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Colour and black and white prints and contact sheets of photographs, mostly publicity shots, of the King’s College Choir and Stephen Cleobury.

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1 black and white print, approximately 6.5” x 8.5”, serial number A8905/3. Shows 4 choristers in the foreground standing in the aisle wearing suits and gowns and consulting music and/or looking at the photographer, Stephen Cleobury in the middle distance similarly dressed, and the other choristers standing in several rows of stalls in the background.

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2 copies of the same black and white print showing Stephen Cleobury wearing a jacket and tie with his hands folded at his waist, standing in the stalls and surrounded by lit candles. Both copies are annotated with the subject and with slightly different dates: 31 October 1993 and November 1993.

Scope and Contents Black and white contact sheet, negative 396383, showing the choir wearing cassocks and surplices in the stalls in Chapel, and in two rows as if processing up the chapel aisle, led by the candle-bearers and cross-bearer with the organ in the background. Some of the shots into the stalls seem to have been taken from the organ loft. Also present are 7 black and white prints from these contact sheets, labelled ‘39638311’, ‘39638311A’, ‘39638313’, ‘39638321’, ‘39638325’, ‘39638326’,...

Scope and Contents Black and white contact sheet, negative 565384B, showing the choir wearing cassocks and surplices, arrayed in the aisle with the east window in the background. In some shots the lights cause a starburst effect. Also present are 6 black and white prints from these contact sheets, labelled ‘56538445’, ‘56538454’, ‘56538458’, ‘56538461’, ‘56538465’, ‘56538466a’. All are 6.5” x 8.5” except 56538461 and 56538465 which are approximately 8”x10”. 56538461 has a sticker on the back...

Scope and Contents Colour print approximately 6” x 8”, neg no 8190932, showing two choristers wearing red cassocks and surplices apparently singing and holding candlesticks with lit candles, flanking and behind another chorister also in red cassock and surplice. In the foreground is a large book open to the readings for the third and fourth Sundays of Advent; small plastic holly ornaments are placed on the book. A sticker on the back indicates it was published in KCCB as image 1 (of plate 32) and there is a...

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Black and white contact sheet of colour images, negative 8213955, and colour print approximately 6” x 8” of an image from that sheet. The choir are standing in the stalls wearing red cassocks and surplices and the east window is usually visible in the background. The print has a sticker on the back indicating it was published in KCCB as image 6 (of plate 32) and a processing stamp ‘77 Cambridge News 081L 96/07/23 08-43’.

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Black and white contact sheet of colour photographs, negative number C776791. Photographs show people behind a rope lined up alongside the Chapel awaiting the arrival of Queen Elizabeth II and her party, the party walking up the path and into Chapel, and the choristers wearing top hats and gowns processing into Chapel. One of the photos appears in plate 27 of KCCB where it is captioned as showing the Queen and Prince Philip with the Provost attending the Advent Carol Service in 1991.

Scope and Contents Black and white contact sheet of colour photographs, negative number 107293 but in a glassine envelope with a label for orders from negative 107296 which may be a clerical error. Photographs show the choristers wearing cassocks and surplices lined up outside the Chapel and a party of dignitaries with them. Probably the visit of the Duchess of Kent in 1993, see the photo on page viii of KCCB. SCH/74 has snapshots apparently from that event (though the date given there is not the same as the...

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Black and white contact sheet annotated ‘262388’ which may have been taken by CEN, judging by the receipt attached to the glassine envelope in which the sheet was stored. Photographs show ‘Suzannah’ of the Perse School, a young woman sitting at a piano in a large room, possibly an auditorium.

Scope and Contents 2 black and white prints approximately 8” x 10”. One shows several choristers in their stalls singing by candlelight with the Rubens in the background, and the other shows Stephen Cleobury conducting, with a few choristers in the stalls and candles visible in the background. All are wearing cassocks and surplices. Stickers on the backs indicate they were published in KCCB as images 3 and 8 (of plate 32) where they are credited as being by the Cambridge Evening News. Also present...

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3 black and white contact sheets annotated ‘8757’ showing Stephen Cleobury informally posed wearing a coat and tie and gown standing in the front court. Most are head and shoulders shots and there is some repetition between the sheets.

Scope and Contents 2 black and white contact sheets annotated ‘8880/1’ and ‘1.’ and ‘8880/1.’ showing choristers in top hats and gowns informally posed sitting and standing around the Gibbs building, and the choir wearing cassocks, some photos taken with and some without surplices, standing in the stalls with Stephen Cleobury standing or conducting in the aisle between them and the organ in the background. The final shot is a close-up of two choristers apparently singing in the stalls. One approximately 6.5” x...

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Black and white contact sheet annotated ‘8880/2’ and ‘2.’ showing choristers in top hats and gowns informally posed sitting and standing in the front and back courts and on the bridge. One approximately 6.5” x 8.5” black and white print of frame 5 from this contact sheet with a sticker on the back indicating it was published in KCCB as plate 54 (it was actually plate 53).

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Black and white contact sheet annotated ‘8880/3.’ showing the choir wearing cassocks and surplices standing in the stalls and Stephen Cleobury standing in the aisle between them.

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Black and white contact sheet annotated ‘8880/4.’ showing the choir (south side) wearing cassocks and surplices standing in the stalls and Stephen Cleobury standing in the aisle with his hand on the railing, with all subjects looking at the photographer. The organ screen is in the background.

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Black and white contact sheet annotated ‘8880/5.’ showing the choir wearing cassocks, and in some shots also surplices, standing in the stalls. In 3 shots the choir are singing (one has the organ screen in the background) and the other 2 shots show the north side, all subjects turned to face the photographer with Stephen Cleobury standing in the aisle between them and the organ in the background.

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Black and white contact sheet annotated ‘89103/1’ and ‘1’ showing the choir wearing cassocks without surplices standing in the stalls turned to look at the photographer with Stephen Cleobury standing in the Chapel aisle. The east window is visible in the background, with the Rubens frame closed.

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Black and white contact sheet annotated ‘89103/2’ showing the choir wearing cassocks without surplices standing in the stalls turned to look at the photographer with Stephen Cleobury standing in the Chapel aisle. The east window is visible in the background, with the Rubens frame closed. Similar to 89103/1 but taken closer to the subjects.

Scope and Contents Black and white contact sheet annotated ‘89103/3’ and ‘3’ and showing Stephen Cleobury and the choir wearing everyday clothes in a room with a ?mixing recording machine and technician, and the choir and Stephen Cleobury apparently in rehearsal standing in the aisle between the choir stalls with the organ screen in the background, and 5 approximately 6.5” x 8.5” black and white prints from this contact sheet. The prints are of frames 10, 14, 20, 29 and 31 which have stickers on the back...

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Black and white contact sheet annotated ‘89103/4’ and ‘4’ showing close-ups of the choir and Stephen Cleobury wearing everyday clothes apparently in rehearsal in the choir stalls, and 4 approximately 6.5” x 8.5” black and white prints from this contact sheet. The prints are of frames 6, 8, 9 and 11 which have stickers on the back numbered 8, 1, 13 and 7 respectively. Only frame 8 was seen published in KCCB, as image 1 (of plate 76).

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Black and white contact sheet annotated ‘89103/5’ showing the choir and Stephen Cleobury apparently in rehearsal, wearing everyday clothes and standing in the aisle between the choir stalls with the organ screen in the background.

Scope and Contents 3 colour prints approximately 6” x 8” probably all from the same shoot. Two photographs show the choir wearing red cassocks and surplices arrayed in two rows in front of and in a V centred at the Rubens, one is annotated ‘Stephen Cleobury Director of Music and the King’s College Choir Cambridge 1986’ and the other has a label on the back indicating it is by Eaden Lilley 1986 ref no GW 783-G. The third photograph shows the choir standing in a double chevron with Stephen Cleobury front and...

Scope and Contents Black and white contact sheets stapled to pieces of card, one labelled ‘Sheet I’, two labelled ‘Sheet II’ and one labelled ‘Sheet III’. Undated. Sheets I and II show choristers wearing top hats and gowns standing and walking in College and King’s College School grounds. In Sheet III the choir is shown wearing cassocks and surplices standing in the stalls with Stephen Cleobury in the centre and arrayed at the East end in front of the Rubens.Also present are 10 approximately 8” x...

Scope and Contents 5 approximately 8” x 10” black and white prints which could not be matched to the above contact sheets. They seem to have been taken all at the same ‘shoot’, labelled ‘1/3’ and ‘1/7’ (the choir in 2 rows along the north wall of the east end), ‘1/17’ (the choir in 2 rows in front of the Rubens), ‘2/3’ and ‘2/5’ (which is also marked ‘KC/5’) (the choir in a double-V in the aisle, with the organ behind).The choir are wearing cassocks and surplices.Another approximately 8” x 10”...