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Christy, Cuthbert, 1863 - 1932 (explorer and zoologist)

 Person

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Bishop's Palace, Wells

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/363
Scope and Contents

296 x 88 mm. A panoramic view looking across lawns towards the Bishop's Palace. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Fonds

Christy collection of photographs on Africa

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A
Scope and Contents Contains loose photographs relating to various of Christy's travels; some photographs are his own and some are by professional photographers. Subjects include: scenes on the Nile including pyramids; railway views in Kenya; rubber trees and cultivation in Nigeria, Uganda and the Cameroons; scenes in the Congo including sufferers of sleeping sickness and ethnic groups of Central Africa of shorter than average height described as Pygmies; scenes in India; scenes from travels in Norway,...
Dates: 1880 - 1913
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).
 Item

Flock of young geese going to market, Darlington, September 1892, 1892-09

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/380
Scope and Contents

155 x 115 mm. A view showing a flock of geese being driven across the cobbled street into Darlington market. Photograph by Cuthbert Christy.

Dates: 1892-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 File

Highland canoe trip, 1889-07-31 - 1889

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/1/1
Scope and Contents

Incomplete diary (circa twenty leaves) of a canoe journey from an unspecified point of origin (possibly Edinburgh), taking in Linlithgow, Falkirk, Dumbarton, and Balloch among other places. The final entry describes a visit to Arrochar. The diary contains some ornithological observations.

Dates: 1889-07-31 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Item

Lauriston Nunnery and Edinburgh Castle from Wright's Window in Lauriston Gardens, May 31/92, 1892-05

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/372
Scope and Contents

96 x 73 mm. A photograph taken by Christy in the year of his graduation from Edinburgh University. The photograph was taken at f8 with an exposure of 1 second.

Dates: 1892-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 File

Medical qualifications, 1893

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/11
Scope and Contents

Christy's degrees for M.B. and C.M. from the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 1893
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Series

Scottish diaries and ornithological notes, 1889-07-31 - 1893-06-19

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/1
Scope and Contents

Diaries describing ornithological excursions in Scotland.

Dates: 1889-07-31 - 1893-06-19
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 File

Scottish diary, 1891-05-23 - 1892-07-13

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/1/2
Scope and Contents

Incomplete diary (circa 95 pages) describing ornithological excursions in Scotland. It includes an abstract of the paper 'An Ornithological excursion into the Highlands' by R. H. Read.

Dates: 1891-05-23 - 1892-07-13
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 File

Scottish diary, 1893-03-11 - 1893-06-19

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/1/3
Scope and Contents

Diary of 47 pages describing ornithological excursions in Scotland.

Dates: 1893-03-11 - 1893-06-19
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Item

[Unidentified country house, England]

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/359
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Item

[Unidentified country house, England]

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/360
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Item

[Unidentified country house, England]

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/361
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Item

[Unidentified country house, England]

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/362
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Item

[Unidentified landscape, England]

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/356
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Item

[Unidentified landscape, England]

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/357
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Item

[Unidentified landscape, England]

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/358
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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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