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This sub-section contains records relating to the premises occupied by the Cambridge Philosophical Society in the Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy on the New Museums site from 1865-1935.

Scope and Contents Plans by I & C Marshall of the layout of the New Museums site as at 1925: 2 plans in roll, scale 8 feet to 1 inch:1) Ground Floor: showing Zoology Rooms and Museum; Newton Room; private room of Prof R Punnett; Engineering Department rooms and workshops; Mineralogical Laboratory and room; and Philosophical Library [Cambridge Philosophical Society Library];2) Second Floor: showing further Zoology rooms; Newton Library; Balfour Library; Balfour Laboratory; and Sedgwick...

Scope and Contents The Cambridge Philosophical Society established a Reading Room and Library within a couple of years of its foundation. As the 19th century progressed the ‘Philosophical Library’ came to be seen as a vital resource to the University of Cambridge: when the Society sold its house on All Saints Passage in 1865, the University granted it the use of a room on the New Museums site to house the Library. In 1881, when the Library had become cramped, the University agreed to house and staff the...

Scope and Contents This section contains papers relating to various premises occupied by the Cambridge Philosophical Society from its beginnings, including 1830s records of the work of Charles Humfrey, architect . The Society held its first meetings in the Museum of the (old) Botanic Garden before moving, in April 1820, to rented rooms above a shop managed by Mr C Bulstrode in Sidney Street, facing up Jesus Lane. In 1832 the Society leased land from St John’s College in All Saints Passage and built its own...

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Bill from James Tompkin & Son for £13 11s 9d, addressed to C C Babington of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 3 February 1866, for work done June - August 1865 in removing, altering and refixing bookcases [presumably in connection with the move from the house in All Saints Passage to new premises at the New Museums site].

Scope and Contents Meetings were held chiefly at the Arts School or the Cockcroft Lecture Theatre at the New Museums site.Speakers of note include: Janet Watson, FRS; Terry English FRCS (Papworth Hospital surgeon); James Melcher, MIT; Archie Howie, D Lynden-Bell, A C Renfrew; and Sir Hans Kornberg.External visits for demonstrations of research work etc include: Kodak Ltd, Harrow; Tube Investments Research Laboratories, Hinxton Hall; Napp Laboratories, Cambridge Science Park; Johnson Matthey Chemicals...

Scope and Contents Booklet written by Peter Grubb, E Anne Stow, and S Max Walters and published by the Department of Plant Sciences (formerly the School of Botany) to celebrate the centenary of the Botany School building and the life and work of Harry Marshall Ward [1854-1906, Professor of Botany, also President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 1904]. The booklet includes a biography of Harry Marshall Ward; also a section on various Cambridge Botany buildings, including detail of the history of the...

Scope and Contents Items tipped / pasted in include:Note concerning the possibility of associate membership for undergraduates, based on a reading of the charter;Report by J W Clark on work done in the Library during the Long Vacation, together with suggestions for its future management, 19 October 1874;Printed notices concerning the proposed move of the Library to a larger room at the New Museums site and ongoing management of the Library, 1880-81, and letters concerning the offer to the...

Scope and Contents Meetings were held chiefly at the Arts School; also the Cavendish Laboratory, the University Chemical Laboratory, and the Cockcroft Lecture Theatre at the New Museums site. Some meetings did not host a speaker and record only minutes of business and membership matters.Speakers of note include: George Salt, Antony Hewish, Lord Ashby, Joseph Needham, D W Sciama, Frederick Sanger, and Martin Rees.External visits for demonstrations of research work etc include: Tracked Hovercraft Ltd,...

Scope and Contents File contains:Various pages of A E Shipley, ‘ ‘J’: a Memoir of John Willis Clark’, 1913, touching on his involvement with the Society and the University of Cambridge, particularly the Museum of Zoology;p. 54 of ‘Cambridge Revisited’, mentioning the Society’s use of rooms over Bulstrode’s shop in Sidney Street from 1820 to 1833;Colour snap of former Society building in All Saints Passage, as used by the University of Cambridge Hawks Club as at September 1965;View of Bene’t...