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Donations and Bequests, 1970 - 1997

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Reference Code: GBR/3124/NHAR 2/10/1A

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers re donations and bequests, corporate and personal, of money and objects, including the following in particular: furnishings; artwork; list of benefactors as at c. 1970 (corporate and personal); correspondence with St John's College (a regular and generous benefactor - £40,000 donated in 1970-71 alone more than doubled the College's endowment, and John's continued to be a regular donor during the 1970s, also donating money for research fellowships and studentships in the early 1980s) and other colleges including Jesus, King's and Trinity; list of furniture on loan from Dame Rosemary Murray October 1981; Roche Venezuelan award for a postgraduate student, 1971; Olga Vlasto memorial travel grant 1971; garden seat in the gazebo (Darwin Aviary) in the Fellows' Garden in memory of Charlotte Hess, 1992-93; legacy of £1,000 from Dr John Boys Smith, 1994; visit to New Hall by the Indian High Commissioner to plant trees 1996.

Dates

  • Creation: 1970 - 1997

Extent

1 file(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

B/3/22

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposited by the Development Office June 2006, but appears to have been created by the Bursar.

Originator(s)

Bursar

Finding aid date

2007-01-17 10:23:09+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Murray Edwards College (New Hall Archive) Repository

Contact:
Archivist, Rosemary Murray Library
Murray Edwards College
Cambridge CB3 0DF United Kingdom
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