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History of France from Louis XII to Henri IV
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6756
Scope and Contents
Written in an early nineteenth century hand, and possibly a translation, 182 folios. Fos i, xi, 169, and the verso throughout are blank.
Dates:
1800 (Early 19th cent)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Italian History
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4438
Scope and Contents
'Delle historie memorabili contiene le Guerre d'Italia de' nostri tempi', possibly in the author's own hand.
Dates:
1656 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Letters of Edward Lyulph Stanley
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 232
Scope and Contents
Eight exercise books containing copies of letters, which were written by Stanley during a tour of Civil War America in 1864, undertaken in the period between his leaving Oxford and being called to the Bar. Most are addressed to his mother and sister, but were intended to be circulated and read together, providing a single picture. Stanley was very interested in examining the causes and course of the conflict from both the Union and Confederate perspectives, and secured introductions to...
Dates:
1864-03-12 - 1864-09-23
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this collection may only be consulted on microfilm reel MC88.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Letters regarding the Irish Rebellion of 1641-1644
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4246
Scope and Contents
Copies of letters of the Lords Justices of Ireland made at the expense of James Butler, Duke of Ormonde (see the note on fo. 178), 247 folios. On fos 229-236 are copies of further documents relating to Ireland, which are recopied in a later hand on fos 214-218, possibly by Henry St John. These documents include a letter from Elizabeth I to the Privy Council of Ireland; instructions of James I to Sir Oliver St John on his appointment as Lord Deputy of Ireland; letters from James I to the...
Dates:
1641-1644
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Mers-el-Kébir, 3 juillet 1940: Exposé chronologique du combat de Mers-el-Kébir, d'après les documents photographiques
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10389
Scope and Contents
Portfolio produced by A. Devauchelle issued in slipcase including dedicated compartments for 75 photographs (15 photographs of the site before the attack, 54 photographs of the attack, 6 photographs of the military funeral), a copy of 'Expose chronologique du combat de Mers-el-Kébir' (cover title: 'Mers-el-Kébir, 3 juillet 1940'), and a facsimile ("réimpression pour complément de collection") excerpt of issue 5085 of the journal "L'illustration", 24 August 1940, pages [453]-462, including...
Dates:
1980s?
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900-18.
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/TRAV
Scope and Contents
Annotated typescript.
Dates:
1986-08
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Charles Hamson
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9957
Scope and Contents
The collection principally consists of draft texts, offprints and correspondence relating to articles, lectures and broadcasts delivered by Hamson. Some correspondence, most of which concerns various honours and offices held, is also included, together with a small number of items relating to Hamson’s school and university education.
Dates:
1921 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for researchers using Cambridge University Library. Some items of personal correspondence have been closed.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Ian Jacob
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/JACB
Scope and Contents
The papers cover Jacob's adult life from his early army career, his work as Assistant Military Secretary to the War Cabinet and as Director General of the BBC, to his retirement where he remained active in many important public services. Also included are some Boer War papers which were kept by Jacob's father-in-law.
Dates:
1899 - 1993
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre