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Renaming: File 1, 2008 - 2009

 File
Reference Code: GBR/3124/NHAR 7/1/9/1

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

Contact:
Archivist, Rosemary Murray Library
Murray Edwards College
Cambridge CB3 0DF United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 762297