Cambridge University Swimming Club: Papers 1866-1991

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Cambridge University Swimming Club: Papers 1866-1991

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb12-ms.add.8088

2 boxes, 5 mounted photographs

Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6281840

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Cambridge University Swimming Club

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s90h99 (corporateBody)

The club was founded in 1855. Training took place at first in the River Cam at the University Bathing Sheds at Grantchester Meadows. The club entered galas held against London swimming clubs and competed in inter-collegiate competitions. The events involved distances ranging from 30 yards to a quarter of a mile, and included plunging, steeplechase, a race in clothes and water polo. The first men's water polo Varsity Match was held in 1891 and the first men's swimming Varsity Match in the followi...

University of Cambridge.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r24w7r (corporateBody)

Harvard University celebrated its 250th anniversary in 1886. Many institutions of higher education, governments, and individuals sent greetings and congratulations to commemorate the occasion. This seal accompanied greetings from the University of Cambridge, England, to the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From the description of Sigillum coe cancellarii mror et scholariu Universitat Cantebrigie, 1886. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509847 The University...