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 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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Circulars and letters, 1972 - 1988

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CMES 3
Scope and Contents

These relate to the operation of the Centre, job appointments and library matters, sent out by Management Committee.

Dates: 1972 - 1988
Conditions Governing Access: Closed to scholars for 50 years from the date of creation as a condition of transfer.
 Series

Libraries records, 1908 - 1968

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/BG 40
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.

Dates: 1908 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Among the archives of the Botanic Garden, personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
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Library records, 1873 - 1980

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/GEOL 21
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The earliest records relate to Woodward's will, estates and the administration of his fossil collection. From the 1880s, administrative records of the burgeoning Department of Geology, its teaching, examining, and students, survive alongside papers for the lengthy project to build the Sedgwick Museum. The archives also include the papers of Professor T. McKenny Hughes, Woodwardian Professor 1873-1917.

Dates: 1873 - 1980
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
 Fonds

Registrary's printed pamphlet collection, 1642 - 1890

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PP
Scope and Contents

The printed pamphlet collection was begun in the early nineteeth century by William Hustler, Registrary 1816-32, and continued by his successors Joseph Romilly, Registrary 1832-62, Henry Richard Luard, Registrary 1862-91 and John Willis Clark, Registrary 1891-1910. The pamphlets cover a wide range of subjects such as educational reform, foreign education, university and parliamentary elections, religion, politics, academic exercises, local history, and the University Library.

Dates: 1642 - 1890
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).
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Teaching, learning and research records, 1940 - 1997

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ORS 2
Scope and Contents

Records in this category relate to curriculum delivery and appraisal, examinations and the award of degrees, conferences, libraries and publications.

Dates: 1940 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Each file or volume in the archive is closed to scholars for 30 years from the date of creation, except with the permission of the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, as a condition of transfer. In addition, personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation.
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Worts Trust papers, 1709 - 1924

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Char.II.6-12, 16-35
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: 1709 - 1924
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).