Photographs of King's and Cambridge, 1934 - 1978
Scope and Contents
Photographic prints and paper printouts of digital scans of black and white negatives and 35 mm colour slides taken by Shire. The prints comprise:
- the path between the bridge and Gibbs' building, looking east and looking west, with bulbs blooming [Spring 1934];
- looking west from Bodley's court [Spring 1934];
- the bridge from the south, the Chapel in the background [Spring 1934];
- interior of V5 (x3) [Spring 1934];
- Conduit Tail house garden, which was behind Conduit Head and in which the Shires lived; Helena Mennie (later Shire) is in two of the photos.
The printouts of slides show various views around King's and Cambridge including the Glanville memorial in King's , and the wedding party of one of Shire's daughters outside the Chapel west end.
Dates
- Creation: 1934 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
The copyright in the ten photographic prints for which negatives are held, is owned by King's College.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Samuel Shire (1908-78) came up to King's in 1927. He was made Fellow in 1933 and served as Third Bursar 1935-39, Acting Vice-Provost 1964-65, and Vice-Provost 1965-70. His wife Helena Mary (Mennie) supervised at King's as an Associate Lecturer in English.
Extent
1 collection (10 photo prints and 6 pages of printouts of scans) : photographic negatives and prints
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Prints in photo album, sleeves 170-173 with printouts of negatives and slides on pages following
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The negatives were given in January and April 2018, and the slides were loaned for digitising in May of 2018, by A. Gardner-Medwin. The scans and prints were made by Streamline Imaging in May 2018. The printouts of scans were made in October 2019 by the archivist.
Existence and Location of Originals
The negatives are held as CMR/260/B.
Existence and Location of Copies
The digital scans are held as CMR/260/A.
Date information
DateText: Items undated.
Originator(s)
Shire, Edward S
Finding aid date
2018-05-17 14:45:34+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository
Archivist
King's College
Cambridge CB2 1ST United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 331444
archivist@kings.cam.ac.uk