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Photograph albums of Henry Richard Wallis relating to British Central Africa [Nyasaland; now Malawi] and Uganda

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3051C
Content Description

Two photograph albums chronicling Wallis' period of employment with the colonial service and a folder of biographical information assembled by the donor.

Dates: c. 1895 - 1917
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Photograph collection of John Abercromby Alexander

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E
Scope and Contents A collection of prints, particularly important for its record of products. The subject headings are as follows: 1-24 Tea25-28 Coffee29-38 Cocoa39-44 Cinnamon45-47 Cinchona48-56 Plumbago57-61 Coconut62-81 Plants in Peradeniya Botanical Gardens (P.B.G.)82-115 Miscellaneous agricultural and social scenes on tea estates116-132 Views in Ceylon (mainly botanical specimens by Alexander), 1880s133-184 Botanical specimens from P.B.G. by...
Dates: 1880 - 1922
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).
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Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM
Scope and Contents The collection comprises some 1400 prints, chiefly gathered by the BAM. When acquired by the RCS, the collection was arranged for the most part geographically by state, with handlists outlining the scope of the material. Exceptions to this arrangement were some of the individual collections in the form of albums, and a few commercially produced items. This arrangement has been largely adhered to in BAM 1-6 which progresses from Singapore and the Straits Settlements to the individual Malay...
Dates: 1880 - 1969
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).
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Photograph of Henry Fowler's Expedition 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078E
Scope and Contents 180 x 105 mm. Albumen print inserted into Fowler's ‘A narrative of a journey across the unexplored portion of the British Honduras’ (1879), showing a group of men standing amid tropical vegetation. In 1878 a sugar planter named Drake and a miner named Worth led an exhibition to the Cockscomb Range in the hope of discovering mineral resources. As this met with little success they set off for a second time, this time under the leadership of Henry Fowler, on 23 November 1878,...
Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: Y3078E is held at RCS.A.78.
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Photograph of the airship R101

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469J
Scope and Contents The airship R101 crashed near Beauvais on 5 October 1930 on the first stage of its flight to India. 48 of the 54 on board were killed or later died. This postcard of the airship (135 x 185 mm), signed on the front by the six survivors, was given to the proprietors of the Mbeya Hotel. On the rear is written 'To Mr. and Mrs. Menzies. With the compliments of the survivors of the R.101. Mbeya Hotel. Victor Savory.' Mr. Savory is also one of the signatories on the front. With this...
Dates: 1930 - 1939
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).
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Photographic and Audiovisual Material

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Reference Code: GBR/3243/PAM
Dates: 1860 - 2021
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Photographic cigarette cards of New Zealand and the Pacific

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089Z
Scope and Contents

60 x 40 mm.
1-11, 15-17 By Henry Winkelmann (1861-1931) who was a leading photographer in Auckland from the 1890s. Numbers 6 and 11 were issued with Golden Floss Cigarettes and the remainder with White Ensign Cigarettes. They all have titles on their fronts.
12-14 From a series of 50, 'Beautiful New Zealand', issued with Three Castles Virginia Cigarettes, taken by the New Zealand Government Publicity Office, and have printed descriptions on the backs.

Dates: 1880 - 1930
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).
 Management Group

Photographic Collection

 Management Group
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPH
Dates: 1850 - 2023
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Photographic diaries of Thomas Donald ('Don') Simon

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304R-Z
Scope and Contents

A collection of nine photographic diaries compiled by Thomas Donald Simon, measuring approximately 220 x 155 mm, with photographs as separate pages measuring generally 205 x 145 mm. The diary entries are typed, and each entry is accompanied by a number of photographs, presumably all taken by Thomas Donald Simon himself.

Dates: 1930 - 1986
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).
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Photographic panoramas of Hong Kong, Canton, and Macau

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30383A
Scope and Contents

Six of the panoramas are of Hong Kong, one of Canton, and one of Macau. The provenance of the panoramas is unknown, but they arrived in Cambridge University Library in 1993 as part of the Royal Commonwealth Society’s photographic collection.

Dates: 1900 - 1930
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).
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Photographic Scenery of South Africa, [S.l.]: S. Alexander, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B
Scope and Contents A printed book containing tipped-in reproductions from photographs, all measuring 140 x 100 mm, with brief letterpress captions beneath the prints. The captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. The prints are grainy with high contrast. Consequently, the images are listed rather than described in detail, although occasional notes and cross-references on points of interest have been added. The process used in the reproductions has not...
Dates: 1880
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).
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Photographic views: Queensland

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E
Scope and Contents

Commercially produced album with printed title page giving picture captions. Prints are mainly 260 x 200 mm; most are of Brisbane. Photographer unknown, probably by various hands. Plate 4 is captioned on print: 'S. Lomer and Co.'.

Dates: 1860 - 1886
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).
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Photographs

 Sub-Management Group
Reference Code: GBR/3124/NHPH
Scope and Contents

Includes group photographs and photographs of individuals; formal photographs and informal snapshots of College life; also digital photographs and scans in NHPH 9, and a video archive in NHPH 10.

Dates: 1925 - 2015
 Management Group

Photographs

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Reference Code: GBR/1935/EDPH
Dates: 1880 - 2007
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Photographs

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC/Ph
Dates: 1875 - 2022
 Management Group

PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS

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Reference Code: GBR/1919/AHPH
Scope and Contents

Most of the photographs in the Addenbrooke's Hospital Archive are included here regardless of provenance, for example photographs of other hospitals, photographs of Cambridge University medical departments etc. Individual photographs of people, events, buildings etc have been placed in the relevant category but the albums listed at AHPH1 also contain many photographs in these categories.

Dates: 1810 - 2015
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Photographs and Portraits

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Reference Code: GBR/0279/CPS 14
Scope and Contents

This section contains photographs and other images chiefly of people and premises connected with the Cambridge Philosophical Society. It comprises a miscellany of images, including Sir Joseph Larmor (President of CPS 1898-1900); CPS staff late 20th century; and a visit by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, in 1980.

Dates: 1866 - 1995
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Photographs by A. Chand

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022UUUU
Scope and Contents

A collection of photographs which are attributed on the backs to A. Chand of Secunderabad, Hyderabad. However, Y3022UUUU/12, 19, 20 and 27 are stamped ‘Lala Deen Dyal’. Eleven of the prints are matt, the remainder glossy. Most are captioned on the back.

Dates: 1890 - 1950
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).
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Photographs by Yousuf Karsh

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KRSH
Dates: 1941 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs from World War II

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GWDA
Scope and Contents

Official wartime British photographs, including the Quebec, Cairo and Teheran Conferences and Chiang Kai Shek.

Dates: 1943
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs - New South Wales, circa 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J
Scope and Contents

A commercially produced album containing mounted prints measuring approximately 190 x 140 mm and showing scenes in Sydney and the surrounding countryside. With brief identifying captions and reference numbers on prints.

Dates: 1885
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).
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Photographs - New South Wales, circa 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C
Scope and Contents

An album containing mounted prints showing views in Sydney and the surrounding countryside, with brief pencilled captions beneath the photographs.

Dates: 1872 - 1895
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).
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Photographs of Aden and the Protectorate of South Arabia

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3021A
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints by various agencies, mainly the Aden Public Relations Department. The prints mostly measure approximately 205 x 155 mm and have typed captions of the reverse. The photographs show scenes in Aden and the surrounding states.

Dates: 1967
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).
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Photographs of Antigua

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30741B
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose photographs with handwritten captions on the backs of the prints.

Dates: 1952
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).

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