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Delegates to the Agricultural Society, Brisbane, 1st meeting
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085N
Scope and Contents
205 x 140 mm. A mounted sepia print of twenty-four delegates (plus one looking through a window behind) posed for the camera. Stamped on mount with : 'Peabody, Photo. Rockhampton.' Delegates not identified.
Dates:
1909-08
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Delhi Durbar 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022SSSS
Scope and Contents
A collection of framed panoramic photographs.
Dates:
1911-12-12 - 1911-12-14
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Departure from Auckland Harbour
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089N
Scope and Contents
Uncaptioned mounted prints, measuring approximately 200 x 80 mm. These three photographs are a series of consecutive pictures showing the departure of two steampowered battleships, dressed overall with flags, from Waitemata Harbour. The precise occasion has not been determined.
Dates:
1895
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Derek Holt West African photographs
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043PP
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints and one modern copy print. These photographs presumably relate to the activities of John Holt and Co. They fall into three main groups: mounted photographs (1-3), unmounted photographs (4-31), and carte de visite photographs (32-67). In the first category are the important Mary Kingsley groups (1-2) and the Morel family photograph (3). Included in the second are a number of prints (9, 11-17, 24-25) which appear to have been removed from an album or other...
Dates:
1890 - 1986
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Descriptive album of the country and people of Sarawak
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A
Scope and Contents
An album containing platinum prints, most measuring approximately 145 x 105 mm, with letterpress captions pasted beneath the prints. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The album is stamped 'Sarawak' on the front cover but contains no further publication details: the title here given is taken from Appendix II of Hose (1927).The...
Dates:
1884-03 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Destruction of Nelson Boys' College
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089DD
Scope and Contents
Greetings card with montage of four scenes of the fire at Nelson Boys' College on the 7th December, 1904, and portrait of J.G.M. Jacobsen, builder 1850.
Dates:
1904-12-07
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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'Development of the white community in Natal, 1845-72': PhD thesis
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 208
Scope and Contents
A Ph.D. thesis for the University of London, including a map and diagrams.
Dates:
1936
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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'Developments in British Honduras': B.Litt thesis
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 271
Scope and Contents
'Social and administrative developments in British Honduras, 1798-1843', a B. Litt. thesis for Oxford University, 300 pages, with a map.
Dates:
1958
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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'Developments in colonial status': typescript essay
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 25
Scope and Contents
'Developments in colonial status in the British Empire, 1900-22', 84 pages. The typescript is bound in a light blue cloth, with the title, coat and arms and 'The George Ludolf Siddle Prize 1923' on the front. The essay is described as 'an attempt to ascertain and to appreciate the changes which have taken place since the beginning of the present century in the relations between the various component parts of the British Empire. Treating the Empire as a united whole both the internal and...
Dates:
1923
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Diana Hartley Indian Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022NNN
Scope and Contents
Album of photographs relating to Miss Hartley's nursing activities in India, and places visited by her. These photographs are chiefly amateur snapshots taken by Miss Hartley or her friends and are 70 x 110 mm or smaller, unless otherwise stated; a few have been enlarged to post card size and there are also some commercially produced post cards which are so identified. Number 120 to 136 were taken by a missionary, and are her copyright. The descriptions of the photographs are drawn partly...
Dates:
1935 - 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Diaries and papers of Frederic Williams
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 100
Scope and Contents
Diaries of hunting expeditions in Burma, a letter regarding Williams' death and biographical notes about the Williams family. The papers are accompanied by correspondence between G.H. Williams and the R.C.S. Librarian regarding the gift of the collection, with a biographical note concerning Frederic Williams.
Dates:
1899 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Diaries and papers of Monica Storrs
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 246
Scope and Contents
Diary extracts, a photograph and other papers of Monica Storrs and biographical material composed after her death.
Dates:
1938 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Diaries of John Laing in India and Europe
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Laing
Scope and Contents
Diaries with inserted photographs, drawings and other items.
Dates:
1873-10-18 - 1875-01-23
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Diaries of John Laing in India and Europe
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21
Scope and Contents
Diaries with inserted photographs, drawings and other items.
Dates:
1873-10-18 - 1875-01-23
Conditions Governing Access:
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Diaries of Sir William Himbury
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 404
Content Description
Manuscript diaries written by Sir William Himbury relating to his trips to West Africa in late 19th and early 20th century. Himbury travelled in his capacity as a superintendent of cables and telegrams initially, and later on behalf of the British Cotton Growing Association (BCGA) to gther intelligence on cotton growing and trade. There is also an article on Empire cotton (1905), manuscript notes on the Egba peoples and a folder of biographical notes assembled by the donor.
Dates:
1871 - 1955
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Diary: 'Footloose in S.E. Asia'
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 112
Scope and Contents
A diary of Le Sueur's experiences in South-East Asia, October 1998-April 1999, 270 pages, including 48 pages of photographs and 4 pages of maps. The areas covered are, in order, Thailand; Laos; Northern Vietnam; South Vietnam; Cambodia; Luzon, Palawan, Central Archipaelago and Mindanao (Philippines); Sabah (Malaysia); Brunei; Sarawak (Malaysia); Western Malaysia; Bangkok.
Dates:
1999
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Diary: 'From west to east through Africa'
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 123
Scope and Contents
An illustrated diary of Christopher Barlow's journey from Kano, 23 February 1928, through French Equatorial Africa, Belgium Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, arriving at Mombasa on 27 March, a total of nearly 3,500 miles. On pages iii-iv is a list of journeys undertaken by Barlow, 9 March 1927-19 February 1928. The volume includes thirty inserted photographs, as well as a copy of Barlow's entry in the 'Nigeria Civil Service list', 1929, and a letter to the Librarian of the Royal Empire...
Dates:
1928 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Diary in Bahr-el-Gazal
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 119
Scope and Contents
Diary and letters from Sanders to his mother and sister, c. 510 pages, covering the period when he was cutting the Sudd and was based at Meshra er Rek, followed by his time at Wau and Rumbek. There is also a coloured manuscript map of the Rumbek area, on a scale 1/250,000. The papers are accompanied by a note on Sanders and the collection.
Dates:
1902-05-24 - 1903-04-21
Conditions Governing Access:
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Diary of Agnes Wilson in South Africa
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 206
Scope and Contents
The diary, 100 x 120 mm, is comprised of two notebooks bound together totalling 374 pages, and is lettered 'A.M.W. South Africa 1901-2' on the front board. There are entries on most of the right-hand pages, and notes, photographs, passes, tickets, cuttings and other souvenirs on the left-hand side. The diary describes life on board ship, visits to the Cape, travels in the interior, and events of the period in South Africa, including comments on the ongoing Anglo-Boer war, or South African...
Dates:
1901-1902, 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Diary of Kenneth Albert Watson
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 406
Content Description
Diary written in the Argyle Street Camp, a Japanese internment camp for officers in Kowloon, Hong Kong, during the Second World War, covering the period 1942-1945. Comprises diary pages written in pencil; section 1 covering 1 Jan. 1942 - 31 Mar. 1942; section 2 covering 1 Apr. 1942 - 31 Jul. 1942; section 3 covering 1 Aug. 1942 - 9 July 1943; section 4 covering 25 Nov. 1943 - end of Feb. 1944; section 5 covering Mar. 1944 - Sept. 1945. Together with a typed transcription of the diary,...
Dates:
1942 - 1945
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Diary of Luke Norman in Central Africa
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 225
Scope and Contents
A copy by Mr R. Hobson of Norman's diary of his African expedition, the original of which is the property of Captain Dudley Norman, D.S.O. There are daily entries covering the greater part of 18 June 1868 - 17 February 1870. Events described in the diary include the deaths of several colleagues and a disagreement between Norman and Captain Faulkner.
Dates:
1982
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Diary of Samuel Viveash
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 287
Scope and Contents
A typescript copy of Viveash's diary of his activities from his emigration to the Swan River in 1838 until September 1851, 229 pages. There is a brief introduction and index by Canon A. Burton, who arranged the preparation of the typescript.
Dates:
1934
Conditions Governing Access:
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Diary of Thomas Taylor Russell
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 408
Content Description
Manuscript diary written by Thomas Taylor Russell, Deputy Public Prosecutor in Perak, Malaya, captured in Singapore in early 1942 and interned as a civilian at Changi and Sime Road; a privately printed transcription reproducing Russell's diary; a typescript copy of the Double Tenth investigation and other publications from 1945 relating to Changi.
Dates:
1942-1945, and [2020]
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Dictionary of East African biography
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 155
Scope and Contents
A wide range of material compiled in preparation for the D.E.A.B. A few letters and other items are in French, German and Italian.
Dates:
1916 - 1993
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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Diocese of Central Tanganyika [i.e. Tanzania] 1927-1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469G
Scope and Contents
A collection of 137 photographs and other pictures. The collection was mounted on sheets of brown paper for display at exhibitions and bazaars in the 1950s, but has now been transferred to an album. The photographs represent various aspects of the activities of the Diocese, and were gathered from local mission staff, who in many cases wrote descriptive notes on the backs. The majority are amateur snapshots not exceeding 14 x 8 cm, but there are a few larger ones, including some of people...
Dates:
1927 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library