Deeds of title to University property and related papers, 1290 - 1975
Scope and Contents
The category - Assets records - comprises records relating to property and personnel. Accounting material is in this category, alongside records of endowments, charitable trusts, buildings and employees.
Dates
- Creation: 1290 - 1975
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
20 linear metre(s) : parchment and paper
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
UA D.II: number no longer used (now UA MF/D.1-6).
Other Finding Aids
Detailed hardcopy lists are in the boxes with the deeds.
General
All dates have been rendered new style. The online catalogue was begun in September 2004 and extended in November 2006, February-March, June and August 2007, January 2013.
Date information
DateText: start date approximate; majority of records seventeenth-nineteenth centuries.
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
Cambridge University Library
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Cambridge CB3 9DR United Kingdom
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