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 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

 Management Group

Clubs and Society Records

 Management Group
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS
Scope and Contents

Records of the Alumni Association (founded in 1922), Amalgamation Club and various sports clubs and academic, dramatic and musical societies, although survival and transfer of records is sporadic. Also includes records of various social clubs and the May Ball. There are many sports clubs and other societies, such as The Theological Society, for which no records are extant or available.

Dates: 1894 - 2023
Conditions Governing Access: Some records series (such as minutes) are subject to closure periods for GDPR and confidentiality reasons.
Found in: Downing College
 File

Leisure, 1955 - 1967

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/24
Scope and Contents Working papers on leisure, covering subjects such as sport; cinema attendance; television licences and viewing habits; overseas travel and behaviour of British holidaymakers; betting and gambling; the relationship between leisure and religion; leisure time budgeting, weekends, and working hours; arts patronage and funding; leisure facilities and community life; evening classes and adult education; hobbies; home life and DIY; and leisure in West Germany [later part of Germany], Poland, and...
Dates: 1955 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Leisure: Future, 1961 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/25
Scope and Contents Working papers on leisure, originally enclosed in file entitled 'The Future of Leisure', covering subjects such as approaches to surveying leisure habits; commercial aspects to leisure, including advertising; outdoor recreation; the countryside; and urban and rural planning. Consists largely of press cuttings, articles and conference paper, and survey data, with Mark Abrams's notes. Includes draft of Mark Abrams's papers "Youth and Leisure" (1964) and "Testing Consumer Demand in Sport"...
Dates: 1961 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

May Ball Committee, 1926 - 2017

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/9
Scope and Contents From the Management Group:

Records of the Alumni Association (founded in 1922), Amalgamation Club and various sports clubs and academic, dramatic and musical societies, although survival and transfer of records is sporadic. Also includes records of various social clubs and the May Ball. There are many sports clubs and other societies, such as The Theological Society, for which no records are extant or available.

Dates: 1926 - 2017
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series (such as minutes) are subject to closure periods for GDPR and confidentiality reasons.
 Sub-Series

Oliver Lyttelton: speeches, 1942 - 1971

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN II/4/17/1-30
Scope and Contents

CHAN II/4/17/A/1 contains original listings of Lyttelton's speeches 1942-1971

Dates: 1942 - 1971
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Series

Personal, 1944 - 2000

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/PRTZ 1
Scope and Contents

This series mostly contains personal notes and correspondence in relation to Max Perutz's personal interests, as well as congratulatory correspondence for his Nobel Prize and order of merit. There is also a little family correspondence from his son, Robin, and grandson, Tim.

Dates: 1944 - 2000
 File

Photos of Churchill College, sculptures and student life, 1990 - 2001

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CCPH/10/3
Scope and Contents Includes colour photographs of: the college buildings and grounds in all seasons (part 1); sculptures and works of art, mainly in the college grounds (part 2); and student life including study in the library and using computer workstations, supervisions (including one with Dr Findlay), graduation rehearsal in the Wolfson Hall with Dr Frank King and Peter Bullock (Head Porter), sports, and social activities including the students' summer party, floating rafts on the ponds at the front of...
Dates: 1990 - 2001