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Address from the women of Ballarat and Ballarat East in the colony of Victoria to the women of England
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 299
Scope and Contents
A roll of paper 31 x 1067 cm in size. In 1863 it was recommended to increase the number of convicts transported to Western Australia, and the proposal was met with strident opposition from it and the other Australian colonies through a series of petitions. Reaction in Victoria was especially strong because of anxiety that its goldfields would attract many escaped or former convicts. Although it was decided in early 1864 not to expand penal transportation to Western Australia, many had...
Dates:
1864-10
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Address presented to Miss G. Croft, M.B.E., Principal of Vincent Girls' High School, Batticaloa (1922- 1948) by the public of Batticaloa, Ceylon on the eve of her departure to England
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 402
Scope and Contents
Typescript on oblong palm leaves, 55 x 255 mm in size, attached to the covers by a silver chain running through a single hole in each leaf. The covers are decorated in silver with inner linings of dark blue velvet. The upper cover is engraved, 'To Miss Gladys Croft M.B.E. in affectionate remembrance from the residents of Batticaloa Ceylon'. The volume is housed in a dark blue, clasped velvet box, lined with grey silk, produced by ‘Hemachandra Bros jewellers Kollupitiya.’The address...
Dates:
1948
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Adventures of a rubber-neck
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 84
Scope and Contents
An undated description of Miss Granville-Smith's time in India and Kashmir, 178 pages, beginning with her departure from England on 25 August 1945, and covering a period of 22 months, ending with her return on 7 July 1947. The memoir was originally written in the form of round robin letters to her family, often as a diary covering several weeks of news. These letters were circulated to friends and relations, and for this reason they mention mutual friends and organisations. There are...
Dates:
1947 - 1990
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Aerial photographs of Gibraltar, (?) 1930s
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016F
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints (numbered 1-5), of various sizes and uncaptioned. Photographs by M. Flandrin of Casablanca.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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Africa miscellanea
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113
Scope and Contents
A wide range of material relating to different parts of Africa, notably Nigeria, Rhodesia, South Africa and Uganda. Many of the papers relate to Europeans who worked in Africa, including army officers and missionaries. A number of the collections are comprised of single items, such as letters or artwork. There is also a significant amount of photocopied material. The titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is...
Dates:
1792 - 2003
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African land utilisation and settlement, Kenya
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3046D
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints (originally 80 but lacking No. 75) measuring approximately 155 x 105 mm., with typewritten explanatory captions on the reverse. The collection, which illustrates the progress of land utilisation and betterment schemes in various districts of Kenya is identical, apart from minor variations, with the illustrations in the 'African Land Utilisation and Settlement Report 1962.'Photographs by the Aircraft Operating Company of Africa Limited, Johannesburg (Nos....
Dates:
1955
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African Papers of Sir John Gray
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126
Scope and Contents
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
Dates:
1950 - 1971
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African travel diary of A.R.H. Mann
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 116
Scope and Contents
A diary describing a journey from London via Egypt to the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons and South Africa in four volumes, each of 50 pages.
Dates:
1935
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African villages and townships in Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052I
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose prints measuring approximately 21 x 150 mm., with typewritten captions pasted to the reverse of the prints. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.
Dates:
1966
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Agriculture in Queensland
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085P
Scope and Contents
Three loose prints depicting agriculture in Queensland. Photographer unknown, presumably the staff photographer of the 'Silverwood Gazette' as two prints are thus stamped on reverse, as well as being marked up in pencil for publication.
Dates:
1910
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Alan Rudwick collection
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J
Scope and Contents
Loose photographs taken by Alan Rudwick unless otherwise indicated. All photographs are 215 x 165 mm unless otherwise stated. They fall into two groups; photographs of trade castles (1-28) and other views, chiefly of Achimota. Along the West Africa coast are the remains of more than 40 castles and fortified posts set up by European nations engaged in commerce, including the Transatlantic slave trade, with West Africa, the greatest concentration being in what became the Gold Coast, now...
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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Cambridge University Library
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Albemarle family scrapbook
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 34
Scope and Contents
A scrapbook of c. 123 pages, with cuttings and other material pasted in. The album includes a 'Vanity Fair' cartoon of 6th Earl of Albemarle (1883); a 'Vanity Fair' cartoon of Viscount Bury (1837); a promissory note signed by William Lyon Mackenzie (1837); an invitation to the inaugural Colonial Society meeting on 15 March 1869; an invitation to and the order of service for the funeral of Prince Albert on 23 December 1861; electoral posters of Viscount Bury; and various cuttings, including...
Dates:
1837 - 1883
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Album of coastal profiles
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 6
Scope and Contents
Fifty-eighty pages of sepia drawings (12" x 6"), with captions and dates. The drawings give latitude and longitude, and appear to be competent renderings of coast profiles. The places featured include the Cape Verde Islands, Trinidad, Table Bay (including plan), Ceylon, Malaya and the East Indies, Macao, Sunda Straits, St Helena, Ascension and Britain. Some of the profiles, including those for Cape Town, Macao and Jamestown, St Helena, give details of buildings. None are signed, but...
Dates:
1783-12-30 - 1785-06-06
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Album of family photographs taken in Kenya 1934-1936
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3046G
Scope and Contents
A small brown album containing photographs measuring 135 x 85 mm, plus four index prints. There are handwritten annotations in the album or on the reverse of the photographs. Subjects include scenes of Treetops (safari lodge) and big game, the Gerra River Nyeri, the wedding of St. John Shaw and Mary Roe, the family's bungalow and garden, Silver Jubilee celebrations at the Nyeri Club in 1935, children thatching with banana leaves, a holiday in Mombasa, views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Free Town,...
Dates:
1934 - 1936
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Album souvenir d'Alexandrie: Ruines, 1882
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A
Scope and Contents
An album of albumen prints. This collection contains a series of views of destruction caused by the bombardment of the city on 11 July 1882 when the English fleet attempted to destroy Arabi Pasha's nationalist forces. The photographs are captioned in French on the photographs themselves.
Dates:
1882
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Albumen prints of China
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302F
Scope and Contents
Framed albumen prints, measuring approximately 280 x 210 mm (500 x 400 including card frames).
Y302F/1-4: Chinese interiors.
Y302F/5-6: Canton flower boat and interior view.
Y302F/7: Western suburbs looking North (Canton) by Afong Lai, 1874 (after the devastating typhoon of 1874).
Y302F/8: Chinese grave on White Cloud Mountain, c. 1870s.
Dates:
1850 - 1879
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Albums by Francis Frith
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214A-C
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of printed published volumes illustrated with albumen prints tipped on to the leaves with detailed text accompanying each photograph.The landscape and monumental remains of Egypt and the Middle East had exercised a profound fascination upon the European imagination for centuries, but it was only in the 19th century - and particularly after the impetus of Napolean's Egyptian campaign of 1798 - that visitors arrived in any great numbers. Scholars, adventurers...
Dates:
1857 - 1860
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Albums of Lt. Col. R.E. Thorne
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468DD-EE
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two albums relating to the career of Richard Everard Thorne (see Y30468DD/13), who was born in 1901, educated at Haileybury, and joined the Tanganyika Police in 1925. After returning home to get married in 1930, he served in Iringa (twice) and Dar-es-Salaam during the period 1930-1939. During the Second World War he was seconded from Tanganyika Police to the Somalia Gendarmerie. He returned to Tanganyika 1949-1952, then after attending the Senior Officers'...
Dates:
1941 - 1956
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Alexander Chancellor photographs
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031J
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Alexander Richard Chancellor, C.B.E. (1869-1959). He served in the Highland Light Infantry 1893-1895, joined the Colonial Police and was posted to Barbados. In 1902 he accepted an offer to transfer to the Straits Settlements Police, being Chief Police Officer of Malacca from 1903-1905. He became Chief Police Officer of Singapore in 1907, Inspector-General in 1914 and retired in 1922.
Dates:
1903 - 1905
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Alexander Russell Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] photographs 1900-7
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052D
Scope and Contents
Collection of 5 " x 4 " copy negatives from an album containing twelve prints measuring approximately 155 x 110 mm, with letterpress captions printed beneath the photographs (in some cases different photographs have been inserted and the captions amended). The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. The album, created by Telegraphist and Postmaster Alexander Russell, offers an interesting visual record of Salisbury and the surrounding areas in...
Dates:
1900 - 1907
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Alexander Russell Southern Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] photographs, 1900-1901
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052C
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of modern 5" x 4" copy negatives from an album containing twenty prints measuring approximately 155 x 110 mm, with handwritten captions on the mounts in Russell's hand. The captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. An inscription on the inside cover reads: 'To Jack with best wishes for a prosperous future from Alec 1.1.02.' ...
Dates:
1900 - 1901
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Alistair W. Hay Collection
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 369
Scope and Contents
The collection includes copies of letters written by Hay to family and friends. Three describe his work with the Protectorate, colleagues, travel and leisure and are dated 1923, Canton; 1929, Taiping; and 1933, Kuala Lumpur (17 sheets). A second series of letters dating from 1940-42 narrates Hay’s wartime experience (57 sheets). The collection includes a copy of a photograph showing a memorial plaque honouring Hay and other members of the Chinese Protectorate who lost their lives...
Dates:
2007
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Americas miscellanea
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240
Scope and Contents
A wide range of material concerning different countries in North and South America, notably Canada, Belize and the West Indian islands. A number of the collections are comprised of single items, such as legal documents and paintings.
Dates:
1697 - 1988
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Among the Maoris (MSS 89) [now RCMS 301]
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089R
Scope and Contents
Containing a journal of 18 typescript pages, 11 small watercolours and photographs. The prints measure approximately 200 x 150 mm. Photographs are captioned on the prints, and also have handwritten captions stuck to the prints. Photographers unknown with the exception of 11, by A. Martin of Wanganui.The journal (author unknown) describes a six month holiday in New Zealand taken by the writer and her husband, arriving in New Zealand in December 1898. The journal is chiefly...
Dates:
1899
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Amy Wilson collection on South Africa 1901-1902
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305Q
Scope and Contents
A diary of a visit to South Africa, 100 x 120 mm, with original photographs and 4 cut from publications. The photographs include professional prints, but for the most part are amateur work, presumably by Amy Wilson herself, save for the few in which she appears. Most of the photographs can be linked to episodes described in the diary and many are captioned either below or on the reverse.With the aid of the lists published in 'South Africa' on the day of sailing from Southampton, 26...
Dates:
1901 - 1902
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- Africa (continent) 438
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- India (nation) 120
- South Africa (nation) 104
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- Uganda (nation) 77
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- England (country) 35
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- Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Central Office of Information 13
- Royal Commonwealth Society 7
- Simpson, Donald Herbert, 1920 - 2002 (Librarian of the Royal Commonwealth Society) 6
- British Overseas Airways Corporation 5
- Church Missionary Society 5
- Longmore, Laura, fl1948 - 1998 5
- Smith, Sir (Walter Buchanan-, 1879-1944, Knight) 5
- Thomas, Harold Beken, 1888 - 1971 (colonial administrator and historian) 5
- Elizabeth, II, 1926 (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) 4
- Falconer, John, 1951 (Curator of photographs, British Library) 4
- MacDonald, Malcolm John, 1901 - 1981 (politician and diplomat) 4
- Powell, Wilfred, 1853 - 1942 (explorer and consular official) 4
- Smyly, Sir (Philip Crampton, 1866-1953, Knight and colonial administrator) 4
- Bosazza, Vere Louis, fl1973 - 1976 3
- Cashmore, Thomas Herbert Richard, 1928 3
- Christy, Cuthbert, 1863 - 1932 (explorer and zoologist) 3
- Elizabeth, 1900 - 2002 (née Bowes-Lyon, Queen Consort of George VI) 3
- George, VI, 1895 - 1952 (King of Great Britain and Ireland) 3
- Great Britain. Colonial Office. Visual Instruction Committee 3
- Hartley, Diana, 1894 - 1986 (nursing administrator in India) 3
- Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry, 1858 - 1945 (Baron Lugard, colonial administrator, soldier and author) 3
- Penn, Albert Thomas Watson, 1849-1924 (photographer) 3
- Royal Colonial Institute 3
- Rudland, Henry, fl. 1910-1915 3
- Stanley, Sir (Henry Morton, 1841-1904, Knight, explorer, administrator, author and journalist) 3
- Tench, Mary F A, fl. 1910 - 1929 3
- Williams, George Howard, 1893 - 1975 (businessman) 3
- Wright, George Parkinson, fl1874 - 1883 (photographer) 3
- Alexander, John Abercromby, 1854 (forester) 2
- Arthur, Sir (Oswald Raynor, 1905-1973, Knight and colonial administrator) 2
- Australian Information Service 2
- Banks, Frederick Grant, 1875 - 1954 (trader and planter) 2
- Barlow, Christopher Matthew, 1898 - 1930 2
- Bell, Sir (Henry Hesketh Joudou, 1864-1952, Knight, colonial governor) 2
- Bermuda News Bureau 2
- Best, Margaret Mary, 1872 - 1941 2
- Brewster, Adolf Brewster, 1854 - 1937 (anthropologist) 2
- British Broadcasting Corporation 2
- British South Africa Company 2
- British, Association of Malaysia and Singapore 2
- Burke, Norah Aileen, 1907 (novelist) 2
- Byron-May Company (fl. 1906-1917) (photographers) 2
- Caire, Nicholas John, 1837 -1918 (photographer) 2
- Campbell, Killie, 1881 - 1965 (collector of Africana) 2
- Canadian Pacific Railway 2
- Cansdale, George Soper, 1909 2
- Copeland, A E, fl1917 - 1918 2
- Corner, Edred John Henry, 1906 - 1996 (Botanist) 2
- Crombie, John Nicol, 1827 -1878 (photographer) 2
- Cust, Robert Needham, 1821 - 1909 (orientalist) 2
- Dick, James, 1862 - 1926 (businessman and soldier in South Africa) 2
- Drake, Bernard L, fl1955 - 1961 (civil servant) 2
- Ellison, Randall Erskine, 1904 - 1984 (colonial administrator) 2
- Elsy, R, fl1880 - 1889 2
- Fisher, Alfred Hugh, 1867 -1945 (artist and photographer) 2
- Foelsche, Paul Heinrich Matthias, 1831-1914 (Inspector of Police and photographer) 2
- Franklin, Sir (John, 1786-1847, Knight, Rear Admiral, Arctic explorer) 2
- Frith, Francis, 1822 -1898 (photographer) 2
- Frome, Edward Charles, 1802 - 1890 (General) 2
- G R Lambert and Co (fl. 1875-1919) (photographers) 2
- Gedge, Ernest, 1862 - 1935 (colonial administrator) 2
- George, V, 1865 - 1936 (King of Great Britain and Ireland) 2
- Goepel, John, 1906 2
- Gray, Sir (John Milner, 1889-1970, Knight and colonial administrator) 2
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Ministry of Information. West African Photographic Service 2
- Historical Society of Nigeria 2
- Hone, Sir (Herbert Ralph, 1896-1992, Knight, Major General, colonial administrator) 2
- John Watson and Co (fl. 1855-1875) (photographers) 2
- Joselin, Frank E, fl1930 - 1947 2
- Jukes, Worthington, 1849 - 1937 (missionary) 2
- Kerry, Charles, 1858-1928 (photographer) 2
- King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874 - 1950 (Canadian statesman) 2
- Laing, John William (b c 1846) 2
- Livingstone, David, 1813 - 1873 (African missionary and explorer) 2
- Lovett, Hubert Richard, 1854 - 1908 (army officer) 2
- Macfie, John William Scott, 1879 - 1948 (doctor) 2
- Mann, A R H, fl. 1935 2
- Margaret, Rose, 1930 - 2002 (Princess, daughter of George VI) 2
- Matson, Albert Thomas, 1915 - 1987 2
- Millar, Ernest, 1868 - 1917 (missionary) 2
- Morris, Sir (Daniel, 1844-1933, Knight) 2
- Mutesa, II, 1924 - 1969 (Kabaka of Buganda) 2
- Newton, Lillian Allan, 1894 - 1977 2
- Notman, William, 1826-1891 (photographer) 2
- O'Kelly, Elizabeth, 1915c (olonial officer) 2
- Parker, Frederick Hardyman, fl1890 2
- Pedrotti, L, fl. 1902 (photographer) 2
- Philip, b, 1921 (Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II) 2
- Pickard, Sir (Cyril Stanley, b 1917, Knight, British High Commissioner of Pakistan) 2
- Platé and Co 2
- Robinson, Wren, fl1928 - 1981 2
- Roth, Henry Ling, 1855 - 1925 (ethnologist) 2
- S H Parsons and Sons (1871-1933) (photographers) 2
- Sedgwick, Thomas E, 1929 2
- Smith, James Carmichael, 1852 - 1919 2
- Stuart, Sir (Colin Campbell, 1885-1972, Knight and civil servant) 2
- Sueur, Robert W Le, fl1921 - 2001 2
- Tengely, Philip Louis, 1875 2
- Thompson, David, 1770 - 1857 (explorer and geographer) 2
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