Janus: Vice-Chancellor's correspondence and related material

University/VCCorr contains:
VCCorr.I-VI	Correspondence of John Power, Vice-Chancellor 1870, 1871, 1878
VCCorr.VII	Correspondence of Richard Okes, Vice-Chancellor 1851-2
VCCorr.VIII	Correspondence of George Arthur Weekes, Vice-Chancellor 1926-7; with random additions of later date
VCCorr.IX	Correspondence of William Chawner, Vice-Chancellor 1899-1901
VCCorr.X	Papers of Sir Herbert Butterfield, Vice-Chancellor 1959-61
VCCorr.XI	Correspondence of Alexander Hill, Vice-Chancellor 1897-9
VCCorr.XII	Papers of Peter Giles, Vice-Chancellor 1919-20; and other items
VCCorr.XIII	Correspondence of Thomas Crosse, Vice-Chancellor 1720-2
VCCorr.XIV	Papers of Owen Chadwick, Vice-Chancellor 1969-71
VCCorr.XV	Correspondence of Professor Alec Broers, Vice-Chancellor 1996-2003, on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
VCCorr.XVI	Correspondence of Professor Sir David Williams, Vice-Chancellor 1989-96

Vice-Chancellor's correspondence and related material

Title	Correspondence of William Chawner, Vice-Chancellor 1899-1901
Reference	VCCorr.IX
Covering Dates	1900–1904
Extent and Medium	5 bundles; paper

Content and context

VCCorr.IX.1-4 were presented to the University Archives as a gift from Emmanuel College; transmitted by Dr Peter Hunter Blair, 19 April 1979; 5-6 were presented by Dr John Pickles, Registry, Easter 1998.

University/VCCorr.IX contains:

VCCorr.IX.1

Letters, plans, estimates and rough accounts, labelled 'Law Library, Sedgwick Museum, Geological Museum, 1901-4'.
1 bundle.

2 Jan. 1900-Dec. 1904

VCCorr.IX.2

Sedgwick Museum papers. Comprise:- letters, vouchers, draft accounts and draft syndicate minutes concerning museum fittings. Writers are: T.G. Jackson, A.T. Rickarby, R. Edmunds.
20 items.

19 Dec. 1902–6 June 1903

VCCorr.IX.3

Sedgwick Museum and Law Library: papers relating to flues and pipes. Comprise:- letters; copy of note on ventilation (UA VCCorr.IX.1/60); summary of payments. Writers are: T.G. Jackson, McKenny Hughes, F. Whitting, W.H. Macaulay, F.H. Chase (Vice-Chancellor), J.B. Lock.
17 items.

2 Nov. 1903–15 May 1904

VCCorr.IX.4a

Headmasters' answers and correspondence relating to Greek and 'Little Go'. Comprise:- envelope of replies, mostly on printed forms, to a circular letter asking for views of the abolition of the Greek requirement; considerable detailed comment in some cases. Addressed to Chawner as Chairman of the Syndicate.
86 items.

Oct. 1904

VCCorr.IX.4b

Headmasters' answers and correspondence relating to Greek.
48 items.

25 May 1903–17 Nov. 1904

VCCorr.IX.5

Correspondence relating to the lectureship in Russian. Comprise:- postcard from the Vice-Chancellor to A.W.W. Dale, Trinity Hall, 4 June 1899; 2 letters from P. Kropotkin to 'Mr Shipley', 25 and 29 Jan. 1900.
3 items.

1899–1900

VCCorr.IX.6

Letter from the town of Nelahozeves, near Prague, inviting the University to attend a feast and concert in honour of Anton Dvorak on 6 Sept. 1901.
1 item.

25 Aug. 1901