Janus: Attendance book for meetings of the Ambarum

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Attendance book for meetings of the Ambarum

Title	Attendance book for meetings of the Ambarum
Reference	GBR/0265/SOC.42.1 (former reference: Ms.Add.6367)
Creator	Ambarum
Covering Dates	27 Apr. 1903–10 Nov. 1911
Extent and Medium	1 volume; paper; The spine is missing and text block is a little loose.
Repository	Cambridge University Archives

Content and context

This group appears to be a [? dining] club consisting of senior members from Cambridge University and Oxford University. It met twice yearly on the second Sunday in May and first Saturday in November. Meetings were held in both Oxford and Cambridge.

The volume comprises society membership lists (front and rear) which are annotated with term and home address, committee positions held and dates of death; and, in the main part of the volume, records meetings of the group. Each entry details the date and location of meeting, the names of those in attendance and gives what may be a score for an unidentified game played between opposing teams from each of the universities.

This item was transferred to the University Archives from the Manuscripts Department on 28 September 2007. It had been deposited by Sir A.E. Shipley K.B.E., Christ's College, with the Manuscripts Department on 3 October 1922 and had been given the classmark Ms.Add.6367.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Archives, Attendance book for meetings of the Ambarum, SOC.42.1

Further information

See also three copy letters in the Cambridge University Library Manuscripts Department which have the classmark Ms.Add.4251 (1289-1291). These are from A.E. Shipley, Master of Christ's College, concerning the last meetings of the Ambarum, its demise and the transfer of SOC.42.1 to the University Library. Associated Ambarum minutes 1880-1917 are held at the University of Oxford, Bodleian Library and are referenced MSS. Top. Oxon. e. 230-1.

The online catalogue entry for Janus was completed in October 2007.

Index Terms

Dinners and Dining

Clubs

Oxford

University of Cambridge. Ambarum

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