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Papers relating to honorary degree ceremonies
| Title |
Papers relating to honorary degree ceremonies |
| Reference |
GBR/0265/Degr.H. |
| Creator |
Secretary to the Senate House Syndicate |
| Covering Dates |
1988–2005 |
| Extent and Medium |
3.5 linear metres; paper |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Archives |
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| Content and context |
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The Senate House Syndicate is the body responsible for organising the Congregations at which honorary degrees are conferred, once the Advisory Committee on Honorary Degrees has chosen the honorands and their awards have been graced.
The papers include, variously: copy minutes of the Standing Advisory Committee on Honorary Degrees; correspondence in support of candidates; correspondence relating to arrangements for the Congregations at which the degrees are conferred and such associated events as lunches, visits and entertainments, lists of invitees, press releases, drafts of orations and orders of proceedings, guides for officiating staff, Secretary's concluding evaluation reports.
Degr.H.3-16 were transferred to the University Archives from the Vice-Chancellor's Office on 11 Apr. 2000 ; 17-25 from the same source on 7 Nov. 2003; 26 from Mr Peter Bowyer, usher, on 4 July 2002; 27 from the Vice-Chancellor's Office on 1 July 2005; 23A from the same source on 8 Sept. 2008. There are no accession details for Deg.H.1-2A.
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This material is closed to scholars for 10 years from the date of creation as a condition of transfer.
Please cite as Cambridge University Archives, Papers relating to honorary degree ceremonies, Degr.H.
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| Further information |
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See also among the University Archives: R394 - Registry files of correspondence, etc. re arrangements; O.IX: Bedells' papers; O.VIII: Orations; Degr.M.13, etc: honorands proposed.
The online catalogue for Janus was completed in January and emended in August 2006 and December 2008.
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| Index Terms |
| Degrees |
| Academic Rites and Ceremonies |
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Degr.H.1
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Papers for the ceremony on 7 July 1988. Honorary degrees were conferred on the King and Queen of Spain.
5 items in envelope. |
June 1988-July 1988 |
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Degr.H.1A
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Papers for the ceremony on 15 June 1989. Honorary degrees were conferred on Martin Hengel, James Peter Hymers Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Rt. Hon. Sue Baroness Ryder of Warsaw, Herchel Smith, Stephen William Hawking, Richard Charles Cobb and Jessye Norman.
2 folders of loose papers formerly on lever arch file. |
Dec. 1988-June 1989 |
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Degr.H.1B
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Papers for the ceremony on 14 June 1990. Honorary degrees were conferred on David Stuart Sheppard, Derek Harford Warlock, Sir Robin Brunskill Cooke, Mrs Helen Suzman, Sir Charles William Oatley, Francis Leonard Baron Tombs of Brailes and George Michel Claude Duby. Sir John Gielgud was absent.
2 folders of loose papers formerly on lever arch file. |
Oct. 1989-July 1990 |
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Degr.H.2
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Papers for the ceremony on 13 June 1991. Honorary degrees were conferred on Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Lionel Alexander Bethune Alastair Pilkington, Mary Robinson, Dorothy Enid Cole Wedderburn, Paul Erdos, Pierre Gilles de Gennes, Alec Guinness, Stefan Heym, John Leslie Martin.
3 envelopes of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
May 1991-June 1991 |
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Degr.H.2A
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Papers for the ceremony on 12 June 1992. Honorary degrees were conferred on John Richard Grenfell Bradfield, Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Sir Godfrey Newbold Housfield, Jacques Derrida, Nadine Gordimer, Dame Ninette de Valois and Charles Rosen.
2 folders of loose papers formerly on lever arch file. |
Oct. 1991-June 1992 |
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Degr.H.3
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Papers for the ceremony on 10 June 1993, part I. Honorary degrees were conferred on Jonathan Sacks, Philip Grierson, Robert Yewdall Jennings, David Kwok Po Li, George Porter, Elizabeth Harvey Turner-Warwick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkes.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
Oct. 1992-May 1993 |
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Degr.H.4
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Papers for the ceremony on 10 June 1993, part 2.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
Feb. 1993-June 1993 |
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Degr.H.5
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Papers for the ceremony on 10 June 1993, part 3.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
Mar. 1993-Aug. 1993 |
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Degr.H.6
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Papers for the ceremony on 24 July 1993, part 1. An honorary degree was conferred on Shanka Dayal Sharma, President of India.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
June 1993-July 1993 |
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Degr.H.7
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Papers for the ceremony on 24 July 1993, part 2.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
June 1993-Aug. 1993 |
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Degr.H.8
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Papers for the ceremony on 9 June 1994, part 1. Honorary degrees were conferred on Robert Henry Alexander Eames, Betty Boothroyd, George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury, Jocelyn Edward Salis, Richard von Weizacker, Douglas Andrew Kilgour Block, Nevill Francis Mott, Margaret Natalie Cross Smith and Claudio Abbado.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
Oct. 1993-Feb. 1994 |
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Degr.H.9
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Papers for the ceremony on 9 June 1994, part 2.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
Jan. 1994-May 1994 |
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Degr.H.10
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Papers for the ceremony on 9 June 1994, part 3.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
Mar. 1994-June 1994 |
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Degr.H.11
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Papers for the ceremony on 15 June 1995, part 1. Honorary degrees were conferred on Paul Judge, Lord Oliver of Aylmerton, Jacques Friedel, Shiela Sherlock, Noam Chomsky, Bridget Riley, Keith Thomas and Glanville Williams.
2 envelopes of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
Apr. 1994-Mar. 1995 |
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Degr.H.12
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Papers for the ceremony on 15 June 1995, part 2.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
Apr. 1995-May 1995 |
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Degr.H.13
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Papers for the ceremony on 15 June 1995, part 3.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
June 1995 |
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Degr.H.14
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Papers for the ceremony on 26 June 1996, part 1. Honorary degrees were conferred on Anthony of Sourozh, Alan Howard Cottrell, Rosalyn Higgins, Arthur Gregory George Marshall, Hamish Walter Hyslop Maxwell, Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Anthony Hewish, Jonathan Wolfe Miller and Winton Basil Dean.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
Nov. 1995-Apr. 1996 |
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Degr.H.15
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Papers for the ceremony on 26 June 1996, part 2.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
Mar. 1996-June 1996 |
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Degr.H.16
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Papers for the ceremony on 10 July 1996. An honorary degree was conferred on Nelson Mandela at Buckingham House.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on lever arch file. |
Nov. 1994-July 1996 |
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Degr.H.17
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Papers for the ceremony on 8 July 1997, part I. Honorary degrees were conferred on Wolfhart Ulrich Pannenberg, John Cowdrey Kendrew, David John Sainsbury, Peter Murray Taylor, David Glyndwr Tudor Williams, Ray Milton Dolby, Clifford Geertz, Helen Hennessy Vendler and Kiri Te Kanawa.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on file. |
Mar. 1995-Apr. 1997 |
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Degr.H.18
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Papers for the ceremony on 8 July 1997, part 2.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on file. |
Apr. 1997-July 1997 |
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Degr.H.19
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Papers for the ceremony on 4 Dec. 1997. An honorary degree was conferred on Fernando Cardoso, President of Brazil. Includes souvenir booklet produced by the Brazilian Embassy to record the President's state visit to UK, 2-5 Dec. 1997.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on file. |
Oct. 1996-Dec. 1997 |
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Degr.H.20
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Papers for the ceremony on 24 June 1998, part 1. Honorary degrees were conferred on Aung San Suu Kyi, Helmut Kohl, Barbara Castle, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Aaron Klug, Natalie Zemon Davis, Anne McLaren, William Wade and Raymond Sackler.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on file. |
Jan. 1997-Mar. 1998 |
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Degr.H.21
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Papers for the ceremony on 24 June 1998, part 2.
2 envelopes of loose papers, formerly on file. |
Mar. 1998-July 1998 |
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Degr.H.22
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Papers for the ceremony on 29 June 1999, part 1. Honorary degrees were conferred on Desmond Tutu, Li Ka-Shing, Sadako Ogata, Miriam Louise Rothschild, Cesar Milstein, Gordon Moore, Antonia Susan Byatt, Jurgen Habermass and Colin Alexander St John Wilson.
2 envelopes of loose papers, formerly on file. |
July 1998-May 1999 |
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Degr.H.23
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Papers for the ceremony on 29 June 1999, part 2.
1 envelope of loose papers, formerly on file. |
May 1999-July 1999 |
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Degr.H.23A
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Papers for the ceremony on 13 July 2000. Honorary degrees were conferred on Peter Michael Beckwith, Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Edward Alan John George, Brenda Milner, Elias James Corey, Gurdev Singh Khush, Denis Rooke, Tom Stoppard and Alexander Geohr.
3 envelopes of loose papers, formerly on file. |
May 1999-Oct. 2000 |
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Degr.H.24
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Papers for the ceremony on 15 June 2001. Honorary degrees were conferred on Margaret Atwood, Sydney Brenner, Robert Edwards, Samuel Frederick Edwards, Michael Frayn, David Kellogg Lewis, John Anthony Pope and Mamphele Ramphele.
2 envelopes of loose papers, formerly on file. |
May 2000-June 2001 |
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Degr.H.25
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Papers for the ceremony on 5 Dec. 2001. An honorary degree was conferred on Kim Dae-Jung, President of Korea.
2 envelopes of loose papers, formerly on file. |
June 2001-Dec. 2001 |
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Degr.H.26
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Guide for staff officiating at ceremony on 24 June 2002. Honorary degrees were conferred on Harry Kenneth, Baron Woolf of Barnes; Rhoda Mary Dorsey; Mary Brenda Hesse; Richard Timothy Hunt; Marjorie McCallum Chibnall; Bernard Arthur Owen Williams.
1 booklet. |
June 2002 |
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Degr.H.27
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Ceremonial and operational handbooks for those participating in and officiating during the visit of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Chancellor, to confer honorary degrees on 22 June. Honorary degrees were conferred on Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond; Sir Brian Urquart; Louis Cha; Professor Carl Djerassi; David Crystal and Sir David Hare. The Chancellor was in Cambridge 21-22 June.
2 items. |
June 2005 |
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