Rag Day and Poppy Day events, 1927 - 1949
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Selwyn students participating in Rag Day and Poppy Day events that were precursors of today's charity events. One photo with Wilson, Manthorp and Adler as Bogus Proctor and Bullers (1927); one from the early 1930s showing a band outside Selwyn; also "The Naughty Nineties, Boat Club Poppy Day Rag (1948) - crowd of students dressed as musicians with piano outside Selwyn; "Pieces of eight" (Pirate Ship), Boat Club Poppy Day Rag (1949)
Dates
- Creation: 1927 - 1949
Extent
1 collection (Several photographs) : Paper and electronic
Former / Other Reference
Box 24 Item 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
1927 photo found in Archives; 1930s photo from Colin Aubury (SE 1961); two photos of Boat Club rags 1948-1949 sent by David Nicoll-Griffith to be copied for Archives, December 2009 (2009-10/025)
Existence and Location of Copies
Some print outs in box; Electronic copies in Archive picturesAlumni photos and portraits/Nicoll-Griffith; Same image but from different source reproduced in Selwyn Celebrated, p.139 (without proper title); Rag day image on Iamge of the month November 2012
Date information
DateText: 1927, 1948-1949.
Finding aid date
2007-12-10 12:06:10+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