Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJCL/4/1/7
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Title
Date(s)
- 1892 - 1990 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 file; paper
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Menu card 1928 donated by the family of Basil Walter Vincent in 2021.
Menu card 1952 is believed to have been donated by either Alick Bartholomew or John Hyatt.
Menu card 1953 donated by John Mounsey (2022)
Menu card 1958 was donated by Sue McLaren (2016).
Menu cards 1948, 1965 and 1967 were donated by John Leake (2018).
Menu card 1963 was donated by Dr. Peter Linehan (2014).
Menu card 1980 was donated by Frank Wilson (2009).
Menu card 1981 was donated by Gilbert Dunlop (2010).
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Menu cards for 1892, 1894, 1895, 1898, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981 and 1990.
Menu card 1928 with some signatures in pencil; menu card 1952 signed by Alick Bartholomew, John Hyatt and their guests; menu card 1953 signed by John Mounsey and friends. Menu card 1950 is also heavily signed and contains a loose-leaf, unsigned Cambridge-themed Christmas card
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
To view the menu card for the 1898 Ball, see Album 25/24-27, held in the Special Collections of the St. John's College Library.
To view the printed ball supper menu card for 1921, see Winch/1/1/34, also held in the Special Collections of the St. John's College Library.