Janus: Plans and other visual material, chiefly of University property; with related buildings records

University/P contains:
P.I	Plans, maps and engraving of Cambridge
P.II	Plans of the Sedgwick Museum (for Geology), Downing Street; with several items relating to the proposed building for Agriculture
P.III	Plans of the Botanical Laboratory, Main Building
P.IV	Plans of the Archaeological Museum
P.V	Plan of Downing Site and new sewer
P.VI	Plans and drawing of the Forestry School
P.VII	Plans of the School of Pathology
P.VIII	Photographs [possibly made in 1960s] of plans illustrating the development of the Downing and New Museum Sites, 1574-1936
P.IX	Photostat copies of preliminary plans for Veterinary Anatomy Laboratory
P.X	Plans of the Engineering Laboratories and workshops
P.XI	Plans of the Cavendish Laboratory
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Plans and other visual material, chiefly of University property; with related buildings records

Title	Plans of the Sedgwick Museum (for Geology), Downing Street; with several items relating to the proposed building for Agriculture
Reference	P.II
Covering Dates	1875–1948
Extent and Medium	ca 260 items; paper

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Museum Buildings

University/P.II contains:

P.II.1

Rough plan of the Downing Site. Shows proposed alterations (coloured yellow) and new buildings (coloured red), including proposed Sedgwick Museum, with notes, signed A.N., including a list of the requirements of the Woodwardian Professor taken from Cambridge University Reporter for 3 November, 1874, p. 65. Scale: c. 1 inch to 16 feet.
Creator: 'A.N.'.
1 item (673 x 571).

Feb. 1875

P.II.2-7

Elevations and plans of the Sedgwick Museum, not as built.

1884–1895

P.II.8-15, 40-8

Printed plans of 'Old Botanical Garden Site, showing the new buildings erected thereon and other property belonging to the University'.

1885–1903

P.II.16-22

Plans of proposed Sedgwick Museum, not as built.

1880–1900

P.II.23

Rough sketch showing Chemistry, Zoology and Pathology Lecture Rooms. The sketch is not to scale. Unsigned.
1 item (210 x 336).

1890–1899

P.II.24

Coloured front elevation of Sedgwick Museum. Shows breadth of bays and proportions of whole of Chemistry Laboratory, etc., as proposed by Syndicate. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. Unsigned.
1 item (425 x 1219).

1890–1899

P.II.25

First sketch showing plan of second floor, occupying whole frontage, not as built. On dorse is written: 'Plans (Prof. T. McK. H.) of arrangement of rooms.' Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet.
Creator: Hughes, Professor Thomas McKenny.
1 item (502 x 876).

1890–1899

P.II.26

First sketch showing plan of first floor, occupying whole frontage, not as built. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. Unsigned.
1 item (419 x 927).

1890–1899

P.II.27

View of Squire Law Library, Downing Site. The Library was adjacent to the Sedgwick Museum. This is a copy of the view reprinted from The Builder, 12 May 1900.
Creator: Jackson, Thomas G.
1 item (375 x 508).

1 Jan. 1900

P.II.28

Elevation cut into two parts, a and b. Comprise:- (a) Frontal elevation showing proposed Sedgwick Museum; (b) Frontal elevation showing Squire Law Library, Law School and Archaeological Museum (with dyeline reproduction). Scale for both parts: c. 1/8 inch to 1 foot.
Creator: Jackson, Thomas G.
2 items (a: 508 x 578; b: 419 x 698).

7 May 1900

P.II.28*

Photocopy of section of North wing showing fireproof floor construction and iron trusses of roof, superceded. Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet. With note by Thomas G. Jackson, 3 May 1899.
Creator: 'W.H.'.
1 item (1004 x 635).

25 Mar. 1899–3 May 1899

P.II.29

'Proposed new buildings for the University of Cambridge'. Block plan showing Sedgwick Museum, Botanical and Archaeological Museums, Squire Law Library and Law School. Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet.
Creator: Jackson, Thomas G.
1 item (762 x 1016).

1890–1900

P.II.30-1

Long elevation plans cut into parts.
Creator: Jackson, Thomas G.
6 items.

1901

P.II.32-9

Floor, section, block and elevation plans.
Creator: Jackson, Thomas G.
8 items.

1902

P.II.49-51

Notes and plans concerning proposed buildings for Department of Agriculture.

1903

P.II.52-6

Plans for alterations to the Sedgwick Museum.
Creator: Harland, W.B.

1948

P.II.57

Copies of the journal Cambridge Graphic, with drawing of the Sedgwick Museum on page 11.
3 items.

17 Feb. 1900

P.II.58

Copy of Building News and Engineering Journal, with phototints of elevations (catalogued as UA P.II.30-1) on page 346.
1 item.

4 Mar. 1904

P.II.59

Assorted unlisted plans, mostly sketches of detail.
Creator: Jackson, Thomas G., architect.
ca 200 items; These plans are very brittle and currently unfit for production..

1902

P.II.60

Coloured plans of the Sedgwick Museum and adjoining Law School and Squire Law Library.
Creator: Jackson, Thomas G., architect.
43 plans, several backed with canvas, bound in a volume (720 x 530); Many plans have been trimmed and folded to fit inside volume and are no longer true rectangles; dimensions inexact..

1898–1904

P.II.61

Drainage plan of the Sedgwick Museum and Law buildings. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet.
Creator: Jackson, Thomas G., architect.
1 item (1290 x 735).

1 Feb. 1905

P.II.62

'Elevation of the present museum', annotated in the 1960s 'Cockerell Building'. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet.
1 sheet (490 x 885).

1880–1889

P.II.63a-b

Coloured drawings of wooden book cases [? for the Sedgwick Museum].
Creator: Johnstone and Jeanes.
2 items (740 x 535).

1900–1909