Legislation
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Series — Acts
Acts of Parliament relating to Cambridge University and its interests, 1720 - 1863
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Acts
Scope and Contents
From the Management Group:
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.
Dates:
1720 - 1863
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).
Fonds — Comm
Papers relating to government commissions, 1765 - 1996
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Comm
Scope and Contents
Cover chiefly the Royal and Statutory Commissions of enquiry into the University and Colleges; also to the work of the University Commissioners.
Dates:
1765 - 1996
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).
Sub-Series
University statutes, 1390 - 2019
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Collect.Admin.1-3 etc
Scope and Contents
In this section are i) the medieval statutes, ii) manuscript transcripts of the medieval and Elizabethan statutes, iii) annotated copies of the published edition of the Elizabethan statutes, iv) successive published editions of the reformed statutes from the mid-nineteenth century onwards and v) Orders in Council amending, rescinding or replacing statutes.The principle medieval texts of the statutes are in the various Proctors Books (qv): Collect.Admin.1-3. Unofficial compilations...
Dates:
1390 - 2019
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).
