Records of the Cambridge Ethical Society, 1888 - 1896
Scope and Contents
The category - Student administration and support records - comprises records relating to student admissions at all levels, graduate students, visiting senior scholars, student careers advice and welfare, together with the records of clubs and societies.
Dates
- Creation: 1888 - 1896
Creator
- Cambridge Ethical Society (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
The club was formed on 1 May 1888 ''to stimulate interest in ethical questions and to afford facilities for their discussion''. It aimed to deepen ''the sense of moral obligation, especially in its social aspects''. It ran a programme of lectures and debates, which were generally chaired by Henry Sidgwick in his capacity as society president. Although the majority of society members were senior members, the society did actively seek to encourage junior members (and female students from Girton and Newnham colleges) by setting a reduced a reduced membership fee.
Extent
1 pamphlet(s) (1 pamphlet) : paper
3 volume(s)
1 item(s) (1 item)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The bindings of many of the items are in poor condition. They have adhered to each other and later been forced apart.
Former / Other Reference
Ms.Add.8776
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The minute book catalogued as SOC.74.2 was deposited before 1988 by an unknown person and was given the classmark Ms.Add.8776. It was transferred with the other items added to Ms.Add.8776 to the University Archives from the Manuscripts Department on 12 November 2007. These additional items had been given by Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick, widow of Henry Sidgwick, to William Ritchie Sorley, who succeeded Henry Sidgwick as Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy in 1909. Sorley presumably passed them to Richard Braithwaite, also Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy from 1953, for they were subsequently found in his papers and were presented by Professor Dorothy Emmet, lecturer in Philosophy of Religion, to the Manuscripts Department on 8 September 1988.
General
The online catalogue entry was completed in November 2007.
Originator(s)
Cambridge Ethical Society
Finding aid date
2007-11-08 10:52:53+00:00
Repository Details
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