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Sir Campbell Stuart Photographs
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011CCC
Scope and Contents
Framed photographs, photographers unknown, forming part of the Sir Campbell Stuart collection. They are in uniform black and gold frames, with titles on wooden labels.
Dates:
1928 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Charles William Dixon: Memoirs
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 38
Scope and Contents
Unpublished typescript memoirs of a Colonial Office and Commonwealth Relations Office official, covering his career from 1911 to 1967. With a forward by Sir Harry Batterbee. One of 100 duplicated copies prepared for presentation. 115pp.
Dates:
1969
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Cyril Pickard Collection of Nigerian photographs
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043F-J
Scope and Contents
A collection of albums containing prints. They are presentation albums from Nigerian States, recording events during official visits 1971-74 when he was British High Commissioner in Nigeria, and are presumably the work of official photographers. Albums G, H and J have the Nigerian flag as the cover design, and F, H-J have the State arms on the cover. A few of the prints have been removed from the albums and this has been noted in the catalogue.
Dates:
1971 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Daniel Morris Collection: Views in Jamaica
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D
Scope and Contents
An album containing prints, most measuring approximately 240 x 180 mm, the majority captioned in Morris' hand. The captions 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. Photographer(s) unknown.
Dates:
1879 - 1886
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Daniel Morris Collection: West Indian views
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints of various sizes. Not all are captioned. Titles composed for the catalogue are enclosed in square brackets. The collection includes photographs by J.F. Coonley (1-13), Adolphe Duperly (15-19), Norton Brothers (32-33), Tempest Anderson (34-35) and others unknown. The geographical areas represented in the photographs break down thus: 1-13, Nassau; 14, Barbados; 15-20, Jamaica; 21, St Lucia; 22-26, Antigua; 27, St Kitts; 28-31, Dominica; 32-34, St Vincent; 35,...
Dates:
1879 - 1913
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir George Arthur, Superintendent of British Honduras: papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270
Scope and Contents
Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...
Dates:
1803 - 1837
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Harold Smedley Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389
Scope and Contents
Diaries, official papers, correspondence and photographs
Dates:
1950 - 2000
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Harry Brittain Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011AAA
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints and others in an album relating to the career of Sir Harry Brittain (1873-1974).These photoraphs were selected by the Librarian from a large collection and have been chosen for their relevance to Sir Harry's Empire/Commonwealth interests. They are by various photographers, including Sir Harry himself; some of these are noted but it is probably that others were also taken by him. Among them are portraits of individuals, groups, travel scenes and some...
Dates:
1873 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Henry Hesketh Bell Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C-N
Scope and Contents
A collection of prints by various photographers. Bell makes mention several times in his letters and diaries of taking photographs and many of the prints in the collection are evidently snapshots taken by him or by someone using his camera. Some professional work is included in the albums, the two most prominent photographers being Alfred Lobo (Uganda) and Jose Anjo (Dominica). In addition, Y3011F contains work by such well-known London photographers as Elliot and Fry, Maull and Fox,...
Dates:
1866 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Henry Hesketh Bell Collection
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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:
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Sir Henry Norman Far East collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302E
Scope and Contents
Original glass negatives measuring 164 x 122 mm by Sir Henry Norman. Some of the negatives are accompanied by handwritten captions. Views shown are of French Indo-China [Vietnam], China, Malaya [Malaysia], Siam [Thailand], Korea and Japan.
Dates:
c. 1890
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Jayantilal Keshavji Chande Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 377
Scope and Contents
This collection includes copies of 29 speeches given by Chande between 1961 and 2009 on the subjects of business, community service, the environment, Freemasonry, politics and tourism, and copies of his autobiography and collected works:
‘A knight in Africa: journey from Bukene' (2008)
‘Transitions of a life: collected works by JK Chande’ (2011)
Dates:
2012
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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Sir John Bagnall Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 367
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Bagnall's account of his evacuation from Singapore during the Second World War immediately before its fall to the Japanese in Feb. 1942. It is accompanied by photographs of the home he occupied at the time.
Dates:
2007
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir John Spry collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 351
Scope and Contents
Papers and photographs relating to Sir John Spry's legal service in Saint Helena and the British Antarctic Territory.
Dates:
1989 - 1999
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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Sir Lala Sukuna
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091H
Scope and Contents
200 x 250 mm. Head and shoulders portrait. The image is stamped on the reverse with the date '5 Aug 1958' and also 'Public Relations Office, Fiji Official photograph.'
Dates:
1938 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Ralph Hone collection : South Arabia
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3021B
Scope and Contents
An album containing scenes in the Federation, probably by official photographers. Most of the prints measure 210 mm x 160 mm, though a few are slightly smaller, and all are excellent photographs.Between 1959 and 1965 sixteen states and the British Colony of Aden joined to form the Federation of South Arabia. In 1965 Sir Ralph Hone and Sir Gawain Bell were appointed to make recommendations for a constitution for the Federation. They reported early in 1966, but the constitution...
Dates:
1965 - 1966
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Raynor Arthur Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs and slides, by various photographers, relating to the career of Sir Raynor Arthur. Apart from one photograph of Cyprus, the photograph collection relates to Arthur's last three posts (Bermuda, the Falkland Islands and the Bahamas), and, as well as more general scenes, includes images of several special events and distinguished visitors. Most of the Bermuda and Bahamas material consists of professional photographs; those of the Falkland Islands and Falkland...
Dates:
1937 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Walter Buchanan-Smith collection on Nigeria
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043U-Y
Scope and Contents
A collection of albums and loose prints, intermittently captioned. These albums relate to Buchanan-Smith's service in Nigeria.
Dates:
1909 - 1935
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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Sir William Allardyce: scrapbooks
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 35
Scope and Contents
Comprises 12 scrapbooks of newscuttings relating to Allardyce's career and the colonies he worked in, including photographs, programmes and ephemeral material. Some content relates to affairs in Aberdeen, where Allardyce had been educated. The scrapbooks relate to the following:
1-3 Fiji: 1882-4, 1895-1902, 1902-3;
4-6 Falkland Islands: 1908-9, 1909-13, 1914-18 (including the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914) and Tasmania: 1920-1;
7-8 Bahamas: 1915-17, 1918-19;
9...
Dates:
1874 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
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Six photographs of South Australia
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082C
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs, five of which measure approximately 205 x 150 mm. and are of similar country scenes, and on similar paper. The sixth print is a black and white photograph measuring 285 x 165 mm. showing a view of Adelaide. Photographer, or photographers unknown, although at least one print (Y3082C/1) comes from a Government Department. Remaining prints uncaptioned.
Dates:
1910 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sketches in India : taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency, London : Lovell Reeve, 1862
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022F
Scope and Contents
The book consists of a frontispiece and 100 prints, each measuring 74 x 72mm. The images, which are pasted in opposite text by C.R. Weld, appear to be halves of stereo pairs. The pages are not consecutively numbered and the volume is divided into five sections: scenery and antiquities at Golconda (1-12); miscellaneous tombs and temples (13-19); views at Hyderabad and Secunderabad (20-34); sketches illustrating English life in India (35-47); sketches of people and portraits of noblemen...
Dates:
1862
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sketches of Ottawa, the Rideau Canal, Upper Canada and St Helena
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062T
Scope and Contents
Reproductions of original artwork by Frome
Dates:
1929 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access:
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Smyly Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] Collection, 1911-1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448L
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs in an album, plus loose photographs and postcards. The photographs have been arranged in four groups; the album, loose prints, miscellaneous postcards, and British Empire Exhibition postcards. Unless otherwise indicated, the captions not in brackets were supplied by Miss Grace Smyly. The captions may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation.Plates 1-33...
Dates:
1911 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Smyly Sierra Leone and Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446M
Scope and Contents
A collection including a black album, containing 29 photographs and with eight blank sides, and loose prints and negatives, relating to the career of Sir Crampton Smyly. There are typed captions which have been used as the basis of catalogue entries. As well as photographs of the visit to Sierra Leone of the Duke of Connaught on 15 December 1910, there are numerous photographs of events of 1929, the year in which Sir Crampton Smyly retired.
Dates:
1910 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Smyly Sierra Leone Collection, 1895-1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L
Scope and Contents
A collection of 56 photographs in an album, 16 loose photographs and 11 postcards. The Sierra Leone photographs cover the years from the early 1890s to 1911, including scenes, buildings, and events, as well as some more personal items. Not all are captioned and some of the pencil captions are almost illegible. The assistance of Dr Christopher Fyfe in some identifications, and in background material on Smyly, Hindle, and other aspects of the catalogue, is gratefully acknowledged. The...
Dates:
1895 - 1911
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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