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Amos: Diaries and photographs of Anne Elizabeth Fisher (later Pike and Amos)
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/AMO
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries and photograph album, with some loose enclosures. The diaries provide a detailed description of the daily social life of a wealthy young lady during the Victorian era, in London and on visits around the country, including dinners, dances and parties, concerts, galleries, theatre and academic lectures. Many include lists of 'books recommended' or read. From 1864, Anne gave detailed accounts of sermons she had heard and exhibitions in London, also describing first-hand...
Dates:
1852 - 1900
Found in:
Downing College
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Family papers of George Biddell Airy
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10214
Scope and Contents
Contains material relating to family history (MS Add. 10214/1) and letters (MS Add. 10214/2) including:
hints for an excursion letter to Monsieur Verrier, 1864; letters to Professor Sedgwick, 1846-1847; letters to daugther and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Routh 1866-1884; notes written by Hilda Routh 1898; postcard to S.W. Coles 1940.
Dates:
1846-1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Memoranda and reminisces of Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston (1862-1944)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10179
Scope and Contents
Contains typescripts of memoirs of Sir Humphrey Davy Rolleston, in three parts including: Family Memoranda 1 (42 pp.); Personal Memoranda 2 (109 pp.); and Personal Reminisces 3 (173 pp.). Also included are various draft typescripts for the Personal Memoranda 2 including Schools (5 pp.); 1880-81 (19 pp.); Examinations (5 pp.); General Medical Council (2 pp.). Manuscript drafts of various sections of the memoirs including those commencing 'As children…' (1 p.), 1889 (6 pp.), 1892 (2 pp.) and...
Dates:
c. 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Cambridge University Library