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Photographs of Charles McBurney and the frozen Cam, 1954 - 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/KCAC/1/6/McBurney

Scope and Contents

Scans of photographs:
- Portrait photograph of 'Dr Charles McBurney' by Lotte Meitner-Graf (1954);
- McBurney skating and pulling his sons Gerard and Simon on a sledge on the frozen Cam, by a Cambridge Evening News photographer (1963).

Dates

  • Creation: 1954 - 1963

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Biographical / Historical

Charles Brian Montagu McBurney (1914-1979, KC 1933) was a member of the Ten Club and read Modern Languages, then Archaeology and Anthropology. He held a Research Fellowship at King's 1940-52 and was subsequently a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, and Professor of Quaternary Prehistory at Cambridge.

Extent

2 digital file(s) (2 .jpg files) : digital file

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Supplied digitally by H. McBurney in August and September 2019. The images originated as scans from the photographers' archives.

Existence and Location of Originals

Contact http://www.lottemeitnergraf.com/the-archive.html regarding the portrait.

Related Materials

C McBurney's obituary is on pages 27-30 of the 1980 College Annual Report.

Originator(s)

McBurney, Charles

Finding aid date

2019-09-03 10:52:29+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

Contact:
Archivist
King's College
Cambridge CB2 1ST United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 331444