Fonds WAD - Sir William Wade Papers

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PPC/WAD

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GB 2198 PPC/WAD

Title

Sir William Wade Papers

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  • 1934 - 2004 (Creation)

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Fonds

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27 files

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Name of creator

(1918-2004)

Biographical history

Sir (Henry) William Rawson Wade was an undergraduate student at Caius from 1936-39. He became Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, at Cambridge in 1978 and was Master of Caius from 1976-88.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These files were selected from those in Sir William's room, on its clearance in summer 2004.

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Scope and content

File of papers created as a result of Sir William's Mastership and Fellowship activities, and through his relationship with other Colleges and the University, including professional advice offered to them.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

The individual files are retained in their entirety without weeding. Generally, only files with a College or University administrative connection were selected for long term preservation in the College Archive. Sir William's professional and academic papers are preserved by his family.

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Within each series the files are listed, as stored, in no particular order, (except where groups of files obviously relate to the same subject).

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Conditions governing access

Files containing personal data are subject to the Data Protection Act and other appropriate primary legislation. |Records previously closed for 99 years from date of last paper.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright in these papers remains with the Wade family.

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