Janus: Papers relating to government commissions, chiefly Royal and Statutory Commissions of enquiry into the University and Colleges; also to the work of the University Commissioners

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Papers relating to government commissions, chiefly Royal and Statutory Commissions of enquiry into the University and Colleges; also to the work of the University Commissioners

Title	Papers relating to government commissions, chiefly Royal and Statutory Commissions of enquiry into the University and Colleges; also to the work of the University Commissioners
Reference	GBR/0265/Comm
Covering Dates	1765–1996
Extent and Medium	2 metres; paper
Repository	Cambridge University Archives

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Archives, Papers relating to government commissions, chiefly Royal and Statutory Commissions of enquiry into the University and Colleges; also to the work of the University Commissioners, Comm

Further information

For background information on the nineteenth century reform of the University and Colleges, see Peter Searby A history of the University of Cambridge. Volume III, 1750-1870 (1997) pp. 423-544 and Christopher N.L. Brooke Volume IV.1870-1990 (1993) pp.82-98, 341-69.

The online catalogue for Janus was completed in October 2004 and emended in May 2006 and September 2011.

Index Terms

University/Comm contains:

Comm.B.1

Correspondence, printed papers and notes relating to revision of the statutes of the University and Colleges.

1851–1877

Comm.B.1*

Copies of report, evidence and appendix of the Cambridge University Commission of 1850, in proof and final stages, annotated by Commissioners and Registrary.
6 booklets in box.

1852

Comm.B.2

Assorted papers relating to reform of the statutes of the University and Colleges. The papers include statements by individuals and Colleges, remarks on Tripos reform, draft statutes and relevant Acts of Parliament.
1 box of loose sheets.

1835–1892

Comm.B.3

Files of printed papers submitted by the Colleges to the Statutory Commissioners appointed 1856; with related Act, 1858 and Commissioners' report, 1860. Papers include answers to Commissioners' questions, revised statutes, statements of College revenues and estates.
22 items in box.

1859–1860

Comm.B.4

Papers relating to Statutory Commission appointed 1877.
2 bundles.

1852–1892

Comm.B.5-6

Papers relating to proposed statutes for Colleges.
3 boxes.

1877–1881

Comm.B.7-8

Papers relating to the Royal and Statutory Commissions of 1919-22 and 1923-7.
2 boxes.

1908–1928

Comm.B.9

Papers of miscellaneous commissions and cases.
1 box.

1765–1894

Comm.B.10-12

Papers relating to the 'Model Statute'.
8 metres.

1988–1996

Comm.V.1-5

Copies of the report, evidence and appendix of the Cambridge University Commission of 1850.
5 volumes.

1852

Comm.V.6

Report, evidence and appendix of the Oxford University Commission of 1850.
1 volume.

1852

Comm.V.7

Report, evidence and appendices of the Royal Commission on Scientific instruction and the advancement of science, 1870.
1 volume.

1872

Comm.V.8

Report and evidence of the Oxford and Cambridge Commission of 1872. The Commission was appointed to enquire into the property and income of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and of the Colleges and Halls therein.
1 volume.

1874

Comm.V.9

Minutes of the Commission of 1877.
1 volume.

1877–1881

Comm.V.10

Answers from University members to the Commissioners' circular letter of 6 December 1877. This is E.P. Bouverie's copy.
1 volume.

1877

Comm.V.11

Special Report, with minutes of evidence, etc. of the Select Committee on the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Education Bill.
1 volume in soft covers.

1867

Comm.V.12

First Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
1 volume in soft covers.

1870

Comm.V.13-13*

Minutes and index of the Cambridge University Statutory Commission.
1 volume, 1 folder.

1923–1983

Comm.V.14

Carbon typescript of Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1923.
1 folder.

1923