Universities
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds — NGA
Annan: The Papers of Noel Gilroy Annan
Reference Code: GBR/0272/NGA
Scope and Contents
The collection includes notes and drafts of published writings, texts of speeches given to the House of Lords and to other institutions, reference notes, subject files, engagement diaries, and personal papers.
Dates:
1889 - 2001
Conditions Governing Access:
Some files are closed because they contain personal information. Most files which are marked as restricted access can be read with the written permission of the author. All other files may be consulted in the Archive Centre following the standard registration procedures.
Fonds — MPET
Archives of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, 1891 - 1961
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/MPET
Scope and Contents
The archives comprise student attendance books, departmental and laboratory accounts and notes on students.
Dates:
1891 - 1961
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).
File
Articles, 1991 - 2001
Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 2/1/7
Scope and Contents
Comprising: "SSRC Grants - the First Three Years", undated [1990]; "Slaves of Time", 1991; article on death for the "Encyclopedia of Time", 1992; "Open University Open About Death", 1993; introduction to "Innovations in Information", 1993; comment on the Commission on Social Justice, 1994; "Moral Intelligence", 1994; "The Significance of U3A", 1994; with Chelly Halsey, "Family and Community Socialism", 1995; " Why Where?", 1995; "Threatened Americanisation of Privatised Crematoria", 1995;...
Dates:
1991 - 2001
Management Group — UA
Cambridge University Archives
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA
Scope and Contents
The University Archives is responsible for the selection and preservation of the internal administrative records of the University of Cambridge, dating from 1266 to the present, and for making them available for administrative and research purposes. The archives are as diverse in their contents as the activities - self governance, teaching and research, property management, administration of justice, external relations - the University has pursued down the centuries. They include charters,...
Dates:
1266 - 2021
Conditions Governing Access:
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
Churchill College, 1930 - 1968
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CKFT 12
Scope and Contents
This series of papers covers a wide range of issues in relation to the founding of the college, and includes photographs.
Dates:
1930 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Correspondence about the Bernard Price Institute, Witwatersrand University, and Rhodes University, South Africa, 1954 - 1960
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SCHO 7
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers comprising working files from the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, at Harwell
Dates:
1954 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Correspondence about the University of the Third Age, 1970 - 1999
Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 6/64
Scope and Contents
The University of the Third Age encourages mutual education of older people.
Dates:
1970 - 1999
Series
Correspondence and papers about the Open University, 1972 - 1995
Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 6/53
Scope and Contents
With papers about the early history of the Open University, 1960-9.
Dates:
1972 - 1995
File
Correspondence with Birkbeck College, London, 1989 - 1993
Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 6/5
Scope and Contents
Michael Young was a student on the Philosophy MA course at Birkbeck, 1989-90.
Dates:
1989 - 1993
File
Correspondence with the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1971 - 2001
Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 6/42
Scope and Contents
Michael Young was a student at the London School of Economics - BSc, 1938, PhD, 1955 - and an honorary fellow, 1978-2002.
Dates:
1971 - 2001
File
Interview with Dominic Abrams, 1984
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 7/1/2
Scope and Contents
Recorded interview between Mark Abrams and his grandson Dominic Abrams at 48 St. Martin's Lane, London, 19 September 1984.
Dates:
1984
Conditions Governing Access:
Available online.
Fonds
Personal papers of Sir Lionel Whitby, Regius Professor of Physic at Cambridge University (1945-56) and Master of Downing College, 1916 - 1964
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHI
Scope and Contents
Includes original articles, diaries, photographs and other papers, plus copies of originals held by the family of Sir Lionel Whitby. Also includes other items such as his undergraduate gown, copies of published books and secondary material donated by his family.
Dates:
1916 - 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods:
30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files;
50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees;
100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years.
Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
Fonds
The Papers of George Steiner
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GSNR
Scope and Contents
The material held at Churchill Archives Centre comprises Professor Steiner’s personal papers. They include papers of his wife Dr Zara Steiner and his children David and Deborah Steiner. They are predominantly in English with some French. They consist of correspondence with Professor Steiner’s parents Dr Frederick Steiner and Mrs Else Steiner, other correspondence, memorabilia and scrapbooks. There is also an extensive collection of press cuttings, and a small number of family...
Dates:
1929 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Individual closures are marked in the catalogue.
Fonds
The Papers of Professor Max Born
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BORN
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence of Professor Max Born, his wife and children, and material concerning their family history. Including photographs and artefacts.
Dates:
1811 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.