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Low Temperature Research Station and related papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10242
Scope and Contents
Contains minutes, papers, correspondence, annual reports, offprints and photographs of the Low Temperature Research Station (LTRS), Cambridge (1921-1964). Significant series include papers of the Committee of Management, papers of Edgar Bate-Smith (director of the LTRS) and administrative papers concerning the station's relationship with Cambridge University, transfer to the Agricultural Research Council and termination of the lease of the Downing Street site. Also comprises reports and...
Dates:
1917-1989
Conditions Governing Access:
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Lower Ouse Drainage Board Enquiry: Transcripts of evidence
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8305
Dates:
1981
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Lubumbashi Falls collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304P
Scope and Contents
Contains sepia prints, mostly on some white background; the measurements are taken to the edge of the paper, not the photograph. These photographs were the property of the Reverend John William Peppercorn, probably acquired between 1921 and 1923. As two (numbers 1 and 2) have the name A.G. Cooke on them, it is possible that these, and perhaps others, were taken by Mr Cooke and purchased by Mr Peppercorn. They do not relate to the work of the Mission, but are handsome views of the...
Dates:
1921 - 1923
Conditions Governing Access:
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Luca Marenzio: Madrigals
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6372
Scope and Contents
Madrigals for four voices by Luca Marenzio, copied from the edition published at Venice 1592 in the hand of T. Greatorex, F.R.S., F.L.S. Organist of Westminster Abbey (+1831). On fo. i appears the following note: 'This fine Score of Luca Marenzio's Madrigals, published in parts, 1592, at Venice, is in the handwriting of T. Greatorex, F.R.S., F.L.S., Conductor of the Concerts of Antient Music, Organist of Westminster Abbey, etc., etc. His collection of music, etc., was sold by Watson, at...
Dates:
1790 (Circa)
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Lucas Family: business and family papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8369
Scope and Contents
The collection is uncatalogued. There is an interim box list - please contact the repository for further details. Comprises business and family papers of the Lucas family, chiefly correspondence and legal documents of Philip Monoux Lucas (1778-1830), a merchant of Marylebone, London, and partner in the firm Chauncy, Lang and Lucas. Material relating to the Caribbean, enslavement and elements of the Transatlantic slave trade is largely to be found in box 1.Philip Lucas was...
Dates:
c. 1733 - late 19th century
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Lucattinis, Domenico de. Liber de elementis
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10178
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript on paper in Latin and Italian, small quarto, ff. [4 index], 14-237 (foliation skips from 89 to 100 without loss of text), including a few blanks; written in brown ink in a single hand, illustrated with 24 ink drawings, 8 inserted on slips. Illustrated compilation of notes on natural philosophy, cosmology, geography, and magnetism, composed by an Italian student (possibly Tuscany) apparently from lectures attended in 1670. The first part begins with the four elements,...
Dates:
1670
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Ludovick Stewart: Notes on mammals and birds of India
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7881
Scope and Contents
Manuscript notes on mammals and birds of India and related topics. The first item is a 'Catalogue of the mammals and birds of the N.W. Himalayas'.
Dates:
1865
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Luis Vlez de Guevara: El cerco de Peon
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7943
Scope and Contents
A 'comedia famosa', 52 pages.
Dates:
1750 (circa)
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Lute music: the Trumbull lute book
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8844
Scope and Contents
Collection of late 16th century music for six-course and seven-course lutes: 26 solos, 10 duet parts, 2 mixed consort parts: pavans, galliards and fantasias. Possibly in the hand of William Trumbull (c.1580-1635), the original owner. Folio 1r is inscribed `To his Verie ffrend mr Jno Reynoldes merchaunt in Melcombe Reges to his good frend mr Wm Holman merchaunt.. to the Worshipll Henrie Rogers Esquier.'Folio 1v-2r [(John Johnson?), `the new hunt's up']; 2r [(Thomas Campion?), `What if a...
Dates:
1595 (Circa)
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M. R. James: lectures on the Abbey Church, Bury St. Edmunds
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8389
Scope and Contents
Notes from a lecture on the Abbey Church, Bury, from Lecture Day at the Athenaeum, 21 April 1932
Dates:
1932
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M. R. James: letters to him about Eustace Talbot
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8388
Dates:
1895-1908
Conditions Governing Access:
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M. R. James: Note Book
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7517
Scope and Contents
Notes on Greek version of the New Testament, in both English and Greek.
Dates:
1884-1934
Conditions Governing Access:
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MacAlister: Papers Relating to Donald Alexander MacAlister
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Reference Code: GBR/0272/DAM
Scope and Contents
The collection contains documents relating to Donald's interest in porcelain, and to an unusual autograph of Mark Twain. It complements his donations to the Library of books on porcelain, the history of photography and first editions of Mark Twain inscribed by the author to MacAlister’s father.
Dates:
1926 - 1957
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MacDonald Critchley: Collections on Cora Pearl and Medical history of Napoleon III
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8569
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes, articles, newscuttings and photographs compiled by Macdonald Critchley relating to Cora Pearl and the medical history of Napoleon III. Cora Pearl (1835 ?-1886) was a courtesan during the Second Empire in France. Her real name was Emma Elizabeth Crouch. Napoleon III (1808-1873) was Emperor of France, 1852-1870.
Dates:
1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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Macdonald sisters: Correspondence and papers of the Baldwin, Kipling, Burne-Jones, Poynter, and Macdonald families
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9774
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises primarily the correspondence of Louisa Baldwin, née Macdonald (mother of Stanley Baldwin, first Earl Baldwin), with her mother and sisters; and correspondence and papers of her grandson Windham, third Earl Baldwin, concerning his group biography of the Macdonald sisters and his interest in his father's cousin Rudyard Kipling. It also includes letters and papers of members of the Kipling, Burne-Jones and Poynter families, into which three of Louisa Baldwin's sisters...
Dates:
1826-1973
Conditions Governing Access:
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MacNeice: Papers Relating to (Frederick) Louis MacNeice
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Reference Code: GBR/0272/FLM
Scope and Contents
The papers contain letters to Anthony and Wilfrid Blunt and their mother, issues of the 'Malburnian' (Marlborough School magazine) including contributions by MacNeice, and MacNeice's eulogy by W. H. Auden.
Dates:
1924 - 1963
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Macpherson: Papers Associated with R. E. Macpherson
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Reference Code: GBR/0272/REM
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises personal papers found among the papers of R. E. Macpherson, associated with him through his Bursarial office. They include sketches by Duncan Grant, personal papers of John Tresidder Sheppard, and notes by John Maynard Keynes.
Dates:
1850 - 1971
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Major Charles Stewart: Letter Book
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8811
Scope and Contents
Drafts or rough copies of outgoing letters, mostly from St Lucia, describing regimental affairs, rules and conditions of service, the need for more officers, pay and funding.
Dates:
1801-1802
Conditions Governing Access:
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Major-General Henry Despard: letter book
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 279
Scope and Contents
Bound volume titled on spine, 'Commanding Officer's Letter Book | Private'. Contains summaries or full transcripts of over 300 letters, both private and official, relating to the period when Henry Despard was commanding the 99th Regiment in Sydney (1846-8) and Hobart Town (1848-54) and in undertaking special duties in the Victorian goldfields (1853). The correspondence largely relates to regimental organisation, discipline and welfare. 128pp., with index to letters at rear of volume.
Dates:
Mar. 1846-Aug. 1854
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Malayan Aviation photographs
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031D
Scope and Contents
Collection of photographs by various photographers.
Dates:
1925-07-09 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Malayan official programmes
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 109
Scope and Contents
Programmes, dinner invitations, table plans and souvenir brochures collected by Bernard Drake, relating to state functions and receptions for distinguished visitors in Malaya.
Dates:
1959 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access:
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Malayan town planning papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 104
Scope and Contents
Memoranda concerning Concannon's work, mainly in typescript. Most of the material was written by Concannon, although there are a few items by other people. Some papers relate to the meeting of the Colonial Housing and Town Planning Advisory Panel in London in 1953.
Dates:
1950 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
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Malcolm Dixon: Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8823
Scope and Contents
Comprised of a small selection of biographical materials, important research materials (including Dixon's research notebooks), documentation of Dixon's time teaching at Cambridge, materials related to lectures and publications, documentation of Dixon's involvement with socities and organisations, and some of Dixon's correspondence. A significant part of the material relates to Dixon's scientific research; enzyme nomenclature work for the International Union of Biochemistry; and various...
Dates:
1917-1985 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Some items are restricted at the discretion of the Keeper of Manuscripts.
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Cambridge University Library
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'Malcolm MacDonald: adjuster to reality': MA thesis
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 43
Scope and Contents
An M.A. thesis for the Department of History, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 294 pages.
Dates:
1977
Conditions Governing Access:
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'Malcolm MacDonald and Anglo-Irish relations, 1935-38': MA thesis
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 42
Scope and Contents
An M.A. thesis for the National University of Ireland, University College, Dublin, 319 pages. The thesis is accompanied by a letter from McMahon at Churchill College, Cambridge, to Malcolm MacDonald, 29 September 1975, enclosing the thesis.
Dates:
1975
Conditions Governing Access:
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