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Fonds
Press Photographs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/COWL
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises press photographs of the Royal Family; the Churchill family; World War II including the liberation of the concentration camp at Belsen. Many of the photographs have caption information on the back plus press agency stamps.
Dates:
1940 - 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
File
Press Telegrams regarding the Franco-Prussian War
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4538
Scope and Contents
A series of press telegrams dealing mainly with the Franco-Prussian War, but also concerning the illness of the Prince of Wales. The telegrams are dated 20 August 1870 - 6 January 1871, and were delivered to Henry Bradshaw in King's College from the Cambridge post office, 128 folios.
Dates:
1870-1871
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Preston: Papers of Raymond Preston
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/PRE
Dates:
1893 - 1990
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, unless otherwise marked.
Found in:
Downing College
Fonds
Pretoria Proclamation, May 29 1900
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055D
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose prints showing the three pages of the Proclamation issued by S.J. Burger and L.J. Meyer to the Burgomaster of Pretoria on May 29 1900, placing the city under his authority as the Boer Government quitted Pretoria in the face of the British advance. The document, in Afrikaans but accompanied by a letterpress English translation, instructed the Burgomaster to 'call up inhabitants for special services to preserve peace and order,' 'to remove all undesirables out of the...
Dates:
1900
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Prince of Wales' Visit to Canada 1919
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q
Scope and Contents
A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
Dates:
1919
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
[Prince of Wales visit to Swaziland]
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30548A
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the then Prince of Wales visit to Swaziland. It is mounted in a folder with 'To dear Uncle and Auntie with best Xmas greetings from all at Mbabane Swaziland.' There is a key in pencil: Back row: Mr A.V. OCKENDEN, Prison Warder; ?; ?, H.R.H.s Staff; ?, H.R.Hs Staff; Mr H. OFARRELL, Gaoler; Medical Officer to H.R.H.; Capt. J.H. GARDINER, Govt. Engineer; Lt. GREENACRE, H.R.Hs Staff; A. Willoughby WATERS Esq, Clerk Treasury. Middle row: Dr. R. JAMESON, P.M.O. Swaziland; J....
Dates:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Princess Margaret's visit to the West Indies, 1955
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307B
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs, in two sizes, approximately 245 x 190 mm and 115 x 90 mm. The photographs have captions either typewritten directly, or pasted on to the backs of the prints. The photographs show scenes and events in Trinidad, St. Kitts and Antigua during February 1955. Photographer unknown.
Dates:
1955-02
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Princess Sophia Dorothea: Correspondence with Count Philip Christopher Graf von Königsmark
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4483
Scope and Contents
Transcripts and photographs of correspondence between Princess Sophia Dorothea and Count Philip Christopher Graf von Königsmark, 1690, made for A.W. Ward, c. 1909. There are also 15 letters to Ward from various English and German correspondents, 1888-1909.
Dates:
1888-1909 (Circa)
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Principals of Fourah Bay College
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446I
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs of members of staff of the college. 1-5 are modern copies of old photographs of various sizes, in mounts, 100 x 150 mm.
Dates:
1985
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Principi of Alexandro Scarlatti
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7058
Scope and Contents
Transcription of British Museum Add. 14244. Enclosed letter addressed to F.T Arnold and letter to Reverend Fellows.
Dates:
800-1500
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
'Printing and the Mind of Man' Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9827
Scope and Contents
'Printing and the Mind of Man' was the title of two exhibitions in connection with the Eleventh International Printing Machinery and Allied Trades Exhibition (IPEX) in 1963. A book with the same title was published in 1967. The larger exhibition was part of IPEX at Earls Court, 16-27 July 1963. There were two 'components', one covering the historical evolution of printing techniques, and the other the impact of printing upon Western civilization. The latter was the responsiblity of a...
Dates:
1962-1972
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Printing block of letter from Charles Darwin to [? William Henry Scott]
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10409
Dates:
undated, [late 19th century]
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Prints and watercolours of St Helena
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 190
Scope and Contents
Engravings and watercolours dating mainly from the early nineteenth century, many of which relate to the period of Napoleon's detention on St Helena (1815-1821). There are a number of pieces by George Hutchins Bellasis (1778-1822), who spent eight months on St Helena, 1804-1805, and revisited the island in 1812. The collection includes five coloured engravings and a watercolour sketch of Ascension Island, which was a dependency of St Helena from 1922.
Dates:
1670 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Management Group
PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND VIDEO
Management Group
Reference Code: GBR/1936/THPH
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs, prints and drawings.
Dates:
1819 - 2016
Found in:
Trinity Hall archive
Fonds
Private Eye cartoon referring to return of the Darwin notebooks, with a covering note to Dr Jessica Gardner, University Librarian, including cartoon by the artist, Robert Thompson.
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10407
Dates:
April 2022
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Privy Council letter to Sir Michael Stanhope
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7584
Scope and Contents
Letter written to Stanhope, as Governor of Hull instructing him to carry out military arrangements to defend in connection with disturbances on the Scottish borders.
Dates:
17/9 1542
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Privy Council letter to Sir Michael Stanhope
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7585
Scope and Contents
Letter written to Stanhope, as Governor of Hull discussing ships in connection with teh imminent threat of a French fleet attacking the Isle of Wight.
Dates:
1545-06-06
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Privy Council letter to Sir Michael Stanhope
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7556
Scope and Contents
Letter written to Stanhope, as Governor of Hull instructing him to carry out military arrangements in connection with disturbances on the Scottish borders.
Dates:
31 Aug 1542
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Privy Council letter to Sir Michael Stanhope
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7557
Scope and Contents
Letter written to Stanhope, as Governor of Hull instructing him to carry out military arrangements in connection with disturbances on the Scottish borders.
Dates:
5 Apr 1545
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Probate (E. Haylock), West Wratting, Cambridgeshire
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.690
Dates:
1846
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Probate etc. (copy), Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.2617
Dates:
1872
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Probate of J. Berry's will, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.738
Dates:
1688
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Probate of J. Warboys, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.729
Dates:
1658
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Probate of John Buclande, West Harptree, Somerset
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1105
Dates:
5 Feb. 1562
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Probate of W. Saville, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.747
Dates:
1729
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library