Janus: Records of the Isaac Newton University Lodge

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SOC.100	Records of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society, and predecessors
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SOC.102	Records of the Cambridge University Scout and Guide Club, and predecessor Cambridge University Rover Scout Troop
SOC.103	Records of the Cambridge University Cruising Club
SOC.104	Records of the Cambridge University Jewish Society, and predecessor and associated bodies
SOC.105	Records of the Isaac Newton University Lodge
SOC.106.1	Registers of meetings of the Modern British History Graduate Seminar
SOC.107	Records of Cambridge University Youth Hostels Association Group
SOC.108	Poster issued by the spoof CUA-IS [? Cambridge University Anti-Infatuation Society] warning against romantic liaisons
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Records of the Isaac Newton University Lodge

Title	Records of the Isaac Newton University Lodge
Reference	GBR/0265/SOC.105
Creator	Isaac Newton University Lodge
Covering Dates	1861–2012
Extent and Medium	1 metre; paper; The bindings of the volumes, especially on the fore edge and lower edges, are heavily worn.
Repository	Cambridge University Archives

Content and context

The lodge was founded on 21 May 1861 to carry out masonic activities. It is a lodge in the Cambridgeshire province of the United Grand Lodge of England. It was initially assigned the lodge number 1161 but from 17 October 1863 became lodge 859. The normal qualifying age of 21 years is waived by dispensation of the Provincial Grandmaster thus allowing the initiation of undergraduate members many of whom would otherwise be too young. The membership is entirely male. Further information about the lodge is on its website at: www.inul.org. For further historical information, see anniversary history of the lodge by J. Whitehead (catalogued as SOC.105.11 below) and Michael Farrow 'Cambridge Freemasonry' in Cambridge. The magazine of the Cambridge Society No.58, mid year 2006, pp.28-30.

The records (SOC.105-1-10) were transferred to the University Archives on permanent loan by Mr J. Whitehead (as Trustee of Isaac Newton University Lodge) on 10 July 2008. SOC.105.11 was presented to the University Archives by Mr Whitehead on 28 November 2012.

Access and Use

Records containing both names and home addresses are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation, under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.

Please cite as Cambridge University Archives, Records of the Isaac Newton University Lodge, SOC.105

Further information

A copy of the lodge by-laws, circa 1925, is to be found amongst the papers of Arthur Roy Clapham held at Sheffield University Library (reference: NCUACS 89.2.00/A.4).

Lodge menu cards for dinners held 1887-98 are to be found in albums compiled by L. Goodall held by the library of St John's College, Cambridge (reference: U.43).

The online catalogue for Janus was completed in September 2008 and emended in January 2013.

Index Terms

University of Cambridge. Isaac Newton University Lodge

University/SOC.105 contains:

SOC.105.1

Minutes of annual, regular and emergency meetings, signed.
5 volumes; paper.

1861–1990

SOC.105.2

Agenda papers.
4 items; paper; These papers are fragile. They are fold damaged, there are edge tears and some minor losses through insect damage..

24 Feb. 1896–19 Apr. 1897

SOC.105.3

End of year lodge accounts, 1989; together with a provincial annual report and statement of accounts, 1970. There is a trustees account, a benevolent fund account, and a general lodge account, all dated 10 October 1989.
1 folder; paper.

Apr. 1970–10 Oct. 1989

SOC.105.4

Declarations of candidates for initiation, signed.
3 volumes; paper.

1928–1986

SOC.105.5

Address book, mid 1950s-early 1960s; together with statistics of initiates arranged by year and by college, 1957. In addition to recording home and college addresses the volume has been used to record information such as seniority within the lodge, year of initiation and membership of other lodges.
1 ring binder now 1 folder; paper; The paper is foxed..

1955–1962

SOC.105.6

1930–1992

SOC.105.7

Menu cards and toast lists of anniversary dinners, including the centenary dinner held 30 June 1961. This is an incomplete set. A centenary meeting agenda paper issued 2 June 1961 is enclosed in the centenary dinner card.
22 items; paper.

1950–1993

SOC.105.8

Correspondence, ephemera and papers, accumulated by lodge member James Freeland Barnes (Trinity College) partly in his capacity as a Junior Deacon. The majority of the letters are concerned either with the meetings of appendant bodies (e.g. the Euclid Royal Arch Chapter, Mark Master Masons, the Royal Select and Super Excellent Masters) or with finding candidates for degrees within the Rose Croix or Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. There are also Life Governor and Vice Patron certificates for the Royal Masonic Hospital, 1952 and 1963.
1 folder; paper.

1936–1963

SOC.105.9

Certificates of masonic degrees awarded to Stanley Collin Aston under the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Heredom Knight Kadosh, and under the United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders. The degrees are Prince Rose Croix, 22 February 1949; Knight Kadosh, 31 October 1961; and Knight of St John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta, 4 February 1985.
3 items; paper.

1949–1985

SOC.105.10

Address given by John C. Stebbings to The Old Masonians Lodge entitled ''Masonic welfare''.
1 item; paper.

1974

SOC.105.11

History of the lodge entitled Isaac Newton University Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons No.859 Cambridge 1861-2011 (2012).
Creator: Whitehead, J.
1 booklet.

2012