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Slides or colour transparencies, 1940 - 1979

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add. 8784/27

Scope and Contents

50mm square colour transparencies housed in slide storage boxes, either as arranged by Thorpe or as returned from film processors. Most captioned. Contents:
1. Kilkenny, 1940; Swanage, 1945; California and Washington, 1956; Maderia, Newton-Ferrers, Sicily and Rome, 1956; Ireland, 1957; Finland, 1958; Wicken Fen; Badgers, Iguana.
2. Norway, 1950; Pembrokeshire, 1951; Florida and Bahamas, 1951-2; California 1946; Arizona and NW Sonora-Mexico, 1956; Scoult Head; Cambridgeshire Bird Sanctuary; Skokholm Island; Bimini.
3. California and Arizona ,1958-9; Mexico and Trinidad 1958-9; Dr Lavallard, Brazil [Labels refer to 'Africa 1939' but these do not appear to be present.]
4. East Africa, 1962, 1964 and 1966
5. Ireland, 1960-1; Poland, 1961; Lebanon, 1962; Stockholm, 1963; Rome, Vatican Study Week; Suffolk, Norfolk, 1966; Lake Como, 1967; Bass Rock, 1967; Champex, Switzerland, 1967; California desert, 1968; Hydrofoil Vienna to Budapest, 1968; Tirol, 1968; Orford, 1968
6. and 7. 1970: Cannes-Panama, Panama-Lima, Lima-Paracas, Paracas-Panama, Barro Colorado; Panama-Southampton.
8. Seychelles, islands, vegetation and wildlife, 1972 and 1979.



Also, 34 boxes of slides in Kodak plastic boxes, numbered 1 -34, and covering Africa 1939, Scotland, Seychelles, Wicken Fen, Kenya and Tanzania.








Dates

  • Creation: 1940 - 1979

Creator

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).

Extent

4 archive box(es)