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Building maintenance

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Account for work done at the Pitt Press by Gray and Son; with W.M. Fawcett's certificate; report on the pinnacles and parapet by E.C. Tomson, and estimate for repair of oriel window by W. Stone, etc., 1866, 1865 - 1866

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Pr.B.24 (10)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

In this category is a wide variety of material, some originating from the printing house, some from the University.
As the new Press Archive catalogue is not yet complete, please use the 'Former / Other Reference' to request these items.

Dates: 1865 - 1866
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Scholarly access to this material may be restricted if it contains information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Please apply in advance to the Cambridge University Press Archivist.
 File

Agreement with the Syndics for installation of Grinnell Automatic Sprinklers, 1905-04-14

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Pr.B.24 (20)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

In this category is a wide variety of material, some originating from the printing house, some from the University.
As the new Press Archive catalogue is not yet complete, please use the 'Former / Other Reference' to request these items.

Dates: 1905-04-14
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Scholarly access to this material may be restricted if it contains information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Please apply in advance to the Cambridge University Press Archivist.
 Series

Architectural and engineering plans, 1885 - 2002

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/2511/P
Scope and Contents

These are flat (or rolled) plans as distinct from those folded and boxed with other documents relating to the relevant building.

Dates: 1885 - 2002
 Fonds

Archives of Estate Management and Building Service, 1925 - 2002

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/EMBS
Scope and Contents From the Management Group:

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.

Dates: 1925 - 2002
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).
 Sub-Series

Bills for the rebuilding of the gallery in the fellows' orchard, approved July 3rd, 1648, 1648

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/84
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These generally exclude stewards' (domestic and estate) accounts, kitchen accounts, tutors' accounts.In the early years the Master and Bursar were sometimes one and the same person. Note also that the term 'steward' could apply to the present office of Bursar as well as to the steward of an estate, or a steward in charge of, for example, the arrangements for commencement feasts.Account books entered under 'Library and plate' (07/14, etc.) also include other college...
Dates: 1648
 File

British Safety Standards: Scaffolding, 1983-02 - 1987-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/65
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, mainly on JEP's call for new legislation on scaffolding, with individuals including: Douglas Latto, Chairman of the British Safety Council; James Tye, Director-General of the British Safety Council (3); [Bernard] Ian Stewart [later Lord Stewartby].

Also includes: articles on health and safety and scaffolding; Transport and General Workers' Union submission to the House of Commons Employment Committee Inquiry on the safety of scaffolding.

Dates: 1983-02 - 1987-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
 Sub-Fonds

College Site, 1737-[1970]

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCAR/1/2
Scope and Contents

Records relating to the acquisition of the college site, and subsequent conveyances, college construction and upkeep; plus adjacent sites and outlying parts of the Domus.

Dates: 1737-[1970]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: General administration files are generally closed for 30 years from date of creation, once transferred to Archives, but longer closure periods may apply. Please ask the College Archivist about more recent records relevant to a particular research area, which may not yet have been published online but may be open for research (by appointment).
 Sub-item

Letters concerning work on premises in Ave Maria Lane, London, 1883-11-12 - 1884-02-25

 Sub-item
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Pr.B.13.C.83-6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

All letters are addressed to C.J. Clay, University printer, unless otherwise stated.
Sarah has re-numbered Pr.B.13.1-337. Still to do Pr.B.13.A-G.

Dates: 1883-11-12 - 1884-02-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Scholarly access to this material may be restricted if it contains information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Please apply in advance to the Cambridge University Press Archivist.
 Item

Report and estimate on exterior stonework of the Pitt Press, 1881-05-02

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Pr.B.13.E.100
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

All letters are addressed to C.J. Clay, University printer, unless otherwise stated.
Sarah has re-numbered Pr.B.13.1-337. Still to do Pr.B.13.A-G.

Dates: 1881-05-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Scholarly access to this material may be restricted if it contains information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Please apply in advance to the Cambridge University Press Archivist.
 Item

Tender for building works at the Press, 1877-05-07

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Pr.B.13.B.1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

All letters are addressed to C.J. Clay, University printer, unless otherwise stated.
Sarah has re-numbered Pr.B.13.1-337. Still to do Pr.B.13.A-G.

Dates: 1877-05-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Scholarly access to this material may be restricted if it contains information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Please apply in advance to the Cambridge University Press Archivist.
 Sub-Series

Vouchers relating to building maintenance, 1631 - 1635

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/83
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These generally exclude stewards' (domestic and estate) accounts, kitchen accounts, tutors' accounts.In the early years the Master and Bursar were sometimes one and the same person. Note also that the term 'steward' could apply to the present office of Bursar as well as to the steward of an estate, or a steward in charge of, for example, the arrangements for commencement feasts.Account books entered under 'Library and plate' (07/14, etc.) also include other college...
Dates: 1631 - 1635
 Series

Vouchers to accounts, 1700 - 1783

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/B/45-74
Scope and Contents These include vouchers both to the main account, as entered in the Audit Books, and to subsidiary accounts, such as the Spencer account. They also include some vouchers for college estates, notably Willingham. In many cases the vouchers were rolled or bundled together some time after the accounting year in question, resulting in discrepancies of chronology (as, for example in 72 to 74. In most cases vouchers for the brewhouse and the bakehouse, forming bundles within bundles, have been...
Dates: 1700 - 1783