University Registry guard books, 1327 - 2000
Scope and Contents
The University Registry guard books were assembled from the 1860s onwards to accommodate loose papers and are the precursors to modern subject files. They comprise documents of all kinds on every aspect of University administration; for example, accounting, professorships, degrees, University officers, property, Colleges, and relations with the town of Cambridge.
There are lists of the contents compiled by Registrary Luard (1862-91) and successors at the front of each volume. Titles are recorded as given on the spine of each volume. The contents of several guard books have been removed and reclassified, with the result that the following classmarks are no longer used: CUR 1, 40, 50.2-3, 66-66.3, 67, 74-5, 77-77.2, 101.1-4, 123-123.2, 127.
Dates
- Creation: 1327 - 2000
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).
Extent
40 linear metre(s) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
A separate hard copy list of most of the contents of this series, but not later twentieth century insertions, is catalogued as UA In.5-7. The contents lists at the front of each guard book, prepared by Registrary Luard (1862-91) and successors, have been transcribed (with corrections) in certain cases and appear as part of the online descriptions.
General
The online catalogue was completed in April 2005 and emended on multiple occasions thereafter.
Date information
DateText: bulk seventeenth-early twentieth centuries.
Originator(s)
Registry
Topical
Repository Details
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