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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.
The story of Uganda National Parks
The history is comprised of a preface followed by 282 pages of text and 25 pages of rough maps and appendices. There is a covering note by Bere to the R.C.S. Librarian, 15 July 1977.
The sugar industry in Antigua
A collection of mounted prints measuring approximately 170 x 120 mm., captioned. The photographs are copies of coloured aquatints by William Clark, published in 1823 under the title 'Ten views in the Island of Antigua.' Photographs by Henry Bourne.
The Sum and Substance of a Dispute between William Couch an Elder of the Baptist Congregation, and Thomas Upsher, one of those in Scorn called Quakers at Burnham in Denge Hundred, 1699
The dispute, won by the Quaker, turns chiefly upon water-baptism and the resurrection of the body. At the end is a list of names of those present. fo. 1: 'S', '585'. (pencil) hiatus between fos. 10 and 12.
The Tereo Valiandul Torannum, or Sixty-Four Miracles wrought at Madura by Sevah the Everlasting God of the Hindus
Translated into English by A. Rungapali. fo. 1: copy of dedicatory letter from Rungapali to Rous Peter, 13 June 1814. fo. 2: list of contents. fos i v, 1v, 6v, 110v: blank. Attached to flyleaf is a letter from Mrs Isabel Brander to Caroline M. Ridding, 29 Jan. 1902.
"The Tragedy of HMS Glorious"
The collection of material held at Churchill Archives Centre relates to the preparation of the documentary and includes research notes and correspondence; transcripts and videotapes of interviews, film footage and of the documentary.
The University of Sydney
The University of Sydney, New South Wales: The Fisher Library, circa 1915
A portfolio containing mounted black and white prints, measuring approximately 355 x 280 mm, with printed captions beneath the plates. The prints show views of the University of Sydney's buildings and the Fisher Library.
The unveiling of the statue of Queen Victoria on Empire Day by His Excellency Sir Wm Grey-Wilson
'The Vale of Kashmir seen under a cloud'
A narrative by 'Colonel Jones' and 'Major Robinson' of their hunting expedition in Kashmir, 48 pages, followed by 'Six weeks in a French vicarage by Hubert Richard Lovett', 19 pages. There are ten photographs inserted in the first narrative of members of the party and of the places they visited, which included Srinagar.
The Vaudois valleys. Extracts from J.D. Smith's A voice from the Alps, n.d.
Anon, MS extracts from J.D. Smith, A voice from the Alps, 1854. J. Denham Smith, minister of the Congregational Church, Kingstown. BL, 4605.a.53; CUL, 2nd edn, 1854, XIX.41.36.
The Vivacia Instinctive by James Maxwell...The Virtues, The Divinity and the Emotions
Typewritten by Samuel Thomson, Copying Office, Belfast, 1902, 307 pages.
The War of 1739 to 1748
Annotated typescript texts of seven lectures given by Richmond at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth [Hampshire] on the War of the Austrian Succession, concentrating on the naval aspects of the war between Britain, France and Spain.