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Document from the inventory of Michel de Montaigne's family; [Bordeaux?]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9959
Scope and Contents
This title-deed was part of a register of the estates of Montaigne's father, Pierre Eyquem de Montaigne. The original manuscript covered 1527-1558; most of it is now at the Bibliotheque municipale, Bordeaux. Montaigne's great-grandfather Ramond Eyquem, a wealthy merchant, bought the chateau and land of Montaigne in 1477 at the age of seventy-five.
Dates:
20 Nov. 1529
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Document signed by Montaigne and his brother-in-law Richard de Lestonnac, and two witnesses; Bordeaux
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9960
Scope and Contents
The document concerns a dispute over a property said to have been given to Montaigne's brother Arnaud, who had died in his twenties. The dispute was settled in an ecclesiastical court. With a second document dated 1581.
Dates:
18 Apr. 1570
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Cambridge University Library
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Document with Earl Haig's autograph, Seat of War, France
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.798
Dates:
25 Sep. 1918
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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Cambridge University Library
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Documents collected by Allen Tracy Hazen
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8677
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous letters, accounts, etc. (collected as paper specimens). Items from the dispersed archives of the Smyth family of Nibley, the Restoration banking house of Clayton & Morris, the printer and antiquary John Nichols, and a tranche of estate papers of the Antinori family of Florence (given to Hazen as deemed of no historical value, but due to its watermarks).
Dates:
1600-1842
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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'Documents on the loss of Tobago'
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 267
Scope and Contents
The volume begins with 'The whole proceedings on the trial of the Hon. Major Henry Fitzroy Stanhope at a court martial...in the month of June 1783, taken in shorthand by Joseph Gurney', printed in 1783 (104 pages). This is followed by manuscript transcriptions of two documents: 'Address of Governor Ferguson to the public relative to the capture of Tobago', 1781 (12 pages), and 'Capitulation of the island of Tobago received from Lieutenant Governor Ferguson', 1781 (8 pages). The rest of the...
Dates:
1781 - 1787
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Management Group
Documents preserved in the archives but not specifically relating to the college, and stray miscellaneous items.
Management Group
Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC15
Scope and Contents
Includes Acts of Parliament and other public documents and some documents relating to the university, but not specifically to the college.
Dates:
1370 - 1834
Found in:
Corpus Christi College Archives
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Documents relating to the commemoration of Cambridge University and college benefactors
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.47
Scope and Contents
Includes: 'Commemoratio Benefactorum in alma Universitate Cantabrigiae ...'; extracts from deed drawn up between the University and executors of John Mere, 1 Mar. 1559; Matthew Stokys: brief of his legacies to the University; Queens' College: 'series Fundationis ex antiquissimis eiusdem Collegii Monumentis collecta 1616', with additions in English in another hand. fos. 1 and 28v: blank.
Dates:
1675 (Circa)
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Cambridge University Library
File
Doge Pasquale Cicogna: Ducale
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4133
Scope and Contents
Written in three hands, 184 folios: (fo. 2) 1st hand: commission by the Doge Pasquale Cicogna to Andrea Damula of the governorship of Vicenza, with copies of documents relating to Vicenza, 31 March 1536 - 2 March 1596, endorsed 'Giulio Lamberti secretario'; (fo. 170) 2nd hand: copy of an additional document, 30 July 1503, endorsed by Jacobus Fabritius; (fo. 172) 3rd hand: note, endorsed 'Agtni Sptti'; (fo. 175) 1st hand resumed: index. The original first leaf is torn away and has been...
Dates:
1596
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Dominica Estate documents
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 266
Scope and Contents
A collection of documents relating to the West Indian property of the Greg family of Belfast, notably Hillsborough, in Dominica. The collection also comprises two volumes of accounts and notes, an album of photographs and five other related documents, as detailed below:1. A coloured map of Hillsborough, 810 mm x 530 mm, by F. Lowndes, 1795 which shows the layout of the estate. 2. Certified copy (1917) of the will of John Greg, 1795.3. Power of Attorney given to...
Dates:
1772 - 1899
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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Cambridge University Library
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Dominions Royal Commission diary letters
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 17
Scope and Contents
Manuscript letters written by Harding on his overseas visits with the Royal Commission, 1913-1916; a typescript transcript of the letters, made in 1988, 1 volume; several pages of notes; and 'Royal Commonwealth Society library notes', nos 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125 and 127.
Dates:
1913 - 1988
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
Donald Bowen Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 360
Scope and Contents
Memoirs (volumes 1-3 largely relate to upbringing, war service and work at the Commonwealth Institute; volumes 4-11 relate to the period after Bowen's retirement in 1978 and have little reference to the Commonwealth), including personal documents, certificates, photographs, drawings, correspondence, essays, notes, maps, newspaper extracts, obituaries, exhibition catalogues and reviews, lectures and drawings. Together with two sketchbooks, a selection of original drawings, and two published...
Dates:
1920 - 2019
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
Donald Coleman: Dons - A Memoir of L. S. E. and Cambridge
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9622
Dates:
1995
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
Donald Lynden-Bell: scientific and administrative papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10284
Dates:
c.1960-2018
Conditions Governing Access:
Restricted. The collection is uncatalogued.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Donald Wakeling: Catalogue of the Arnold Bequest
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7988
Scope and Contents
A manuscript catalogue of the 1940 Arnold Bequest to Cambridge University Library, 72 pages. The catalogue is divided into three sections: printed music, literature of music and manuscripts. Each entry includes bibliographical notes and a reference code allocated by the library. There is an accompanying letter from Alec King, Music Room, British Museum, to Derek Williams, Music Department, Cambridge University Library, 16 April 1973, presenting the volume, and the library's reply of 18 April...
Dates:
1944 (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
File
Donations and decrees of Kings Johan IV, Alfonso VI and John V of Portugal
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7047
Scope and Contents
Pages IV- VII include index
Dates:
1750 (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
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Donn Casey: records relating to the Filshie Clip, and related inventions and papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10292
Scope and Contents
Documents and photographs of research and development relating to the Filshie Clip, a method of surgical female sterilization and related inventions. The collection includes: notes; draft typescripts and research publications; marketing material; research reports, protocols and technical standards; loose photographs and photograph albums; address book, workshop notebook and log books; technical notes and drawings including for laparoscopic applicator for Filshie clip; business plans and...
Dates:
1962 - 2001
Conditions Governing Access:
Researchers wishing to consult this collection will be required to complete a data release form. Additionally, some material is closed following the Archive's confidentiality guidelines for sensitive data (in compliance with the Data Protection Act (2018)). Please see individual catalogue entries for details.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Dorothea Jane Stephen: Photographs of Religious Sites and Objects in South India
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9393
Scope and Contents
Photographs, mounted on paper with Dorothea Stephen's descriptions or unmounted with description on the back of each photograph.
Dates:
1915-1947
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
Dorothea Oschinsky: Doctoral Thesis and Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9355
Dates:
1933-1995
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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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Dorothea Stephen: Letters to J.P.C. Roach
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9508
Scope and Contents
[1-94] letters from Dorothea Stephen to John Roach (1949-57), [95-103] letters from Rosanna Stephen to Roach (1949-50), [104-112] copy letters about the Australian branch of the Stephen family, family trees (Dorothea Stephen, Rosanna Stephen), memorandum of a conversation between Dorothea and Roach (1949); all on personal, literary, and family matters
Dates:
1949-1957
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
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Dorothy and George Edward Moore: letters received by them and other family members, and photographs
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9868
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mostly addressed to Dorothy Moore but including some to G. E. Moore, Timothy Moore and Perry Moore. Subjects include the education of Timothy and Nicholas Moore, and condolences on the death of G. E. Moore.
1. Charlie Dunbar Broad to Dorothy Moore; Cambridge, 25 October 1958.2. Thorold Francis Coade to Dorothy Moore; Blandford, 30 May 1935.3. William Burnlee Curry to Dorothy Moore; Dartington Hall, 20 March 1934.4. William Burnlee Curry to...
Dates:
1934-1991
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
Dorothy Chadwick: Personal and family papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8387
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a wide range of material relating to Dorothy Chadwick and her family, including correspondence; photographs; financial papers, such as bills and bank books; family trees; and birth, death and marriage certificates. There are also many notebooks and index cards relating to historical figures and places, including material on local history.
Dates:
1875-1950 (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
Dorothy Dean: Diary
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8290
Scope and Contents
A diary kept by Dorothy Dean while resident at 74 Trumpington Street, describing her life in Cambridge and her visits to the London theatre and the health resort of Droitwich. There are inserted photographs, postcards and theatre programmes. At front of the volume is the inscription 'Dorothy S. Dean. Droitwich. Jan 1st 1911'. At the back, on the reverse of the page, are details of her income and expenditure. There is an accompanying description of the collection on a piece of card.
Dates:
1911
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
Dorothy Garrod and Theodore McCown: correspondence
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9840
Scope and Contents
All letters are between Garrod and McCown with the exception of:
Nos. 9 and 29 George Grant McCurdy (1863-1947) (Director, American School of Prehistoric Research, Yale University). Letters to Dorothy Garrod (1932).
No. 14 Raleb _____. Letter to Dorothy Garrod (1932)
Nos. 22,64 and 120] Laura E. Garrod. Letters to Theodore McCown (1932-37(
No. Sir Ellis Hovell Minns. Letter to Dorothy Garrod (1935).
Dates:
1930-1954
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
Dorothy Grace Wilkinson Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 350
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a thesis submitted to the Teacher Training Department of Kumasi College of Technology, recollections of Wilkinson's resisidence in Sawston, Cambridgeshire, and an autobiographical audio recording.
Dates:
1957 - 1989
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
Dorothy Henton: Diaries
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8779
Scope and Contents
Brief, intermittent notes of engagements, etc., especially Women's Institute events; address book.
Dates:
1953-1973
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