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Articles from 'The Field'
Ascension, West Africa, New Zealand, etc
Central Office of Information photograph collection
Cochin
Commonwealth in Focus Slides
Commonwealth Royal Tour, 1953-1954
The principal part of the collection is a set of programmes and guides prepared for the different legs of the Royal Tour. These are supplemented by related correspondence and papers compiled by the Royal Empire Society and others. The collection is in English with the exception of one item in English and Arabic.
Commonwealth Universities
Cruise of the Yacht St George, 1880s-92
A collection of loose modern prints measuring approximately 245 x 180 mm. This prints were copied from an album containing 53 prints compiled during the voyage. Included with the prints are xeroxes of the original explanatory captions. The R.Y.S. 'St George' was owned by Ernest James Wythes (1868-1949); the compiler and/or photographer has not been identified.
E.J.H. Corner photographs
Fisher photograph collection
Inter-University Council Collection
Inter-University Council Slides
John Abercromby Alexander: Papers on trees and woods
Tables, articles and other material regarding trees and woods in Ceylon, Fiji and New Zealand, and in general.
J.S. Smithson collection on Samoa
Malcolm MacDonald photograph collection
Modern Commonwealth photograph collection
Papers of the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee
Postcard Collection
Progress in the Colonies, 1940s-1950s
Royal Commonwealth Society Artefacts Collection
Soon after its foundation in 1868, the Royal Colonial Institute had envisaged the establishment of a museum, but following the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition in South Kensington, and the creation of the Imperial Institute, the plan was abandoned. Over the years, however, the society built up a small, eclectic collection of objects as members donated items they had received as gifts or purchased during work or travel overseas.
Royal Tour of Commonwealth 1953-54
School Empire Tours Record 1927-1939
Sir Harold Smedley Collection
Diaries, official papers, correspondence and photographs
Sir Harry Brittain Collection
Travels in South Asia and Australia
The album contains a mixture of original photographs, hand-coloured postcards and clippings. Most have manuscript or printed captions. Subjects include travel, hunting, scenes of natural beauty, natural products, and notable places or buildings.