Identity area
Reference code
RB/CBS/BC
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Title
Date(s)
- 1963 - 2018 (Creation)
- 1869-1962 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
22 volumes paper
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Founded in 1827, the Club originally consisted of seven members elected by ballot. Initially the person elected to row the 'stroke oar' also became captain and official representative of the Club; and the elected steersman became the Secretary and Treasurer. Members were obliged to attend five times a week and paid a subscription of six pounds. A College Boat House was built in the 1870s, funded by subscription. Caius crews rowed in both inter-collegiate races and in the Henley regatta. Since the admission of women to the College in 1979, the Boat Club has supported both men's and women's crews.
(For further information on the history of the Boat Club, see H.C. Scott, The History of the Caius College Boat Club 1827-1927 (1927))
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The records consist of finance and log books, dinner menus, race programmes and boat house reports.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open access - no restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
See also
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the records of the Amalgamated Clubs (SO:AC)
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photographs of boat club members and rowing (PH)
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print blocks for the Boat Club History
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menu cards and ephemera (COLL).