Educational facilities
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Archives of the Audio-Visual Aids Unit, 1959 - 1997
The records mainly document the work carried out by the Unit for the University and Colleges.
Archives of the Botanic Garden, 1856 - 2002
The archives comprise a wide range of operational records, covering the management and development of premises and grounds, garden planting, gardening advice within and without the University, visitors and Friends, accounts, bequests (including that by Reginald Cory) and staff, as well as papers concerning interaction with the Botany School and botanical research in general.
Archives of the Mathematical Laboratory and its successor, the Computer Laboratory, 1934 - 2006
The archives comprise limited quantities of administrative material, including of the Computing Service. Much more significant are the surviving records of EDSAC and EDSAC 2 [Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator], among the earliest electronic computers, developed in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Buildings records, 1949 - 1996
The papers in this category relate primarily to the new Faculty building erected in the mid 1960s.
Cambridge History of Iran papers, 1960 - 1992
The papers comprise a variety of operational records including governing body minutes and accounts; editorial material; student records; and subject files concerning conferences and relations with interested external bodies.
Composicio quod procuratores possunt congregare in defectu cancellarii, 1275-07-08
'Designs for a building to correspond in its exterior appearance with the Senate House'; with related correspondence, 1791-04 - 1792
The category - Assets records - comprises records relating to property and personnel. Accounting material is in this category, alongside records of endowments, charitable trusts, buildings and employees.
General plans and those for Salvin's Buildings on the New Museums Site, 1863 - 1890
The category - Assets records - comprises records relating to property and personnel. Accounting material is in this category, alongside records of endowments, charitable trusts, buildings and employees.
'History of New Museums', 1716 - 1891
This collection of records assembled by John Willis Clark, documents the development of the former Botanic Garden in central Cambridge as the site - the New Museums site as it became known - for teaching and research in science subjects. Clark, who was Superintendent of the Museum of Zoology and Secretary of the Museums and Lecture Rooms Syndicate 1865-91, provided a contents list at the start of each volume. This has been transcribed in the descriptions below.
Minutes and papers of the Sites Committee, 1947-06 - 1951-11
The category - Corporate management records - embraces records of the central decision-making bodies, University officers such as the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrary, and their administrative support. It includes constitutional records.
Minutes of meetings of the Science Building Committee, 1988 - 1998
The category - Corporate management records - embraces records of the central decision-making bodies, University officers such as the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrary, and their administrative support. It includes constitutional records.
Minutes of meetings of the Sports Facilities Building Committee, 1988 - 1994
The category - Corporate management records - embraces records of the central decision-making bodies, University officers such as the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrary, and their administrative support. It includes constitutional records.
Miscellaneous, 1962 - 1963
Contents relate to publications, lectures, visits and staff appointments.
Observatory development records, 1887 - 1972
The archives comprise the records of internal governance, finance, building and equipment development and astronomical observation, together with several small assortments of personal papers of individuals associated with the University Observatory, its sister and successor bodies, such as G.B. Airy, H.F. Newall and R.O. Redman.
Papers relating to the Botanic Garden, 1871-10-05 - 1872-04-24
Comprise: correspondence, report and sketch, mainly with Arthur Holmes, F. Thoday (builder) and G. King (agent for Sun Fire and Life Insurance Office).
Papers relating to the work of the Fitzwilliam Museum Review Committee, 1988
This was a committee of Council chaired by Lady Warnock, Mistress of Girton College.
Photographs [possibly made in 1960s] of plans by Dr Graham Smith illustrating the development of the Downing and New Museum Sites, 1574-1936, drawn in 1936
The plans include historical notes written by hand. Scales are not given.
Plans and drawing of the Forestry School, 1912-07 - 1912-09
The contractors were Rattee and Kett. All plans are signed by both architect and contractors; the contractors signing in March 1913.
Plans and engravings of the Library, Senate House and Merton Hall, after 1651-1790
The category - Assets records - comprises records relating to property and personnel. Accounting material is in this category, alongside records of endowments, charitable trusts, buildings and employees.
Plans and other visual material, chiefly of University property; with related buildings records, 1601 - 1971
The category - Assets records - comprises records relating to property and personnel. Accounting material is in this category, alongside records of endowments, charitable trusts, buildings and employees.
Plans and photographs of the Medical Schools, 1890 - 1901
The contractors were Kerridge and Shaw.
Plans and sketches of Solar Physics building, Spectroheliograph House and Siderostat House, at Cambridge University Observatory; with related papers, 1912 - 1913
The engineers were T. Cooke and Sons, and the contractor was William Sindall.
Plans of Cambridge University Observatory; with related papers, 1821 - 1822
The contractors were Munday and Bushell. All plans are unsigned. The scale is inferred as tentatively 1 inch to 5 feet, unless otherwise specified.
Plans of details of Huggins and McClean Building at Cambridge University Observatory, 1908 - 1909
The category - Assets records - comprises records relating to property and personnel. Accounting material is in this category, alongside records of endowments, charitable trusts, buildings and employees.
Plans of the Arts School on the New Museums Site, comprising new lecture rooms and departmental library, 1909-09 - 1910-01
The contractor was William Sindall.