Sub-sub-sub-series 16 - Old Johnian Dinner / Dinner for Johnians

Identity area

Reference code

SJCR/SJAR/5/1/10/16

Unique identifier

GB 1859 SJCR/SJAR/5/1/10/16

Title

Old Johnian Dinner / Dinner for Johnians

Date(s)

  • 1901-2023 (Creation)

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Sub-sub-sub-series

Extent and medium

12 folders, paper

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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

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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

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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'.

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SDF

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Physical storage

  • Box: 139/COLLEGE
  • Box: 140/COLLEGE
  • Box: 144/COLLEGE
  • Box: 21/ESTATES
  • Map cabinet: 44/FOLDER E
  • Box: 107/COLLEGE
  • Map cabinet: 45/FOLDER E