Identity area
Reference code
PPC/WAD
Unique identifier
Title
Date(s)
- 1934 - 2004 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
27 files
Context area
Name of creator
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.
Content and structure area
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.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Within each series the files are listed, as stored, in no particular order, (except where groups of files obviously relate to the same subject).
Conditions of access and use area
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.