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The Papers of William Lawrence Wilson
Papers comprising a memoir, a history of engineering in the Office of Works and lectures
The Papers of William T. Stead
The bulk of this collection is Stead's letters from his many correspondents including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William Gladstone, and Christabel Pankhurst. There are also papers relating to his time in prison, and to his many publications. Material related to interviews with Royal and political figures and notes for work are also included.
The Papers of Wing Commander Charles Kimber
Papers comprising a scrapbook and photocopies of a flying log book and a desk diary
The Papers of Wing Commander Sir Archibald James
The small collection of James' papers held at Churchill Archives Centre mainly consists of James' later recollections of his Royal Flying Corps and RAF career and on the personalities he knew.
The Papers of Winston S. Churchill
Political correspondence and speeches.
The pathography of a cuckoo and other papers
Part of Guy Wheeler's autobiography, a collection of his poems and copies of certificates relating to him and his family.
The personal papers of Admiral Sir Sackville Hamilton Carden.
The collection contains papers and correspondence, mainly relating to the period of the First World War, and especially to Carden's involvement in the naval campaign at the Dardanelles.
The poisoned kiss or the Empress and the Necromancer, a romantic extravaganza written by Evelyn Sharp, music by R. Vaughan Williams
Published score, prompter's copy (M.W. Wigram). Signed on title page by Vaughan Williams, Evelyn Sharp and cast of first performance, Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 12-16 May 1936. Score marked with alterations, omissions. Typescript changes to libretto. With programmes, Arts Theatre and Sadler's Wells Theatre, London (18 May 1936); newscutting, and review of Cambridge performance.
The Portsmouth Collection
The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.
'The post-war economic development of Gibraltar': BA dissertation
'The geography of the post-war economic development of Gibraltar, 1946-70', a B.A. dissertation for Durham University.
The Prince of Wales' visit to Nigeria, 15-22 April 1925
A collection of loose prints, most measuring approximately 205 x 155 mm. The photographs have detailed captions and identifications on the reverse and all, except the first print, relate to the Prince of Wales' visit in April 1925. Photographs by H.S. Freeman, Hamid and Sons, and others.
The Progress of H.R.H. Prince Alfred Ernest Albert through the Cape Colony, British Kaffraria... in the year 1860
The Public Library of Victoria
Nine loose black and white photographs measuring approximately 200 x 150 mm. They show interior and exterior views of the library, and have handwritten captions on the reverse, together with the photographic studio's stamp.
The Queen Mary photograph collection on India
The Queen's visit to the Bermuda House of Assembly, 1953
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 240 x 195 mm, with brief captions attached. This event took place during the Queen's world tour of the Commonwealth in 1953-4. Photographs by the Bermuda News Bureau.
'The Raj: India, 1890-1920: a story in photographs': typescript by Norah Burke with photographs
The Records of the Labour Spain Committee
Records comprising minutes, correspondence and papers
The right and title of Sir Thomas Fane of Kent, knight, to the name, stile, and dignitie of Lord of Bergavenny, in the right of Dame Mary his wyf
The statement of Sir Thomas's claim, which includes (fo. 11) a pedigree of the descendants of Sir William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny, ends at fo. 53, and is followed (fo. 53a-b) by a double-page 'Catalogue of the barons of Bergavenny from the Conquest' in form of a pedigree, and by (fos 54v-79) a series of pedigrees to illustrate succession to baronies through a female heir. (fo. 81) answers to objections re descent of title.
The rise and progress of the Irish Rebellion begun in the year 1641
'The Rise and Progress of the Irish Rebellion begun in the Year 1641', 8 folios. The title (p. i) is in a different hand. The text (p. 1) is incomplete, and there is only part of the preface.
The roll of Karlaverok
'The roll of Karlaverok. An heraldic poem enumerating the baron, knights and gentlemen who attended King Edward the first into Scotland anno. 1300. From a manuscript in the British Museum, in Bib.Cotton.Caligula.A.XVIII. A free translation from the Old French. Written and blasoned by Philip Absalom.' The roll contains the names and armorial designs of those who took part in the siege of the castle of Carlaverok, Dumfriesshire.
The Royal visit to Queensland
The Saunders Family Papers
'The Seaflower venture'
A fictionalised biography of the life and times of Charles Robin (558 pages), compiled by Phyllis Ross from journals, letters and other papers in Canada, England and the Channel Islands. The manuscript is accompanied by a typescript and an extract from 'Société Jersiase, 104th annual bulletin', 1979, pp. 320, describing the work.
"The Shane Leslie-Godfrey Faussett Archive"
The collection includes: letters collected by Leslie while working on the biography of Beatty, notes by him, and extracts from a diary, and his manuscript and typescript drafts; letters dealing both with the production of "The Epic of Jutland" and its reception; and letters from Beatty to Eugenie Godfrey Faussett.
The South Africa Campaign, 1879
A memorial volume, compiled by J.P. MacKinnon and Sydney Shadbolt, containing sixty-one Woodbury types of head and shoulders portraits (mainly in uniform) of officers killed during the Zulu War. The oval prints, taken by a variety of photographers, measure 91 x 113 mm.