Student housing
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Accommodation records, 1947 - 1981
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CDEV 5
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Course on Development began as the Course for Colonial Probationers in 1927. Previously this had been a short course held in London, but in 1925 the Colonial Office asked Cambridge and Oxford Universities to provide the course and the University set up a supervising committee in November 1926. All those attending the one year course were graduates divided into cadet officers (administrators) and agricultural probationers. The administrators then went on to the University of London for a...
Dates:
1947 - 1981
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Records containing personal data are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
Fonds
Papers of the Lodging Houses Syndicate, 1842 - 1992
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/T.V
Scope and Contents
From the 1818 until 1992, when the system of University licensing came to end, all undergraduates not resident in College were obliged to live in licensed lodgings (known as lodging houses) ruled over by a Lodging House Keeper or in the house of an M.A. or the widow of an M.A. The records document both the licensing of accommodation and the advisory service provided for students.
Dates:
1842 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at 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).
Fonds
Records relating to Bridget's, the hostel for students with severe disabilities, 1988 - 2005
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/BRID
Scope and Contents
Founded by Professor Margaret Spufford, Bridget's Hostel opened in October 1991 with the aim of providing a supportive environment and 24 hour care to enable up to seven severely disabled students to study in Cambridge, at the University, Anglia Polytechnic University or other Higher and Further Education institutions. Funds for Bridget's Appeal which purchased the lease of a suitable building and covered refurbishment, were provided by donations from the Colleges, Trusts and other...
Dates:
1988 - 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 Manuscripts Reading Room at 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).