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Matriculation and Freshers (or Freshmen) photographs, 1910 - 2023

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0276/SEPH/2/1

Scope and Contents

Photographs of new undergraduates from 1910 (though the series is incomplete) with some additional groups including Logarithms and College staff. There is another copy of the 1910 photo in a separate collection; photographs for post graduates were not routinely arranged and some have only recently been transferred

Dates

  • Creation: 1910 - 2023

Extent

3 archive box(es) (3 boxes) : paper and electronic

3 volume(s)

2 folder(s)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

1913 photo repaired by conservator 2012

Former / Other Reference

SC PH/1

Other Finding Aids

Sequence 1930-2008 now scanned and stored in G:Archive picturesMatriculation

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Recent photographs are transferred by the Tutorial Office; Duplicates mainly provided by Tutorial and other sources; includes 1940s Freshers photo from Richard Bradbury, January 2008 (Acc 2007-08/18).; electronic copy of 1998 photograph received from David Smith

Existence and Location of Copies

Duplicates of matriculation photos are stored in plan chest drawer 6. These are useful for displays. See SEPH/7/MATRICULATION for a digital collection of official Matric photos. Ocasional copies of Freshers photographs in other collections e.g. 1941 in SEPP/FUL.

Related Materials

See McWatters album for a copy of the 1910 photograph. This was the earliest surviving copy in the Archives until the acquisition of a framed print in 2022.

General

Some confusion about 2015 matriculation photographs with 3 different formats transferred by Tutorial Office but not certain of appropriate homes. Various email correspondence across College

Date information

DateText: 1913, 1921-4, 1927-8, 1930, 1932-2019.

Finding aid date

2004-05-12 10:06:37+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