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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Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.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
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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Alonso de Cardenas: Relation of the State of England
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8992
Dates:
1638-1656
Conditions Governing Access:
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'Colonialism: before and after'
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 392
Scope and Contents
This unpublished manuscript was probably written by Burns sometime after 6 January 1973 and was transcribed by his grandson Andrew FitzGerald between 2013 and 2016. The formatting and content of each page have been reproduced as faithfully as possible to the original manuscript, and every effort was made to retain its style of presentation. The illustrated cover, however, was not part of the original manuscript. The scope of Burn’s history is set out in the table of contents:I....
Dates:
1973 - 1980
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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Edward Enoch Jenkins and Muriel Alice Jenkins (née Ackermann): personal papers and photographs
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 414
Content Description
Comprises photograph albums collected by or relating to Muriel Alice Jenkins (née Ackermann, also known as Sally), born 1904, and her upbringing in Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], as well as the wider Ackermann family, together with photographs relating to Muriel's husband, the colonial administrator and judge (Edward) Enoch Jenkins, and his service in Northern Rhodesia [Zambia], Fiji, Nyasaland [Malawi], and Antigua (the Leeward Islands). The collection includes a small amount of personal...
Dates:
1850 - 2000
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge: Correspondence
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8782
Scope and Contents
59 letters to the Duke from various correspondents, mostly soldiers, statesmen and colonial Governors. There are also 27 letters from the Duke to Sir Richard Airey. The letters cover action in the Crimea, the relief of Khartoum and General Gordon, Roberts' relief of Kandahar and a report on the coronation of the Czar by Lord Wolseley.
Dates:
1847-1902 (Circa)
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George Kingsley Roth and Adolf Brewster Brewster: Papers on Fiji
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8780
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises G.K. Roth's subject files on Fijian affairs, culture, history, sociology and administration. Some of the material is in Fijian. The subject files have been recorded as found [i.e. transcribed directly from the covers of the files]. The terms 'native', 'natives' and 'native administration', as used by Roth in his capacity as a colonial administrator to refer to Fijian people and the structure of colonial government, have been retained in their original context....
Dates:
1870-1957 (Circa)
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Fonds
Newscuttings on Southern and East Africa
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 332
Scope and Contents
Four volumes of newscuttings, three relating to Southern and East Africa and one to the Native Question in South Africa, and loose cuttings on related subjects. Many of the articles concern the activities of the colonial powers in Africa, notably Great Britain, Germany, Spain and France.
Dates:
1883 - 1932
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Papers of Sir John Hawley Glover
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.
Dates:
1861 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
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Papers on West Africa
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 125
Scope and Contents
Typescript and manuscript documents relating to West Africa, 127 pages. The papers were probably assembled by Gray for his proposed edition of Frances Moore's 'Travels into the inland parts of Africa' for the Hakluyt Society, which he was unable to complete due to illness. It is not known when they were compiled. There is an accompanying letter from A.T. Matson to D.H. Simpson, R.C.S. Librarian, 17 June 1975, and Simpson's reply of 18 June.1. Biographical note regarding Francis...
Dates:
1970
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Sir Alexander Johnston: administrative papers relating to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 92
Scope and Contents
Comprises: four notebooks assembled by Johnston on aspects of law, history and administration in Ceylon; letter-book containing regulations relating to Roman Catholics in Ceylon; copies of law officers and counsels' opinions on various colonial acts. Note that 'Notebook V', extract from statement concerning the arrival of Chalias in Ceylon (presented by Professor Lee alongside the rest of the collection and listed in Donald Simpson's 1975 manuscript catalogue) is missing.
Dates:
c. 1806 - 1827
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Sir George Arthur, Superintendent of British Honduras: papers
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
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Sir James Stephen: Papers
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7888
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence of Stephen and papers relating to a life of Stephen written by Dr. Evelyn Christian Martin.
Dates:
1807-1953 (Circa)
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Sir William Allardyce: scrapbooks
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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'The Caribbean in international politics, 1670-1707': PhD thesis
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 257
Scope and Contents
A Ph.D. thesis for the University of London, 554 pages, with a map.
Dates:
1933
Conditions Governing Access:
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West Indian documents
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 263
Scope and Contents
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Dates:
1820 - 1832
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