SELWYN MAY BALLS, 1942 - 2018
Scope and Contents
Illustrated posters, printed posters, invitations, tickets, programmes and committee papers for Mall Balls
Dates
- Creation: 1942 - 2018
Biographical / Historical
Traditional College balls were held from 1942 (though the first was organised by the RAF) but then Snowballs were held instead from December 1987. However to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the College a special May Ball was held on 21st June 2008 and subsequent May balls have continued to be held in most years until the Pandemic.
Extent
12 item(s) : Paper
Existence and Location of Copies
Electronic copies of images of posters of both Snowballs and May Balls are available with a complete set of Snowball posters now at SEPH_7
General
Further information available on history of the Snowball in Archive History from sources in the Archives
Date information
DateText: 1942, 1943, 1969, 1975, 1989-2015, 2017-19.
Finding aid date
2005-11-08 11:33:54+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Selwyn College Archives Repository
The College Archivist
Selwyn College Archives
Selwyn College, Grange Road
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DQ United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 762014
archives@sel.cam.ac.uk