 87-8: catalogue entries withheld from online catalogue under data protection legislation.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
O.VII 14-15 transferred to the University Archives by the Registry on 25 July 1980; 17-18 on 1 Feb. 1984; 25 in July 1986; 26-65 in January 1984; 66 on 20 July 1988; 70-88 on 13 July 1994; 90-9 by Jenni Dixon, from the office of Alan Clark, Administrative Secretary, on 22 February 2013.
Finding aid date
1998-05-05 16:18:20+00:00
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
Cambridge University Library
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