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John Abercromby Alexander: Papers on trees and woods
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 7
Scope and Contents
Tables, articles and other material regarding trees and woods in Ceylon, Fiji and New Zealand, and in general.
Dates:
1888-03-29 - 1925-06-10
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letters from the Thornhill family in New Zealand
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 304
Scope and Contents
Letters written to Henrietta Thornhill from Cudbert Thornhill in New Zealand (8; 1862-1872) and India (2; 1878); William Thornhill (16; 1867-1878); Edward Thornhill (6; 1868-1875, 1910 and 1915); George and Esther Thornhill (c. 61; 1865-1915); Hazel Smith (2; 1916 and 1919); and H. McDowell Smith (3; 1918). There is also a memorial card of George Thornhill, 1916. Not all of the letters are clearly dated, and some are fragmentary. There is accompanying correspondence regarding the...
Dates:
1862 - 1919
Conditions Governing Access:
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Life in New Zealand 1982
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089AA
Scope and Contents
Colour transparencies. When planning the exhibition 'Commonwealth in Focus,' the Royal Commonwealth Society Library requested material from Commonwealth Governments and these slides, with the photographs listed at Y308E, were sent in response. A continuous slide show was prepared to portray contemporary aspects of the countries of the Commonwealth and twelve of these slides were copied for inclusion.The list is that supplied with the slides which are filed in the order given. A...
Dates:
1982
Conditions Governing Access:
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Life in New Zealand 1982 (II)
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089BB
Scope and Contents
Coloured and black and white photographs. When planning the exhibition 'Commonwealth in Focus,' the Royal Commonwealth Society Library requested material from Commonwealth Governments and these photographs were sent in response. The majority of the photographs, all of which are of high quality, are by the National Publicity Studios, Wellington. They have been numbered consecutively and arranged in twelve groups: Agriculture; Forestry and Fisheries; Antarctica; Arts and Crafts; Cities and...
Dates:
1982
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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Modern Commonwealth photograph collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MC
Scope and Contents
This broad heading has been used to cover a substantial collection of loose prints, dating chiefly from the period 1960-1982, but including a few of earlier date. The majority come from the files of the RCS journal known successfully as ‘United Empire,’ ‘Commonwealth Journal,’ and ‘Commonwealth,’ in which some were published, but there are also items obtained for inclusion in the exhibition ‘Commonwealth in Focus’ in 1982 and these are indicated by CIF and the catalogue number in the...
Dates:
1936 - 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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New Zealand and America
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C
Scope and Contents
An album containing mounted prints of various sizes showing scenic views in New Zealand and America. The prints are either captioned on the photographs, or have brief written captions beneath. Handwritten captions, as opposed to those written on the photographic negative, are enclosed in square brackets. The geographical locations of the prints break down thus:1-2 Sydney3-59 New Zealand60 Honolulu61-105 America and CanadaThe album records the round-the-world...
Dates:
1885
Conditions Governing Access:
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New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D
Scope and Contents
An album containing mounted prints, most measuring approximately 200 x 140 mm, depicting the landscape and people of New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa. All the prints except for ten are signed and captioned by Burton Brothers. The ten unsigned photographs, mainly of Maori warriors, are the work of American Photo Company, Auckland (Y3089/53-54) and Pulman Studio, Auckland (Y3089D/58-65). The album breaks down into geographical locations thus:65 prints of New Zealand10 prints of...
Dates:
1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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New Zealand Competition Album
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089I
Scope and Contents
An album containing 42 mounted black and white prints and 7 watercolour paintings, most measuring approximately 195 x 150 mm. The prints have captions and scenes painted in watercolour around the borders of the photographs. The album also contains a decorated frontispiece with a watercolour portrait of the Prime Minister of New Zealand and a message from him to the 'School children of the United Kingdom', which runs thus:'In presenting this album for competition among the schools of...
Dates:
1925
Conditions Governing Access:
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New Zealand Contingent for the Transvaal. Wellington. October 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089Q
Scope and Contents
A mounted print measuring 204 x 15 mm, with the caption handwritten on the mount. The photograph shows a section of the New Zealand contingent on parade in a field outside Wellington, with hills in the background. New Zealand, like Australia, responded enthusiastically to the prospect of the Boer War and the New Zealand Government eventually sent nearly 6,500 men during the course of the war and they took a full part in many important actions. Like the Australians, they greatly impressed...
Dates:
1899-10
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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New Zealand (Dunedin)
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089CC
Scope and Contents
Panoramic view of Dunedin, in ten sections, mounted on linen roll, each 244 x 225 mm. Photographer not known, but it is likely to have been either Joseph Perry or William Meluish.
Dates:
1864 - 1865
Conditions Governing Access:
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New Zealand paintings of Alfred Hands
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 306
Scope and Contents
Seven framed watercolours of New Zealand scenes.
Dates:
1881 - 1887
Conditions Governing Access:
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New Zealand Scenery
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089E
Scope and Contents
An album containing mostly mounted prints with two loose prints, measuring approximately 205 x 140 mm, and showing towns and landscapes in New Zealand. The photographs have been captioned on the negative. Each page of the album is stamped on the reverse 'Photographer's Agent, W.R. Robinson, Stone's Buildings, Wellesley Street East'.
Dates:
1880
Conditions Governing Access:
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New Zealand Scenery
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089H
Scope and Contents
A suede-covered album containing mounted prints measuring approximately 200 x 150 mm, with printed captions beneath the photographs. The album contains a handwritten inscription which reads 'A memento of Feby 1922. Places visited and 'yet to be seen'. G.G.'.
Dates:
1922
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New Zealand Scenery c.1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089A
Scope and Contents
A commercially produced portfolio containing signed, mounted prints, measuring approximately 240 x 185 mm, with brief descriptive captions pasted to the mounts. It seems likely that these prints form only a part of the complete portfolio: apart from the small number of prints, their geographical location and subject matter seem somewhat unbalanced - six of the views are from a relatively compact area of the eastern section of the North Island, with only one print from the South Island...
Dates:
1870
Conditions Governing Access:
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New Zealand scrapbooks of Sir Cecil Day
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 303
Scope and Contents
Three scrapbooks of press cuttings, invitations and other memorabilia, including many original photographs.
Dates:
1911 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
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Newscuttings on New Zealand immigration
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 307
Scope and Contents
A newspaper cuttings book originating from New Zealand, containing articles on immigration to New Zealand, 1849 and 1850; letters to newspaper editors, 1852; and articles and letters on the settlement of New Zealand, 1866-1868. There are also a few articles on immigration to Van Diemen's Land, Australia, New Brunswick, California, Natal and Chile. The latter discusses the 1868 South American earthquake. Some of the cuttings are mounted on loose cardboard. Near the back of the book are a...
Dates:
1849 - 1868
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Orakei Korako, Rotarua, New Zealand
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089Y
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 75 x 55 mm, captioned on the reverse. These scenic views of the Rotorua area are a commercial souvenir set and are contained in a printed envelope. Printed and published by Isle's Photo Finishing Service, Rotorua.
Dates:
1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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Panorama of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089M
Scope and Contents
Two prints joined to measure 557 x 189 mm and with the title handwritten at the top of the print. The panorama shows the small settlement at the end of the North Shore, with houses and bungalows gathered round the far side of the small beach in the foreground. At the left of the print is a jetty leading out into Waitemata Harbour, with Auckland visible in the distance across the water.
Dates:
1870
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papers of Douglas Hope Johnston
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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:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papers of the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10
Dates:
1907 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
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Photographic cigarette cards of New Zealand and the Pacific
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089Z
Scope and Contents
60 x 40 mm.
1-11, 15-17 By Henry Winkelmann (1861-1931) who was a leading photographer in Auckland from the 1890s. Numbers 6 and 11 were issued with Golden Floss Cigarettes and the remainder with White Ensign Cigarettes. They all have titles on their fronts.
12-14 From a series of 50, 'Beautiful New Zealand', issued with Three Castles Virginia Cigarettes, taken by the New Zealand Government Publicity Office, and have printed descriptions on the backs.
Dates:
1880 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
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Photographs of New Zealand, Montenegro, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Norway, Samoa and Fiji
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089FF
Scope and Contents
The compiler and provenance of this photograph album are unknown. It captures a diverse range of subjects and places. Captions have been reproduced as they appear in the album. The majority of photographs relate to New Zealand and most are the work of Arthur James Isles (1870-1943), probably the son of the Oamaru photographer James Isles. Arthur Isles established a studio at Thames in the early 1890s and later settled in Rotorua. He exhibited at the Christchurch International Exhibition of...
Dates:
1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
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Photographs of Queenstown, New Zealand
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089W
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints (probably originally 12), measuring approximately 80 x 60 mm and captioned in the negative. The prints are a commercial souvenir set contained in a printed envelope, published by R.C. Griffiths of Queenstown.
Dates:
1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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'Photographs of savage lands' [historic title]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308B
Scope and Contents
An album containing mounted prints of various sizes, most prints captioned in an ornate script. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. The album contains photographs from Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, and is split into somewhat haphazard sections:1-50 Sydney...
Dates:
1870 - 1880
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public Schools Empire Tour to New Zealand. 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs by an unknown tour member consisting of black and white lantern slides most measuring approximately 75 x 55 mm. Most of the slides have been captioned: the titles of those without captions are enclosed in square brackets.The Public Schools Empire Tours came into being through the Church of England Council of Empire Settlement's decision in 1925 to send a party of schoolboys to Australia after the visit to England of a party from the Young Australia...
Dates:
1929-01-04 - 1929-05-18
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library