Proof of a Cambridge degree, ancient and modern
Undergraduates flushed with success in final examinations are about to be admitted to their degrees in a ceremony in the Senate House called General Admission. […]
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John Fisher (ca 1469-1535), martyr (and archivist)
John Fisher’s principled opposition to Henry VIII’s divorce from Katherine of Aragon resulted in his conviction for treason and execution in 1535. Everyone remembers the […]
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Crowd-sourcing the archives of women’s rowing
Question: how do you write the history of Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club when the records in the club’s possession are scanty for the early […]
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Volunteers experience ‘the magic and the meaning’ of the Cambridge University Press Archive
Since the 1970s, records from Cambridge University Press have been transferred from offices in the Pitt Building on Trumpington Street and the Edinburgh Building and […]
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Board of Graduate Studies 1920-55
A project is under way in the University Archives to sort, clean and list the early student files of the Board of Graduate Studies or […]
Continue reading »What’s in a name?
With Mixed Pickle and Condiments, The Sheila and Her Dog, Stretched Drawers, Rabbit’s Ears. These are a few of the more bizarre-sounding student societies whose […]
Continue reading »Cambridge University Press at War
A fascinating post about the activities of Cambridge University Press during World War I has been published on the Press’s blog, fifteeneightyfour. It’s written by […]
Continue reading »Unusual pictures from the Manuscripts Department as it launches Image of the Month
Today the Manuscripts Department launches its Image of the Month project. The Image of the Month will feature single images of interesting objects or information […]
Continue reading »Cambridge’s criminal past revealed in centuries-old court records
Adultery, libel, bribery, attempted murder: Cambridge University’s criminal underbelly has been exposed after painstaking research on its Vice-Chancellor’s Court records from the sixteenth and seventeenth […]
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