Janus: Administrative records

King's/KC/KCAR contains:
1	Provost
2	Vice-Provost
3	Bursars
4	Financial records
5	Catering and conferences
6	Estates
7	College site
8	Chapel and Choir
9	King's College School
10	Appeals, Development Office
11	Links to other institutions
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Administrative records

Title	College site
Reference	KCAR/7
Covering Dates	1425–2007

Content and context

Documents relating to various locations owned by the College in Cambridge, both as part of the College site and further afield. This section also includes properties not owned by the College, but in which the College has an interest. The files include correspondence, surveys and plans, general maintenance papers and other material regarding property transactions and development, organised by location. Earlier records relating to these areas and properties in Cambridge have been filed by type of document in the Estates Records series for Cambridge, e.g. see KCAR/6/2/27/3 Title Deeds and KCAR/6/2/27/4 Leases. The Chapel documents are listed separately in KCAR/8.

Further information

'The architectural drawings collection of King's College, Cambridge' by Allan Doig (1979, Avebury)

'King's College A Short History' by John Saltmarsh (1958)

'A Century of King's, 1873-1972' by L P Wilkinson (1980, CUP)

'The architectural history of the University of Cambridge and the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton' by Robert Willis and John Willis Clark (1886, CUP) (4 volumes)

See also the KCPH section for photographs of College buildings.

See also KCHR/3/1/16 - documents relating to the original College site.

King's/KC/KCAR/7 contains:

BRR

Bar.

BAT

Barton Road.
5 files.

1891–1988

BNT

Bene't Street.
4 files.

1934–1999

BOD

Bodley's Building and Court.
11 files and c. 95 items.

1876–1989

CAI

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
3 sheets; paper.

1937

CHC

Christ's College, Cambridge.
1 sheet; paper.

CLA

Clare College, Cambridge.
paper.

1439–1878

CMR

Composite locations.
26 files, 13 volumes, 2 bundles and c. 561 items.

1445–2002

COC

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
paper.

c. 1425-c. 1475

CRO

Croft Gardens.
5 files and 4 items.

1939–1992

CSH

Choir School.
17 files, 1 volume and c. 126 items.

1877–1996

CUL

Cambridge University Library and Old Schools site.
2 files and 11 items; paper.

1786–1992

DOW

Downing College, Cambridge.
8 items; paper.

1925–1947

FAW

Fawcett's Building.
1 file and 1 item; paper.

1883–1884

FRO

Front Courtyard.
3 files and 19 items.

1720–1950

FTZ

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
2 sheets; paper.

1920–1935

GAR

Garden Hostel and West Road.
20 files and c.251 items.

1775–2005

GDS

Gardens, back lawn, College bridges, paths and the Backs.
11 files and c. 55 items.

1627–2002

GIB

Gibbs Building.
7 files, 2 volumes and c. 210 items.

1714-c. 2000

GRR

Grantchester Road.
2 files and 2 items.

1951–1967

GRS

Grasshopper Lodge and Cranmer Road.
2 files and 57 items.

1927–1984

JEC

Jesus College, Cambridge.
2 items; paper.

1518

KEN

Kennedy's Building.
1 item.

1938

KEY

Keynes Building.
1 box, 1 bundle, 4 rolls of plans, 2 files and five items.

1966–1991

KIL

King's Lane.

1772–2003

KIP

King's Parade.
26 files and 65 items.

1742–2001

KIT

Kitchen.
3 files and 37 items.

1891–1968

LIB

Library.
12 files and 34 items.

1900–1994

LOR

Long Road.
1 item; paper.

1956

MAG

Magdalene College, Cambridge.
1 item; paper.

1943

MAR

Market area: Peas Hill (including Arts Theatre), Market Hostel, Market Hill, St Edward's Passage, St Mary's Passage and Spalding Hostel.
26 files, 1 volume and c. 400 items.

1756–2001

MLR

Millington Road.
5 files and c. 145 items.

1914–1999

NEW

Newnham Terrace.
6 files and 6 items.

1950–1971

OCT

Old Court.
3 files and 7 items; paper.

1775–1904

OXF

Oxford Colleges.
4 items; paper.