CONTROVERSIALISTS, 1897 - 1914
Scope and Contents
Minute books 1897-1914. First volume has "The Controversialists" embossed on front board. NB An entry at the beginning of vol. 1 notes that an earlier volume was lost; a loose letter in volume 2 is the receipt from the Librarian for the deposit of the volume in the Library, Dec 1913. There are various term cards pasted throughout both volumes and a programme for the Smoking Concert to mark the Tercentenary meeting of the Society on 17th February 1914 is pasted in by the minutes of that date
Dates
- Creation: 1897 - 1914
Biographical / Historical
The Society was founded in 1893 according to a note in the Calendar in 1894 and recorded as Feb 1893 in the first surviving minute book in 1897. The badge was a lyre. The object of the Society according to rules pasted into volume 2 in 1909 was "the reading and discussion of English poetry and drama". The total number of members could not exceed 12 though this appears to have increased later. Meetings were held on Sundays in Michaelmas and Lent terms and in May if a quorum of five members could be arranged.
Extent
2 volume(s) : Paper
Former / Other Reference
SC/0/8/1-2
Existence and Location of Copies
Images of smoking programme 1914 in Archive pictures/Clubs
Finding aid date
2004-05-05 11:40:01+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Selwyn College Archives Repository
The College Archivist
Selwyn College Archives
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Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DQ United Kingdom
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