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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/F/32-36
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Papers of Albert, Prince Consort, about the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford
Date	1847-1861
Description	Correspondence, memoranda and reports, relating mainly to the University of Cambridge, of which Prince Albert was Chancellor. Filed together in one volume are the papers relating to the contentious contested election against the Earl of Powis for the role in February 1847. Also included are arrangements for Prince Albert’s inauguration including the commissioning of an ode by William Wordsworth. The remaining five volumes contain the Prince's papers relating to the appointment of the Royal Commission to inquire into the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in 1850 and the subsequent reforms to governance, funding and the curriculum as well as administrative matters relating to appointments and awards.
Language	English
Extent	5 folders, 1 book box
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Digitisation Notes	These papers are available online within 'Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy'
Level	Sub-series

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