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Papers of Douglas Hope Johnston
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 285
Scope and Contents
Papers, and a few photographs, relating primarily to Admiral Arthur Phillip and the Australian Pioneers, but also concerning Canada and New Zealand. There are pamphlets, programmes and other material accumulated by Hope Johnston, many of which were originally given to his friends and acquaintances, and include his lavish annotations. There are also items written by Hope Johnston and correspondence relating to different aspects of his work. The collection is in English with the exception...
Dates:
1901 - 1979
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
Papers of Sir Harry Parkes
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a wide range of professional and personal papers. There is an extensive selection of printed and manuscript material collected in Hong Kong, China and Japan throughout Parkes' career. There are also around 750 letters, including correspondence with Sir Rutherford Alcock, Major-General Charles George Gordon, Lord John Russell and Sir Ernest Satow. Most of the personal correspondence addressed to Parkes dates from the last two years of his life, with much of the...
Dates:
circa 1380-1898 (mainly 1850s-1880s); circa 1380-1898 (mainly 1850s-1880s)
Conditions Governing Access:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Papers of the Paget Family
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10379
Scope and Contents
The deposit contains letters, documents, photographs, newspaper cuttings, publications, sketchbooks, notebooks, travel diaries, human hair, plant material, paintings, and a portable writing desk.
The letters, beginning in 1799, include family correspondence and George Edward Paget’s professional correspondence.
There are a number of packets of letters and legal documents assembled by members of the family for particular historical purposes; the earliest document, an...
Dates:
1648; 1799 to 2020, mostly nineteenth century.
Conditions Governing Access:
Part restricted. Open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room. Some material may be restricted for data protection reasons or because of its fragility.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Pembroke College Archive
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL
Scope and Contents
Pembroke College Archive holds records of the College and its estates going back to its foundation in the 14th century and earlier. The College is fortunate to retain many of the early charters relating to its foundation by Marie de St. Pol, Countess of Pembroke. Significant estate collections include those for Framlingham and Saxtead in Suffolk, and Hardwick, Linton, Soham and Waresley in Cambridgeshire. Other records include governance records, bursarial records, tutorial records, property...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1200 - 2024
Found in:
Pembroke College Library and Archive
Fonds
Robert Maddocks Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361
Scope and Contents
Maddocks has written many articles on postal history, the majority reflecting his primary interest in the history of the Cameroons, particularly during the colonial period. He is the author of a monograph examining postal arrangements during the conquest of German Kamerun by the British and French during the First World War. His works also cover Nigeria, West Africa, Gambia, Zambia, German East and South West Africa, Togo, Ascension, St. Helena, Papua New Guinea, Jamaica and Barbados.
Dates:
1959 - 2013
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
Roger Cole Paulin: correspondence and papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10218
Dates:
1950 - 2010
Conditions Governing Access:
Some files and volumes restricted for reasons of confidentiality.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Roger Law Archive
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275
Dates:
c late 1940s-2021
Conditions Governing Access:
Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. 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
Rowe: the papers of John Wilkinson Foster Rowe
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/ROW
Scope and Contents
The collection covers much of Rowe's career and includes job applications, notes, diaries, copies of lectures and copies of his publications. There are also copies of his will and codicils and obituaries.
Dates:
1919 - 1980
Found in:
Pembroke College Library and Archive
Fonds
St. Matthew Passion: German setting
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8922
Scope and Contents
'Das Leiden unser Herrn Jesu Christi wie es beschreibt der heilig Evangelist Matheus'. Score and 1 part (Pilatus). Soli (Evangelista, Jesus, Petrus, Judas, Caiphas, Magdalena, Pilatus, Pilati Weib) and chorus. Recitatifs in quasi-plainsong notation, chorus in staff notation. Chorale titles and verse numbers noted at several points. Bookplate of Alfred Cortot. Possibly from a work by Samuel Besler, 'Threnodiarum sanctae crucis in salutiferam passionis. Das heilige Leiden...', Breslau,...
Dates:
1620 (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
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 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 Felix Deutsch
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNDT
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of: a translation of Deutsch's autobiography; copies of letters from Lili Deutsch to her brother Paul Kahn; copies of letters between Deutsch and his brother-in-law in the United States, the banker Otto Kahn and other members of their families on subjects including Allied and German war aims leading up to the First World War; copies of AEG publications on Deutsch.
Dates:
1896 - 1940
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 Harold Ingrams
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/IGMS
Scope and Contents
Papers mainly comprising official reports, minutes and correspondence about the British Control Commission in Germany, 1945-6.
Dates:
1943 - 1953
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 Jackie Broome
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRME
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers mainly relating to a libel action against David Irving and Cassell and Co Ltd over the publication of "The Destruction of Convoy PQ 17".
With a photograph album of Louis Egerton Broome, 1900-10.
Dates:
1942 - 1979
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 Karl Weissenberg
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WEIS
Scope and Contents
Papers comprising articles, lectures, notes, correspondence, photographs and textile samples.
Dates:
1938 - 1970
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 Lise Meitner
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MTNR
Scope and Contents
The papers include: material on Professor Meitner's many honours; diaries; notebooks, including laboratory notebooks, scientific memoranda, calculations and lecture notes; offprints of articles; correspondence, including general and miscellaneous correspondence and correspondence with family and colleagues; material on the Nobel Prize, mainly recommendations and descriptions of work by candidates; birthday greetings; photographs; personal papers, including school reports, official documents...
Dates:
1862 - 1979
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 Professor Max Born
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BORN
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence of Professor Max Born, his wife and children, and material concerning their family history. Including photographs and artefacts.
Dates:
1811 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Donald MacDougall
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MACD
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to economic policy, including correspondence, diaries, notes, articles, speeches, a draft autobiography and photographs.
Dates:
1928 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir William Bull
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BULL
Scope and Contents
BULL 1 - 10 is made up of diaries kept faithfully by William (or Paul, as he was known to his family and close friends) Bull from 1878, when he was thirteen years old until some three weeks before his death in January 1931. The earlier diaries were illustrated and all the diaries are interleaved with letters, press cuttings, menus, theatre programmes and photographs relating to the events they describe. Twice yearly, in June and December, Bull compiled a 'Retrospect' of the past six months...
Dates:
1862 - 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
Wace: the papers of Alan J. B. Wace
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/WAC
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of 9 small field notebooks belonging to Wace dating from the early 1900s, papers relating to his academic career, and copies of some of his publications, principally offprints from journals.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1903 - 1952
Found in:
Pembroke College Library and Archive