Renaming: File 1, 2008 - 2009
Scope and Contents
File contains: Statistics relating to the opinions of alumnae, eg ‘positive’, ‘negative’, ‘sad but realistic’ etc; Notes summarising correspondence 19-23 July 2009 concerning a petition against the name change and a list of those petitioning; Copies of correspondence concerning objections to the name change, 2008-9: letters include an appeal to the Visitor (Dame Bridget Ogilvie) from Isabel Raphael to ‘heal this breach’, 28 November 2008, and a letter from Hope [Robin] Hammond to Judith Simpson (Clerk to the Privy Council), 23 August 2008, concerning her opposition to the change of name, in which she acknowledges that the original name was provisional but stating that ‘when New Hall received its Royal Charter and became a College of the University in 1972, the idea that its name was provisional really came to an end’.
Dates
- Creation: 2008 - 2009
Extent
1 file(s) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Development Office 4 September 2013.
Originator(s)
Development Office
Finding aid date
2013-10-21 10:37:00+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Murray Edwards College (New Hall Archive) Repository
Archivist, Rosemary Murray Library
Murray Edwards College
Cambridge CB3 0DF United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 762297
archives@murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk