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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds — CAS

Cambridge Antiquarian Society portrait collection, 1640 - 1998

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CAS
Scope and Contents The collection comprises chiefly photographic portraits of members of the University or other individuals prominent in the mid to late nineteenth century, particularly clergymen. They were not necessarily members of the Society. A smaller quantity of portraits is in the form of engravings from paintings, drawings cut from books, magazine sketches/cartoons and photographs of paintings. Most items are inscribed with biographical information on the back, not all of which is accurate. Many are...
Dates: 1640 - 1998
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series

Images of the University for use in publications, with some associated papers, 1942 - 2005

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PRM 13
Scope and Contents

Comprise images of University officers, academic staff, students and buildings. Many images were used in the following publications, among others: University of Cambridge Annual Report; CAM: the Cambridge alumni magazine; Newsletter: the magazine for the staff of the University of Cambridge. Where known, photographer and publication is recorded in the list below. Dimensions are given in millimetres.

Dates: 1942 - 2005
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series — Phot.

Photographs, mostly of University members; with, occasionally, images in other formats and related papers, 1875 - 1999

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Phot.
Scope and Contents

The photographs are chiefly of members of the University.

Dates: 1875 - 1999
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).