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Ruth Darwin: correspondence and papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9790
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of letters from Ruth Darwin to members of her family but predominantly to her sister (Emma) Nora Darwin, and correspondence and papers arising out of Ruth's work with the British Committee of the French Red Cross in France in 1917-1919.
Dates:
1890-1944
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
Sénégambie-Niger reports
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 142
Scope and Contents
Five volumes of manuscripts. Each volume is bound in leather with the title and elaborate tooling on each front cover. They appear to be reports to the Governor-General from local officials. Each cover is marked: '1903-1904; Sénégambie-Niger: Cercle de ...' with the appropriate name. The books are full of lined paper, and neatly written reports, each in a different hand on the history, administration etc. of the area. Four of the five volumes contain a hand drawn map of the...
Dates:
1903 - 1904
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
Sir Ellis Minns: Notebook of Russian Grammar
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9245
Scope and Contents
Notes of Russian Grammar, in English. There are titles in French: on the inside is the title 'Cahier de Russe', and on the first page 'Cours de M. Boyer'; from the back of the book runs 'Cours de M. Alexandrovski'.
Dates:
1898
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
Sir Henry Hesketh Bell Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36
Scope and Contents
Diaries, notebooks, letters, scrapbooks and publications. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, 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.
Dates:
1889 - 1948
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
Stokes: the papers of George Gabriel Stokes
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/STO
Scope and Contents
The majority of the collection is made up of a series of addresses sent to Stokes upon the occasion of his Jubilee as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1829 - 2020
Found in:
Pembroke College Library and Archive
Fonds
'Suite d'ariettes choisies de différens operas comiques, copié par Couland. 1766.'
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8879
Scope and Contents
Airs from various comic operas. Volume has various ownership inscriptions, some rubbed out, including 'Maria Letitia Grant', 'Mary Richmond' and 'Goodwood. From Her Grace the Dutchess of Richmond'. MS vocal score, 6 airs from 'Tom Jones' [by F.A.D. Philidor, 1765]; 6 from 'La fée Urgele' [by E.R. Duni, 1766]; 6 from 'Le Roy et le fermier' [by P.A. Monsigny, 1766]; 1 from 'Les aveux indiscrets' [by Monsigny, 1759]; 6 from 'Rose et Colas' [by Monsigny, 1764]; 5 from 'Isabelle et Gertrude' [by...
Dates:
1766
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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The Papers of C. T. R. Wilson
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CTRW
Scope and Contents
Papers comprising correspondence, mainly about barrage balloons and airships, 1917-40, photographs and offprints.
Dates:
1888 - 1959; 1888 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Charles Hamson
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9957
Scope and Contents
The collection principally consists of draft texts, offprints and correspondence relating to articles, lectures and broadcasts delivered by Hamson. Some correspondence, most of which concerns various honours and offices held, is also included, together with a small number of items relating to Hamson’s school and university education.
Dates:
1921 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for researchers using Cambridge University Library. Some items of personal correspondence have been closed.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
The Papers of David Roden Buxton
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9848
Scope and Contents
Includes travel diaries and correspondence with family, friends and colleagues. Also included are numerous photographs and negatives of European churches and architectural features.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1927-08-23 - 1994-07-06
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
The Papers of George Steiner
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GSNR
Scope and Contents
The material held at Churchill Archives Centre comprises Professor Steiner’s personal papers. They include papers of his wife Dr Zara Steiner and his children David and Deborah Steiner. They are predominantly in English with some French. They consist of correspondence with Professor Steiner’s parents Dr Frederick Steiner and Mrs Else Steiner, other correspondence, memorabilia and scrapbooks. There is also an extensive collection of press cuttings, and a small number of family...
Dates:
1929 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Individual closures are marked in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
Treatises on Fortification and Practical Geometry
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8906-8907
Scope and Contents
Uniformly bound volumes, both stamped with the arms of the Arborio family of Savoy.
Dates:
1675 (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
Collection
Two-letter class: western post-medieval manuscripts
Collection
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd-Qq/western/post-medieval
Scope and Contents
Many manuscripts acquired by the University Library before the middle of the nineteenth century either originated as or were made up into bound volumes, and were classified alongside printed material. Most carry what is known as a 'two-letter' reference, running (for western manuscripts) from Dd.1.1 through to Oo.7.60. They comprise mainly medieval and early modern manuscripts. This catalogue is based on entries for western post-medieval manuscripts in the 5-volume Catalogue of the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1530 - 1850
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