Janus: Archives of the Department of Geology and the Woodwardian and Sedgwick Museums

University/GEOL contains:
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4	Papers relating to memorials to Sedgwick, other than the Museum
5	Further Woodwardian Museum papers
6	Sedgwick Memorial Museum circulars, flysheets and letters
7	Sedgwick Memorial Committee papers
8	Geological Museum Syndicate papers
9	Hughes Papers
10	Papers headed 'Respecting Downing Site'
11	Papers headed 'Correspondence with architects and others respecting plans'
12	Papers relating to the inception, plans and site of the Sedgwick Museum
13	Sedgwick Museum final accounts
14	Papers relating to transfer to, operations of and alterations to the Sedgwick Museum
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Archives of the Department of Geology and the Woodwardian and Sedgwick Museums

Title	Hughes Papers
Reference	GEOL 9
Creator	Hughes, Professor Thomas McKenny
Covering Dates	1830–1915
Extent and Medium	5 boxes; Paper

Content and context

Papers of Professor T. Mckenny Hughes, transferred among the records of the Department

Originally in two large packets labelled unsorted, some traces of an original order did survive in some instances: the series headed Alienation, for example, was all contained in one cardboard folder. Original groupings have been preserved throughout, occasionally at the cost of overall consistency.

Index Terms

Administration

Geology

Science Museums

University/GEOL 9 contains:

*1-12

Reports, flysheets and discussions papers.
Creator: Hughes, Professor Thomas McKenny.
13 bundles in envelopes; Paper.

1873–1903

13-26

Bundle entitled 'Alienation 1900-1902'.
104 items; Paper.

1900–1902

27-9

Letters and Sedgwick Memorial Building Syndicate report.
7 items; Paper.

1900–1903

30-2

Papers relating to reports of Joint Boards of Studies.
40 items; Paper.

1888

33-41

Correspondence.
Creator: Hughes, Professor Thomas McKenny.
173 items; Paper.

1887–1902

42-57

Estimates and specifications for the fittings of the Sedgwick Memorial Museum.
151 items; Paper.

1875–1903

Plan of ground between Sedgwick Memorial Museum and Tennis Court Road; with covering note by Robert Edwards. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet.
1 item (105 x 103 cm); Paper.

1899

Two cartoons. One shows a Council meeting discussing uses for Latham's bequest, the other is headed 'The General Board on the prowl'.
Creator: Hughes, Professor Thomas McKenny.
2 sheets; Paper.

1899

60-7

Printed papers.
14 items; Paper.

1889–1902

Bundle headed 'Descriptions and plans of other museums'. Contents cover: Oxford, Imperial and Colonial, Nottingham Educational Buildings, Warrington, South Kensington (with plans), Liverpool, America and Canada, Dublin, Chester, Milwaukee, Manchester; also, Geological Society of London, Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society, The Museums of the Future by G. Brown Goode (Smithsonian Institute).
14 items; Paper.

1860–1895

Papers relating to the statue of Adam Sedgwick.
24 items; Paper.

1899–1902

Correspondence and cash receipt book. Relate to the excavation of the Roman villa at Swaffham, funded by the Cambridge Exploration Fund.
9 items; Paper.

1893–1894

71-82

Assorted papers.
Creator: Board of Agricultural Studies.
94 items; Paper.

1903–1915

83-7

Assorted papers relating to the work of the Forestry Committee.
Creator: Forestry Committee.
41 items; Paper.

1886–1915

Papers relating to the preparation of his book The Life and Letters of Adam Sedgwick (1890). Include letters on fossils addressed to Adam Sedgwick, 1830, 1835.
Creator: Hughes, Thomas McKenny.
1 bundle in envelope; paper.

1830–1890