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Thomas Searle: 'A Catalogue of all the Bishops of Norwich, together with the foundation, finishing and dedication of the cathedrall church there by Bishop Herbert, the first Bishop there'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.151
Scope and Contents
Elaborate script, clearly intended as a presentation volume. Dedication on fo. 1v to John Whitefoote, rector of Heigham, who preached the funeral sermon for bishop Hall. See also Dd.8.40.
Dates:
1659 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Thomas Secker: Memoirs
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8565
Scope and Contents
A typescript of the memoirs of Thomas Secker, transcribed by N. Sykes, 118 pages.
Dates:
1900-1999 (Circa. Copy of the original of the 18th century)
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Cambridge University Library
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Thomas Shepheard: Tracts relating to the draining of the Fens
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.463
Scope and Contents
Copies of: Cornelius Vermuyden, Discourse touching the Draining of the Great Fens, London, 1642; William Dodson, Design for the perfect draining of the great Level of the Fens, London, 1665. Attached to fo. 3: map of Fens, drawn by Shepheard. Attached to fo. 33: map of Bedford Level, drawn by Shepheard. Attached to fo. 91: Andrewes Burrell, An Explanation of the Drayning Workes which have been lately made for the Kings Maiestie in Cambridgeshire ..., [n.p.], 1641, printed tract. fo. 90v:...
Dates:
1754
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Thomas Tanner: Collections on the history of Cambridgeshire
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3824
Scope and Contents
Autograph, hand of Charles Cowles, and other hands. Includes: (fo. 41) poem 'On the funeral of Robert Trotman Esq.'; (fo. 47v) poem, beg.: 'At Kirton near Bostone (my story is true ...'; (fo. 56) notes on Cambridgeshire items in PRO; (fo. 91) speech by Sir Simonds D'Ewes in parliament, on the antiquity of the University of Cambridge, 2 Jan. 1641; (fo. 100) 'Cantabrigiae Origo etc.': legendary account of early Cambridge; (fo. 102) chronicle of Cambridge, 1229-1388, with abstract of return for...
Dates:
1720 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Thomas Walpole: Correspondence
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8708-8712
Scope and Contents
Five volumes comprising: papers relating to Thomas Walpole joining the firm of George Clifford and Sons in Amsterdam; marriage contract with Elizabeth Vanneck, 1749; correspondence on political matters including the Duke of Newcastle's administration, the breakdown of relations between Britian and America, the Falkland Islands, the American Declaration of Independence, trade and affairs in the West Indies and the situation in France prior to the Revolution; family correspondence with his...
Dates:
1744-1796
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Thomas Winship: Commonplace book
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.2676
Scope and Contents
Contains verses, short prose pieces, letters, etc., for the most part composed by Winship, but occasionally attrib. to others (eg 'Bell', 'Richardson', 'Mr Noble'). inside front cover: 'Thomas Winshipp Ejus Liber Anno Domini 1737 Pretium Emptum 8br 3th Day.' and 'E libris T. R. Bromfield Trin. Coll. Oxon.'
Dates:
1737 (1737 and after)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Thomas Young: Correspondence and papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Thomas Young
Scope and Contents
Letter from M.A. Nicholson about engravings of inscriptions in the British Museum, London, 11 Sept 1818 with 2 engravings of a hieratic manuscript in the possession of the Earl of Mountnorris. They were found among the papers of George Airy and the versof one of the engravings is addressed to Airy, 4 Oct. 1827.
Dates:
11 Sep. 1818
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Cambridge University Library
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Thompson collection on Northern Rhodesia/Zambia
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30521C
Scope and Contents
Collection of black and white photographs arranged under broad headings in approximate chronological order within each heading, the majority of which were captioned by R.S. Thompson at the time of donation. The captions, used as titles and recorded in the notes, may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. The photographs...
Dates:
1947 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Thornton Family: Letters and Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7674
Scope and Contents
Letters, diaries, legal documents, formal recollections, and odd scraps of personal information, chronicling the life of the Thornton family and reflecting the social life of the times. The bulk of the material covers the lifetime of E.M. Forster's great aunt Marianne Thornton. In addition to such letters of her own which have survived, she and other members of the family transcribed much of the family correspondence in several volumes of handwritten copies of letters. These include letters...
Dates:
1742-1881 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Three Kings of Cologne, in English
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.43
Scope and Contents
Foliation and marginal notes occur in red in the hand of Richard Amadas, d. 1629; see J.C.T. Oates, Cambridge University Library, a History from the beginnings to the Copyright Act of Queen Anne (Cambridge, 1986), 344-7. 21 ff+four paper leaves (204 x 154 mm) inserted at end; the leaves foliated 1-25 by Richard Amadas, after the loss of 20 and 21 in the modern numbering.
Dates:
1450-1500 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Three months in Thibet [Tibet]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 102
Scope and Contents
A diary of Lovett's time on leave in Tibet, 83 pages.
Dates:
1888
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Three photographs of Brisbane Cathedral
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085Q
Scope and Contents
Three loose black and white photographs of the interior of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, with pencilled captions on the reverse.
Dates:
1920
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Three photographs of Mount Perry, Queensland
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085S
Scope and Contents
Three mounted albumen prints, measuring approximately 195 x 140 mm.Early Mount Perry. Today a very small rural centre, Mount Perry had at the turn of the century a population of around 4000, making it one of the largest ten or twelve towns in Queensland. Originally the area was given over to scattered sheep runs but in 1869 copper was discovered and miners flocked to the area, many directly from Cornwall but also from other mining areas in Queensland. The success of operations...
Dates:
1872
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Three photographs of Papua
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3084B
Scope and Contents
Three loose prints, all signed, dated and captioned on the reverse. 'Baiaua' is possibly Bariana, south of Collingwood Bay. Sir Henry Wickham was an explorer and pioneer planter all over the Equatorial Belt, and planted rubber over Central and South America, India and New Guinea. He listed his recreation in 'Who's Who' as 'Pioneer Rubber Planting.'
Dates:
1910
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Three photographs of Tobago
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3076A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs in the form of postcards with handwritten captions beneath the prints.
Dates:
1906
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Three photographs of Walhalla, Victoria
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087H
Scope and Contents
Three loose black and white prints showing scenes in and around Walhalla. All are captioned on the photograph, and also have handwritten explanatory captions on the reverse. Photographed by W Lee.
Dates:
1913
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Thresholds Project Poetry Archive
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10043
Scope and Contents
Drafts and copies of the poems commissioned for the Thresholds Project, together with other poems produced during the residencies, and related items. The participating poets were supplied with 'Thresholds' notebooks, some of which form part of the collection.
Dates:
2013-2014
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Thriplow Manor Court Book
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7578
Dates:
1710-1818
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Thurston Dart Archive
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dart
Dates:
1919 - 2015
Conditions Governing Access:
Some items can only be consulted with permission of the estate and/or donors.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Tiberius Hemsterhuys: Dictata in Artistophanis Plutum
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6454
Scope and Contents
Notes of Tiberius Hemsterhuys upon Aristophanes' 'Plutus', 640 folios: (p. 1) Prolegomena. Remarks on Comedy in general; (p. 24) Life of Aristophanes; (p. 32) notes on the text; (p. 603) index to Greek words and phrases. Inside the front cover are the following notes: 'Phillipps MS 4462'; ''35' in some list'; and in pencil 'No.8 Longman'.
Dates:
1750 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Tiger Hunting [Singapore]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311D
Scope and Contents
270 x 205 mm. Showing a posed group of a European holding a rifle by a dead tiger, with malays standing around.In Falconer (1987), he writes of a copy of this photograph: 'This photograph must show one of the last tigers killed on the island and represents a reminder of the scourge which plagued Singapore for many years. In the earliest days of the settlement tigers, preferring the dense jungle, posed little threat to the inhabitants. The first recorded account of a tiger attack...
Dates:
1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Tillyard: Letters Received by Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMWT
Scope and Contents
Letters from early twentieth century authors to EMWT.
Dates:
1925 - 1957
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Tithe commissioners, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.753
Dates:
1854
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Tithe roll, Great Barnwell, Cambridgeshire
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1375
Dates:
1720 (Circa. Early 18th century)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
T.J. Alldridge Sierra Leone collection, 1890s
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446F
Scope and Contents
A collection of mounted prints, signed and captioned by Alldridge and measuring approximately 155 x 110 mm. The captions have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Four prints from the original collection of 35 are missing: 'A young chief, Upper Mendi'; 'A tenketti or hammock bridge over the Sehli River, Kuranko country'; 'A bush path, Upper Mendi'; 'Town...
Dates:
1890
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library