Identity area
Reference code
PPC/CNLB
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Title
Date(s)
- 1942-2017 (Approximate date only.) (Creation)
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Extent and medium
6 boxes paper, photographs and miscellaneous items.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
(1927- ) Medieval Historian. Admitted Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, 1945. Elected scholar, 1945-48; student, 1948-49; Fellow, 1949-56; Professorial Fellow, 1977-94; Life Fellow, 1994- .Editor of Caian, 1947-48, 1955-56, 1986- .Praelector, 1955-6. CBE, FBA, FSA. Professor of Medieval History, Liverpool University, 1956-67; Professor of History, Westfield College, London University, 1967-77; Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Cambridge University, 1977-94. College Historian.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
2001.013 - Deed of gift pending. Extra boxes received 22/05/2001; October 2004; November 2004. 2006, 2010, 2012
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The papers consist of:
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research notes on lists of medieval archdeacons, abbots, and priors
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undergraduate essays
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correspondence and papers relating to research into the history of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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speeches and sermons
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papers relating to College administration, mainly the administration of the College Archive, and membership of Chancel Committee, and supervision notes.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged by subject: College business and history, and historical research.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Research notes are on open access with no restrictions. Most administrative files relating to College business are subject to the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. Files containing personal information are covered by the Data Protection Act and Data Regulations (GDPR).
Conditions governing reproduction
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Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
-See also papers of his father, Z.N. Brooke (PPC/ZNB)