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Alonso de Cardenas: Relation of the State of England
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8992
Dates:
1638-1656
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
Blennerhassett Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7486
Scope and Contents
Personal papers, correspondence, notes, drafts and writings of Charlotte Lady Blennerhassett, chiefly, and her husband, Sir Rowland Blennerhassett. This includes a series of Lady Blennerhassett's working notebooks, collections of reviews and her correspondence with family members, friends and prominent individuals including Ignaz von Dollinger, Lord Acton, Franz Xaver Kraus and members of the German nobility. Sir Rowland Blennerhassett's papers include copies of his speeches, political...
Dates:
[1850s]-1917
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
Churchill Pamphlets
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHPA
Scope and Contents
Comprising a collection of pamphlets featuring speeches, articles or other text by Sir Winston Churchill.
Dates:
1904 - 1999
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
Commonplace Book
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9221
Scope and Contents
Commonplace book in several hands, probably of Cambridge origin. The title on the spine is 'Epitaphia Carmina Epigram[m]ata & quaed[am] alia'. The volume contains extracts from Greek, Roman, French, Italian, Spanish, and English authors, epitaphs and commemorative verses, some humorous. The sections are arranged under the following headings: Carmina Sententiae Proverbia; Facetiae; De rapina et homicidio; De legibus regnor[um] administratione; Amorosi; Monuments Funeralls Buriall; De...
Dates:
1600-1639 (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
Conde de Villamediana: Obras
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7641
Scope and Contents
Poems.
Dates:
1600-1699 (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
Cooke: the papers of Barrie Cooke
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COO
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, poetry and prose received by Barrie Cooke and original artwork produced by him. The principal correspondents are Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Jean Valentine and John Montage, and their letters along with their poetry and prose are to be found in the archive. There is also a large series of correspondence from poets and artists resident in Ireland, the United Kingdom and America, often consisting of just 1 or 2 letters from each correspondent but...
Dates:
1955 - 2022
Conditions Governing Access:
The Archive reading room is open by appointment, Wednesdays-Fridays, but all visits must be booked in advance. Photographs may not be taken of the Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes material without the permission of the Estates. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
Found in:
Pembroke College Library and Archive
Fonds
Correspondence of Max Aub and members of his family
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10174
Dates:
1916 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
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
Crawford: Papers of Michael Hewson Crawford (1939-), ancient historian and numismatist, regarding 'Imagines Italicae' Papers: Italic inscriptions, numismatics and epigraphy of the ancient Mediterranean
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/3437/CRFD
Scope and Contents
These working papers pertain to research and correspondence undertaken by Professor Michael H. Crawford as principal editor of Imagines Italicae: A Corpus of Italic Inscriptions (Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement 110). London: Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, 2011. This is a three volume catalogue, and associated database, of inscriptions in early Latin, Umbrian and Oscan, created under the aegis of University College...
Dates:
1992-2016
Fonds
Discourse on present state of monarchy, 1662
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9767
Scope and Contents
Discurso Hispano-politico sobre el stado presente de la Monarquia, in Spanish, signed 'Elabad D. Joseph Arnolfini de Illucas', 31 MAR 1662. With a modern typescript summary.
Dates:
1662
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
Francisco Xavier Alegre: 'Arte poetica de M. Boileau'
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10424
Scope and Contents
A translation into Castilian verse by Francisco Xavier Alegre of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, 'L'Art Poétique', with a dedicatory epistle to a disciple of the translator.
Dates:
c. 1780
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Fray Gerónimo de Areviano: Documents proposing his Beatification
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9224
Scope and Contents
Material compiled for proposing the beatification of Fray Gerónimo de Areviano (1576-[1651]), Spanish cleric of the Augustinian College in Alcala de Henares, apparently collected by Benito de Aste, Rector of the College. There are two heavily corrected accounts of de Areviano's life, miracles and sanctity; a memorial by Fray Hernando de Padilla, Provincial of the Order for Castille; questions to 28 witnesses, with the answers; 23 letters or signed declarations; printed Aviso and...
Dates:
1651-1652
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
Grandes Anales de Quinze Dias de Don Francisco de Queuedo Villegas
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7640
Dates:
1650 (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
Hughes: the papers of Olwyn Marguerite Hughes
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of material collected by Olwyn Hughes, mainly during the period she acted as literary agent for her brother Ted Hughes. Papers include copies of early appearances of many of Ted Hughes's and Sylvia Plath's poems and essays in literary magazines and newspapers and many newspaper cuttings relating to the work and lives of Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and their children. The collection contains no original manuscript material by Ted Hughes or Sylvia Plath.
Dates:
1958 - 2020
Found in:
Pembroke College Library and Archive
Fonds
Jardine Matheson Archive
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM
Scope and Contents
The collection contains papers covering the activities of Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd, its predecessors, its subsidiaries and associated firms.
• The company's business history is covered in large series of accounts (A) and correspondence (B-E, J-K).
• The rest of the collection is comprised of legal documents (F), printed commercial circulars and periodicals (G), documents in Chinese (H), papers of other companies (I), and miscellaneous papers (L).
• The collection is predominantly in...
Dates:
1766-1969
Conditions Governing Access:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Letter on likelihood of France declaring war on Spain, 1665
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9766
Scope and Contents
Discorso politico sobre si Françiamobera gerra, in Spanish, signed 'Elabad Arnolfini', Madrid, 24 DEC 1665, in a modern card cover With a modern typescript summary.
Dates:
1665
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
Marqués de la Ensanada: Charges put to him, and his replies
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9296
Scope and Contents
'Cargos hechos al Marqués de la Ensanada, y sus Respuestas', 7 charges concerning the Marqués de la Ensanada's reform policy in the Spanish American colonies, and his refutations of the allegations, followed by a report of the dismissal of ministers, 21 July 1754 (28pp.).
Dates:
1775
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
Martin Sarmiento: Scheme for library for a Spanish lawyer
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9412
Scope and Contents
1 volume, in Spanish, 221pp., dated 1775 but perhaps compiled c.1748, Cathalogo de algunos libros curiosos y selectos para una libreria de un particular que desee comprar de tres a quatro mil tomos; at p.212, explanation of rationale behind choice of books.
Dates:
1748
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
Papeles Curiosos
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7638
Scope and Contents
Copies of various letters and historical extracts in Spanish. Possibly by Bartolome Leonardo and Lupercio Leonardo de Argensola.
Dates:
1650 (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
Papeles Varios
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7639
Scope and Contents
Poems and historical notes.
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
Fonds
Roger Law Archive
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275
Scope and Contents
The title of this archive is somewhat of a misnomer, considering that it incorporates a mix of Roger Law’s own archive, material donated by his long-time collaborator, Peter Fluck; and the corporate archive of Spitting Image Productions Limited (SIPL). However, the vast majority of these items were held in Law’s possession, following the cancellation of the original series of Spitting Image. Ultimately, the archive represents Law’s professional life, from freelance...
Dates:
1946 - 2024
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Segni and Medici, Florentine Merchants: Business Letters
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8963
Scope and Contents
A collection of sixty-nine business letters, dated between 1616 and 1625, of which twenty-two are addressed to Nicolò Gianni (also spelled "Niccolò Giani") and Lorenzo Segni; three to Lorenzo Segni alone (1624–1625); and twenty-six to Lorenzo Segni and Francesco Medici (1625-1634). The correspondence originates from agents based in various Italian cities as well as Spain (specifically Madrid, one letter, Burgos, two letters, and Cuenca, three letters) and relates commercial and financial...
Dates:
1616-1634
Conditions Governing Access:
This 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
Spanish Medical Notebook
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8919
Scope and Contents
Undated medical notebook, mentioning several German doctors, including Dr. Rupizus of Dresden (possibly Heinrich Rupitzius), Dr. Heim of Berlin, and 'Canones terapeuticos del Dr. Pitschaft'' (possibly Johann August Pitschaft, 1783-1848).
Dates:
1825 (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
Spanish transcripts
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4174
Scope and Contents
Includes: (fo. 1) transcript of Libro de re militari traslado de Latin en romançe y declarado por Christoral de Estrella [J.C. Calvete de Estrella] (Salamanca, 1571); (fo. 147v) 'Remedio efficacissimo y provado para Quitar el Dolor de Muelas'; (fo. 148) Capital alpha kai capital omega [Greek script] (4 times); (fo. 149) transcript of La vida del bien aventurado Padre Frai Juan Hortolano fraile lego del Monasterio de S. Francisco de Salamanca (Salamanca, 1569), by Luis de Escobar; (fo. 170v)...
Dates:
1650 (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 César Milstein
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MSTN
Scope and Contents
Papers including correspondence and research notes.
Including some correspondence of his wife, Celia Milstein, to 2003.
Dates:
1952 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Some items in sections B, C, E and H are closed and closures are marked in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
Varios Saynete
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7571
Scope and Contents
Various plays in Spanish.
Dates:
c. 1800
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