His Majesty's Stationery Office
Organization
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence on astronomical publications, 1955 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/330
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Her Majesty's Stationery Office and others, with related papers, regarding astronomical bulletins and publications and demands for Greenwich photoheliographic results. There are numerous requests from abroad for various publications.
Dates:
1955 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence on bindings, 1952 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/329
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Her Majesty's Stationery Office regarding bindings for books and other matters.
Dates:
1952 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence on foreign publications, 1952 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/328
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Her Majesty's Stationery Office and others regarding annual demands for foreign publications.
Dates:
1952 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence on Observatory publications, 1922 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/56
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Admiralty and His Majesty's Stationary Office regarding the printing of the Royal Observatory's publications; the supply of stationary, adding machines, etc., to the Observatory; waste paper; receipts; and particulars of the contract entered into by H.M. Stationary Office for printing, 1930 and 1937.
Dates:
1922 - 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence on Observatory publications, 1919 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/57
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to the storage of Royal Observatory publications, including correspondence with His Majesty's Stationary Office regarding the storage and disposal of surplus stocks of Observatory publications, 1929-1937, and correspondence with Yale University, 1919-1936, regarding the Observatory storing 200 copies of E.W. Brown's 'Tables of the Motion of the Moon' for Yale and concerning insurance for these copies.
Dates:
1919 - 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence on publications, 1964 - 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/731
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with various individuals and organisations concerning Royal Greenwich Observatory publications, including requests from overseas institutes for publications and correspondence with Her Majesty's Stationery Office concerning additions and deletions from the mailing list.
Dates:
1964 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence on stationery and printing, 1952 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/327
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Her Majesty's Stationery Office and others regarding stationery and printing.
Dates:
1952 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence on stationery and printing, 1956 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/343
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Her Majesty's Stationery Office and others regarding stationery and printing.
Dates:
1956 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence on the Cape Observatory and Survey, 1875 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 15/97
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the Cape Observatory and Survey, divided into eight sections:Official correspondence between G.B. Airy, E.J. Stone and the Admiralty, 28 March 1876 - 3 November 1877, including a report on the Cape Observatory by Stone for 11 August 1874 to 31 August 1876, with remarks by Airy; a copy of the 'Cape Catalogue of Stars for 1840'; and letters concerning the salaries of those working at the Cape.Official correspondence, 31 January - 12 December 1879,...
Dates:
1875 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence on the 'Nautical Almanac', 1934 - 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/11
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Astronomer Royal and others on matters relating to the printing of the 'Nautical Almanac':Correspondence with Harold Spencer Jones, Astronomer Royal, 1941, concerned mainly with delays in the printing of 'Nautical Almanac' publications, with letters approving the preface for the 1943 edition.Correspondence with the H. Spencer Jones, the Hydrographer of the Navy, His Majesty's Stationery Office and L.J. Comrie, 1934-1941, regarding changes in the...
Dates:
1934 - 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence on the Nautical Almanac Office, 1939 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/27
Scope and Contents
(1) Miscellaneous correspondence and related material concerning the Nautical Almanac Office. There are papers regarding staff finance, including concession passes issued to staff, salaries, reference sheets and data supplied by the N.A.O. to H.G. Barker, Secretary and Cashier for the Royal Observatory, for making payments. There is also correspondence regarding Hollerith equipment for the N.A.O.; telegrams from the Colonial Office regarding Greenwich Mean Time and British Summer Time in the...
Dates:
1939 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence with HMSO., 1957-05-09 - 1957-05-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/344
Scope and Contents
A letter to the Astronomer Royal from Miss M.J. Sharp, Publications Division, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 9 May 1957, regarding the reproduction of an adaptation of the Sunspot Area Curve, with a reply from H.P.C. Cook, Clerk of Stationery, Royal Greenwich Observatory, 21 May 1957.
Dates:
1957-05-09 - 1957-05-21
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence with the Admiralty, 1921 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/5
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence with the Admiralty:Correspondence with the Accountant General of the Navy regarding payments to staff, insurance, office expenses, postage, accounting, the closing of the Nautical Almanac Office's bank account, and other subjects, 1921-1941.Correspondence with the Civil Establishments Branch on various staff matters, 1927-1935.Correspondence concerning a census of Civil Service staff, 1932-1933, including copies of form E40 (returns of...
Dates:
1921 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Correspondence with the Hydrographer, 1902 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/7
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence with the Hydrographer of the Navy:Correspondence with the Hydrographer, 1933-1937, including reports on the introduction of the 'Air Almanac', estimates of staffing and work needed, correspondence on a new clerical assistant and the rental of a calculating machine for outside workers.A Hydrographic Office file entitled 'Nautical Almanac Office History 1902-1930' (the file includes information beyond 1930).Correspondence between the...
Dates:
1902 - 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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General correspondence, S-Z, 1928 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/17
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence:Correspondence with F.J. Stratton, Cambridge, 1932-1940, regarding papers for publication, matters concerning the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee, tracks of totality and the location of suitable observing sites.Correspondence with the Ministry of Supply, 1940-1941, regarding the visit of M. Couffingal of France and requests for additional work from the Nautical Almanac Office.Correspondence with M. Summer of Fordingbridge, 1935-1941,...
Dates:
1928 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 15/68
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous sets of Observatory correspondence:Correspondence between the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, and the Coast Lighthouse Commission, 1871-1876. There are letters regarding the first meeting of the new Commission, and copies of the Commission document and of letters between other Commission members concerning the survey of places for lights to be erected, with suggestions as to where lights should or should not be placed.Correspondence regarding the Port...
Dates:
1870 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Papers on official publications, 1963 - 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/729
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding official Royal Greenwich Observatory publications, including material on the new Nautical Almanac Office publications, enquiries from external libraries concerning publications, and correspondence with Her Majesty's Stationery Office on delivery schedules and general editorial matters.
Dates:
1963 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Papers on purchases from HMSO., 1964 - 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/872
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding the purchase of equipment and publications for the Royal Greenwich Observatory from Her Majesty's Stationery Office, including the following items:Correspondence, memoranda and other papers, 1964-1968, regarding office machinery in use at the R.G.O. supplied by HMSO., which needs to be notified of this fact.Correspondence with HMSO. regarding the purchase of various publications for foreign observatories or R.G.O. staff, 1963-1968.Correspondence with...
Dates:
1964 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Request for publications, 1955 - 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/331
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Her Majesty's Stationery Office and others regarding requests for various publications, including the Astrographic Catalogue.
Dates:
1955 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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