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Archival description

The records reflect the administrative role of the Tutors and the Praelector, rather than the academic content of a course of study. They consist of:

  • record books and personal dossiers of student admissions, residence, examinations and degrees

  • Praelectors' books of examinations and degrees

  • Tutorial Office administrative and correspondence files relating to academic administration and alumni relations

  • Senior Tutors' minutes, administrative and correspondence files regarding academic policy, administration of scholarships and prizes, and maintenance of College discipline and pastoral care.

Untitled
COLL/01/12 · Subfonds · 1922-1926
Part of Collections

Group photograph of Caians on Degree Day 1925.

Terminal accounts: itemized bills from the College to its students, including charges for food, fuel, University fee, fines, electricity, cleaning, supervision, examinations, and subscriptions to the College Mission, The Caian and the Amalgamated Clubs.

Pallister, George
Masters' Records

The records relate to the government and administration of the college by the Master. Apart from small collections of papers relating to earlier masterships and the domestic administration of the Master's estate of Heacham, Norfolk, the main body of correspondence and administrative records date mainly from the 1950s to 1990s during the masterships of Nevill Mott (1959 - 1966), Joseph Needham (1966 - 1976), William Wade (1976 - 1988) and Peter Gray (1988 - 1996). They include:

  • The Master's copy of the records of governance, including minutes of meetings of the College Council, and the General Meetings of Fellows

  • Papers of College and inter-collegiate committees.

  • Correspondence and administration files concerning internal matters, such as buildings, benefactions and trusts, properties, contacts with alumni, entertaining; and external representation of the College's views to other colleges, schools and universities, central government and international bodies.

  • Files relating to the election of Fellows and College officers; admissions and the award of scholarships, studentships and prizes; and matters of teaching and personnel policy and administration.

The Master
COLL/01/06 · Subfonds · 1940-1952
Part of Collections

Including views of King's Parade, Gate of Honour, Trinity Lane, Trinity College Library, Caius Court, Gate of Virtue, King's College Chapel, Jesus College chimney, Caius College chapel, Clare College bridge, Tree Court, Trinity College Great Court. Together with a small collection of cards and prints created using the blocks.

Dean, John
Library Records

The records consist of modern administrative records of the Library, including

  • catalogues of holdings

  • metadata regarding the management of the collections, including records of acquisitions by donation and purchase, of books removed from the collections, of the arrangement of materials, and of their use

  • library accounts

  • minutes of the Library committee

  • records of enquiries about the collections and College history.

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Governance Records

The records consist of:

  • copies of the College's published statutes, Privy Council orders for their amendment, and minutes and papers relating to challenges to and reform of their provisions.

  • the pandectae which recorded corporate transactions which required the College seal

  • the gesta, the proceedings of the College Council together with supporting papers

  • the minutes and supporting papers of the General Meeting of the Fellows.

Gonville & Caius College
Gentlemen of Caius
COLL/06/01 · Subfonds · June 1946-Dec 1946
Part of Collections

Newspaper cuttings, posters, leaflets and photographs relating to the Gentlemen of Caius, a group of Caians who challenged the scholars of Kings to a rowing race in Victorian costume; followed later in the year by a challenge to the sportsmen of Oxford to a game of Foot the Ball

de Hamel, Trevor Etienne Bruno

The records consist of:

  • Stewards' accounts and record books relating to overall domestic management, particularly for uptake of meals by, and provision of food and supplies for, fellows and students; and accounts for management of the kitchens and supply of provisions to the College. These are supported by additional low level account and record books, such as cooks' accounts and hall books

  • minutes and administrative files of the Domestic Bursar relating to the management of building projects, maintenance of the College fabric, furnishings, silver and wine, provision of domestic and kitchen services, and management of personnel

  • correspondence and files of the Junior Bursar relating to the management of building projects and maintenance of the College fabric

  • architectural plans of College buildings and internally managed College properties.

Domestic Bursar