Paintings Committee, 1905 - 2019
Scope and Contents
Papers and items relating to the College Pictures including lists of contributors to portraits of Orpen and Kirkpatrick, list of paintings in 1937; later committee minutes and other papers; sketch for drawing of John Sweet
Dates
- Creation: 1905 - 2019
Biographical / Historical
The College Paintings are often known as and referred to as the College Pictures or the College Art Collection; Previous Chairs of the Paintings Committee have retained some of minutes and papers it is only recently that formal minutes have been circulated and submitted to Council
Extent
1 file(s) : Paper
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Sketch of drawing of John Sweet with letter transferred by Dr Bob Whitaker, September 2015 (2014-15/093)
General
Most papers are held by the current Chair, recently Dr Tilby and then Janet O'Sullivan from 2016. Subsequent accessions to the College Pictures Collection since 2005 have been photographed and photos can be found in Archive Photos; In 2015 the Bursary also compiled a database
Date information
DateText: 1905-1937, 2005-07, 2014, 2017-2019.
Finding aid date
2006-06-27 14:46:46+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