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'History of New Museums', 1716 - 1891

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/History of New Museums

Scope and Contents

This collection of records assembled by John Willis Clark, documents the development of the former Botanic Garden in central Cambridge as the site - the New Museums site as it became known - for teaching and research in science subjects. Clark, who was Superintendent of the Museum of Zoology and Secretary of the Museums and Lecture Rooms Syndicate 1865-91, provided a contents list at the start of each volume. This has been transcribed in the descriptions below.

Dates

  • Creation: 1716 - 1891

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Management Group:

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).

Biographical / Historical

John Willis Clark was Registrary, 1891-1910.

Extent

2 volume(s) (2 guard books) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Bibliography

Robert Willis and John Willis Clark The architectural history of the University of Cambridge and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton (Cambridge, 1886) vol.III pp.145-90, vol.IV plan 29

General

The online catalogue was completed in August 2005.

Originator(s)

Clark, J.W.

Finding aid date

1998-03-20 15:24:35+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

Contact:
Cambridge University Library
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Cambridge CB3 9DR United Kingdom