Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJAR/5/1/10/16
Unique identifier
Title
Date(s)
- 1901-2023 (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-sub-series
Extent and medium
12 folders, paper
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
June 1939 menu donated by a descendant of Rebekah Frost, who worked at St John's
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes: guest lists, invitations, menus, reply cards, notices and seating plans; some years include photographs. Also includes menu and correspondence for Old Johnian Dinner held in Cairo in 1929.
No dinner held in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but there is an invitation for that year
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The files are arranged chronologically. The series is incomplete.
The items are stored in 5 boxes and 2 folders:
- 1901-1938: 21/ESTATES
- 1938-1963: 139/COLLEGE
- 1964-1992: 140/COLLEGE
- 1993-2014: 144/COLLEGE
- 2015-2022: 107/COLLEGE
- 2011 & 2013 photos: 44/FOLDER E
- 1996 photo: 45/FOLDER E
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
There are 2 Johnian Dinners, one held typically the Saturday following General Admission in the summer and a second in the autumn on the Saturday before Michaelmas Full Term.
Note
The dinner is also known as 'Dinner to Johnians'.