Janus: Records of the Cambridge University Cruising Club

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Records of the Cambridge University Cruising Club

Title	Records of the Cambridge University Cruising Club
Reference	GBR/0265/SOC.103 (former reference: Ms.Add.8896)
Creator	Cambridge University Cruising Club
Covering Dates	1874–2011 (predominantly 1950s-1970s)
Extent and Medium	6.5 metres; paper, photograph; Many of the items are in poor condition. They have accumulated a considerable amount of surface dirt and have become discoloured by soot.
Repository	Cambridge University Archives

Content and context

The club was founded on the 20 May 1893 ''to encourage amateur sailing, cruising and racing, to provide members with opportunities for instruction in nautical matters, and to promote discussion thereof''. At various stages, it has arranged Varsity matches; Cuppers competitions; inland regattas; marine meetings; annual dinners; and balls. The club had rooms at 12 Rams Yard in the 1930s-50s, and at 5 Falcon Yard in the 1970s; while its fleet was kept at Ely (1930s), St Ives (1960s and 70s), Milton Pit (1980s), and Grafham Water (late 1980s-90s). Cambridge University Women's Sailing Club was absorbed by the club in the 1970s. By 2008 C.U.Cr.C. had officially divided into four sub sections: Casual Dinghy, Team Dinghy, Yachting, and Windsurfing. Naval officer and author Henry Mangles Denham (Magdalene College), and the physiologists Richard Hume Adrian, second Baron Adrian (Trinity College), Sir Joseph Barcroft (King's College), and Sir Bryan Harold Cabot Matthews (King's College) were all early members. Further information about the club's activities is on its website: http://www.cucrc.org/.

The records were transferred to the University Archives from the Manuscripts Department on 31 July 2008. They had been deposited by Richard Henry Tizard (Churchill College) on behalf of C.U.Cr.C. with the Manuscripts Department on 19 May 1987 and had been given the classmark Ms.Add.8896. SOC.103.5.4.1, 3-5, 7-10, 12-16 and SOC.103.7 was deposited with the University Archives by David Knight via Peter Bunch on behalf of the C.U.Cr.C. on 13 June 2008. Parts of SOC.103.5.5.3 were donated by Mrs M. Farrar (on behalf of Trinity Hall archives) to the University Archives on 10 September 2008. SOC.103.2.14 (addnl) and 103.4.6 and were donated to the University Archives by Mr M. Hayles on 14 December 2011.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Archives, Records of the Cambridge University Cruising Club, SOC.103

Further information

A letter from Joseph Needham to the C.U.Cr.C. is amongst his personal papers held at Cambridge University Library on behalf of the Needham Research Institute (reference: NRI2/1/1/6).

The online catalogue entry for Janus was completed in August 2008 and emended in September 2008 and December 2011.

Index Terms

Clubs

Sailing

Sailing Clubs

Cambridge University Cruising Club

University/SOC.103 contains:

SOC.103.1

Governance records.
6 volumes, 5 folders; paper.

1898–1986

SOC.103.2

Administrative records.
16 folders; paper, photograph.