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SELWYN MAY BALLS, 1942 - 2018

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0276/SECS/9a

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

Related Materials

See also various photographs of May Balls and Snow balls and survivors; see also a photograph presumably of the Debating Society c. 1895-6 which was donated to the Archives by Tony Fitchett in June 2006 and which features his grandfather in the centre. See also exhibition from May 2019 at SEPH/5/76

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

Contact:
The College Archivist
Selwyn College Archives
Selwyn College, Grange Road
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DQ United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 762014