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Leisure

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

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 Sub-Management Group

Cambridge University Clubs and Societies records, 1922 - 1983

 Sub-Management Group
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/8
Scope and Contents Cambridge Union and University as opposed to College society records, mainly ephemera:Oxford v. Cambridge rugby football programmes 1924 and 1925; Cambridge v. the Australians cricket scoring card 1926; lawn tennis club 1926 season programme; athletic club v. Amateur Athletic Association programme 1926; Cambridge Women's Lacrosse Club v. Oxford WLC. [not dated]; Coxwains' Society 1932-5; CUBC programmes for the Mays 1981 and 1983;Cambridge University Training College Musical Society...
Dates: 1922 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series (such as minutes) are subject to closure periods for GDPR and confidentiality reasons.
 File

Children, 1951 - 1966

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/5
Scope and Contents

Working papers on children, covering subjects such as parenting styles; reading habits; hobbies; 'horror' comics; and exposure to the media. Consists largely of press cuttings, articles, and survey data, with Mark Abrams's notes. Including copies of Mark Abrams's article "Child Audiences for Television in Great Britain" (1956).

Dates: 1951 - 1966
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 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

Consumption and Retail, 1950 - 1961

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/9
Scope and Contents Working papers on consumption and the retail and distributive trades in Britain, Europe, and the USA, covering subjects such as ownership of durable and non-durable consumer goods; fashion and taste; class, incomes, working hours, and living standards; hire purchase schemes and consumer credit; department stores; multiples and chain stores; mail-order catalogues; self-service grocery shops; co-operative shops and societies; and consumer protection. Consists largely of press cuttings,...
Dates: 1950 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

Cricket Club, 1915 - 1929

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/3/3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

Records of Association Football, Boat, Cricket, Hockey, Rugby Union, Squash and Tennis Clubs, with occasional papers relating to University clubs.

Dates: 1915 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Management Group: More recent records may be closed under GDPR.
 File

Culture, 1954 - 1968

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/11
Scope and Contents Working papers grouped by Abrams under the headings 'Mass Culture: Criticisms' and 'Taste of the Arts', covering subjects such as the mass media and its critics; escapism; libraries, paperback books, and reading; the impact of American entertainment in Britain; popular leisure activities; theatre; music; arts patronage and funding, and marketing for cultural industries. Consists largely of press cuttings, articles, and survey data, with Mark Abrams's notes. Including copies of Mark Abrams's...
Dates: 1954 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Sub-Management Group

Dramatic and Musical Societies, 1910 - 2023

 Sub-Management Group
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/5
Scope and Contents

Records of Downing College Musical Society and Dramatic Society (now Downing Dramatic Society).

Dates: 1910 - 2023
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series (such as minutes) are subject to closure periods for GDPR and confidentiality reasons.
 Series

Five notebooks containing lists of part of the library of James Wilson Rimington-Wilson at Broomhead Hall, near Sheffield, made by the owner, 1864-1877

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8219-8223
Scope and Contents

Note in Add.8219 by ANLM dated 28 Oct 1971 mentions six notebooks, a later note by AEBO dated 14/11/1979 notes that only five notebooks were acquired by the University Library in 1975: vol. '3' not received.

Dates: 1864-1877
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Hockey Club, 1926 - 1939

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/3/4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

Records of Association Football, Boat, Cricket, Hockey, Rugby Union, Squash and Tennis Clubs, with occasional papers relating to University clubs.

Dates: 1926 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Management Group: More recent records may be closed under GDPR.
 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.
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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

Maitland Historical Society, 1920-[1984]

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/4/5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

Records of Classical Society, Cranworth Society, Debating Society, Doughty / Literary Society, Maitland Historical Society, Medical Society, Scientific and Danby Societies.

Dates: 1920-[1984]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series (such as minutes) are subject to closure periods for GDPR and confidentiality reasons.
 File

Old People and Pensions, 1954 - 1964

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/29
Scope and Contents Working papers on ageing in Britain and the USA, enclosed in file originally entitled 'Old People and Pensions', covering subjects such as government and voluntary provision of services for the elderly; experiences of retirement; private and occupational pensions; older workers and their occupational roles; leisure and housing for the elderly; generational differences in political attitudes; loneliness and community life; and gerontology. Consists largely of press cuttings, articles, and...
Dates: 1954 - 1964
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 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
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Photographs

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN II/3/26i
Scope and Contents

Comprising a number of photographs of the Lyttelton family, mainly of Edith (21).

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Sub-sub-class

Photographs, 1880 - 1902

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN II/3/26ii
Scope and Contents

Comprising a large number of photographs of Lyttelton and the Balfour family, and friends (115).

Dates: 1880 - 1902
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Series

Publications, Papers, and Talks, 1931 - 1990

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers nearly every aspect to Abrams's career and comprises: market research and social survey data; reports on results of surveys produced by the organisations for which Abrams worked, including the London Press Exchange and his own business Research Services Ltd. and their clients; papers covering Abrams's consultancy and committee work for the Labour Party, Social Science Research Council, and Age Concern; and published articles and talks by Abrams himself. The...
Dates: 1931 - 1990
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Religion, 1954 - 1961

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/35
Scope and Contents Working papers on religion, covering subjects such as church attendance; public morality; Sunday Schools; the relationship between leisure and religion; the decline of Methodism and Nonconformity and the increase of Roman Catholicism; the impact of Billy Graham and US-style evangelicalism in Britain; and preaching. Consists largely of press cuttings and articles, with published Research Services Ltd. report 'Religious Programmes on Independent Television' (July 1961). Also includes copy of...
Dates: 1954 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Series

Research Services Ltd. Reports, 1946 - 1979

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 3
Scope and Contents

Numbered Research Services Ltd. reports containing results of market research and social surveys.

Dates: 1946 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Roads and Town Planning, 1955 - 1969

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/36
Scope and Contents

Working papers on roads and town planning, covering subjects such as traffic congestion in towns and cities; motoring, private car ownership, and social mobility; housing; suburbia; architecture; planning and democracy; and the relationship between physical environment and human behaviour in general. Consists largely of press cuttings and articles, with Mark Abrams's notes. Includes drafts of Mark Abrams's article "The Sociology of the Motor Age" (1963).

Dates: 1955 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Series

Royal Observatory Social and Sports Club and RGO Club: Papers, 1893 - 1998

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 80
Scope and Contents Records of the Royal Greenwich Observatory Club (RGO Club), formerly called the Royal Observatory Social and Sports Club. The collection includes records from club meetings, financial papers, records of the sporting and social activities of the club, newsletters produced by the club, correspondence files, and photographs, among other records.The collection also includes records of the Royal Observatory Hockey Club and Royal Observatory Lawn Tennis Club. These sports clubs...
Dates: 1893 - 1998
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Rugby Union Football Club, 1924-[1957]

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/3/5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

Records of Association Football, Boat, Cricket, Hockey, Rugby Union, Squash and Tennis Clubs, with occasional papers relating to University clubs.

Dates: 1924-[1957]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Management Group: More recent records may be closed under GDPR.
 Fonds

Scientific Society, 1921 - 1931

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/4/7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

Records of Classical Society, Cranworth Society, Debating Society, Doughty / Literary Society, Maitland Historical Society, Medical Society, Scientific and Danby Societies.

Dates: 1921 - 1931
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series (such as minutes) are subject to closure periods for GDPR and confidentiality reasons.
 Series

Surveys and Research Methods, 1934 - 1989

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 2
Scope and Contents

Papers connected with market research and social survey methodology, including raw data, reports, and statistics; questionnaires and procedures; interviewers and interview techniques; working papers and notes; and correspondence.

Dates: 1934 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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