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Official: Cabinet: papers 485 - 519., 07 Sep 1925 - 09 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/46
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including paper duty; reports of Safeguarding of Industries committees on various industries; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; the conclusions of the Standing Committee of Civil Research on the iron and steel industry; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies; a Colonial Office...
Dates:
07 Sep 1925 - 09 Dec 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Semi-official letters from Hong Kong to Tokyo, 8 Jan. 1964-31 Dec. 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/131/15
Scope and Contents
Semi-official letters nos 1-139 from I.F. Aucott, M.A.R. Herries, G.M.R. Pearson, R. Shoppee and H. Sidbury to S.R. Hawke, 8 January-31 December 1964, with enclosed letters and papers. There are also unnumbered semi-official letters from Hong Kong to Tokyo of 12 February 1964, 6 April 1964, 27 April 1964, 12 May 1964, 22 May 1964, 1 June 1964, 2 June 1964, 19 June 1964, 24 June 1964, 15 July 1964, 21 July 1964, 24 July 1964, 15 August 1964 (2 letters), 27 August 1964, 8 October 1964, 24...
Dates:
8 Jan. 1964-31 Dec. 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
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Literary: Articles: Evening Standard., May 1935 - Jun 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/520
Scope and Contents
Proofs of the following articles by WSC: "The King's 25 Years" [in 7 parts]: "The Accession" on the death of Edward VII, the background of Queen Mary and the political situation in 1910; "The King Faces his First Crisis" on David Lloyd George's 1909 Budget, the Home Rule Bill and the deadlock between the Houses of Parliament; "War Clouds Gather" on the House of Commons in 1911, industrial disputes, social organization, the Triple Entente between Britain, France and Russia, and the Agadir...
Dates:
May 1935 - Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Semi-official letters from London to Hong Kong, 1 Jan. 1926-16 Dec. 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/2/20
Scope and Contents
Semi-official letters nos 389-438 from David Landale and L.N. Leefe to D.G.M. Bernard, with enclosed letters and papers. There is an index at the beginning of the volume containing the following entries:A: C.E. Anton; J.R. Allan; Annual Accounts; Annual Accounts, 1924/25; Acme Code; Anglo-Java Shares; America.B: J. Borland; A. Brooke Smith; J.E.H. Bibby; F.H. Bugbird; Estate of the Late John Bell-Irving; Mrs J.J. Bell-Irving; Mrs Eva G. Bell-Irving; C.C. Boyd; G.H....
Dates:
1 Jan. 1926-16 Dec. 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
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Semi-official letters from Shanghai to London, 6 Jan. 1915-3 July 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/22/4
Scope and Contents
Semi-official letters nos 49-112 from C.E. Anton and John Johnstone to Henry Keswick, with enclosed letters and papers, including a sketch of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Co.'s wharves.There is an index at the beginning of the ring-binder containing the following entries:A: Aniline Dyes; C.E. Anton; Firm's Agencies; Mr Aveyard; Audinet, Lacroix & Co.; H.E. Arnhold; F.L. Anderson (China Association); Atlantic Transport Co.; Annual Meeting; Anthrax; J.R. Allen (Staff);...
Dates:
6 Jan. 1915-3 July 1916
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
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Semi-official correspondence between B.W.I. and Hong Kong and London, 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/115/4
Scope and Contents
Semi-official correspondence of Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Caribbean) Ltd, Port of Spain, Trinidad, with Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, including correspondence with R. Gordon (R.G. Series):1. Copies of letters nos R.G. 1-4 from H.D.M. Barton, Hong Kong, to R. Gordon, Port of Spain, 20 July-23 December 1957.2. Original letters nos R.G. 1-2 from R. Gordon, Port of Spain, to H.D.M. Barton, Hong Kong, 7 and 26 August 1957.3....
Dates:
1957
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
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Semi-official letters from London to Hong Kong and Shanghai, 4 Jan. 1923-29 June 1923
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/2/15
Scope and Contents
Semi-official letters nos 253-268 from David Landale, London, to J.J. Paterson, Shanghai, 4 January-26 April 1923, and nos 269-276 from David Landale and L.N. Leefe, London, to D.G.M. Bernard, Hong Kong, 3 May-28 June 1923, with enclosed letters and papers.There is an index at the beginning of the volume containing the following entries:A: Captain R.Y. Anderson; C.E. Anton; R. Mein Austin; Agreement Between 'Spicer Bros. (Colonial & Foreign) Ltd & Jardine,...
Dates:
4 Jan. 1923-29 June 1923
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
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Semi-official letters from London to Hong Kong and Shanghai, 5 Jan. 1922-21 Dec. 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/2/14
Scope and Contents
Semi-official letters nos 200-238 from David Landale and L.N. Leefe, London, to D.G.M. Bernard, Hong Kong, 5 January-14 September 1922, and nos 239-252 from Landale and Leefe, London, to J.J. Paterson, Shanghai, 21 September-21 December 1922, with enclosed letters and papers.There is an index at the beginning of the volume containing the following entries:A: Annual Accounts; Annual Accounts, 1920-1921; Annual Accounts, 1921-1922; Agreements - Buying; J.R. Allan;...
Dates:
5 Jan. 1922-21 Dec. 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
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Semi-official correspondence between Shanghai and Hong Kong, 6 July 1933-29 Dec. 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/24/51
Scope and Contents
Semi-official letters nos 1200-1258 from B.D.F. Beith (mainly) and W.J. Keswick, Shanghai, to J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, 6 July-29 December 1933, and 1378-1431 from J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to B.D.F. Beith, Shanghai, 11 July-28 December 1933, with enclosed letters and papers.There is an index at the beginning of the volume containing the following entries:A: Annual Accounts (1932/33); Annual Accounts - Northern Agencies; Annual Accounts (1931/32); Annual Accounts -...
Dates:
6 July 1933-29 Dec. 1933
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
Fonds
Archives of the Cambridge Union Society, 1815 - 2015
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/USOC
Scope and Contents
The archives comprise a full record of the Union’s activities from 1815 until the middle of the twentieth century. Thereafter the records are somewhat patchy. Major series of records include laws and regulations of the Society, annual reports, committee minute books, records of debates, suggestions books and photographs of speakers.
Dates:
1815 - 2015
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Miscellaneous correspondence: M, Dec. 1967-Dec. 1968 (mainly 1968)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/I21/8/25/3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, and J.S. Maas & Co. Ltd, dealers in fine art, London; S.S. Maas, Twickenham; Malaysia-Singapore Commercial Association (Inc.), London; Management Centre Europe, Brussels; Mannai Trading Co., Doha; Marples Ridgway Ltd, London; Thomas Marshall Investments Ltd, Manchester; Martins Bank Ltd, Liverpool; D.J. Massey, Jardine Waugh Ltd, Bangkok; M.A.T. Transport Ltd, London; Sir William Mather, Mather & Platt Ltd, Manchester; Matheson...
Dates:
Dec. 1967-Dec. 1968 (mainly 1968)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
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Personal correspondence, 1965-02-25 - 1974-12-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/22
Scope and Contents
The majority of correspondents write on JEP's decision to stand down as MP for Wolverhampton South West [Staffordshire], and his adoption and subsequent election as MP for Down South, Ulster [Northern Ireland]. Correspondents include: Robin Pollard, Secretary and Agent to JEP, on opposition to him in the Wolverhampton Conservative Association (8); George Wilkes, Wolverhampton Conservative Association constituency chairman, on opposition to JEP and his decision to stand down (3); Sir Peter...
Dates:
1965-02-25 - 1974-12-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Correspondence A - Z, 1925-01 - 1925-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/10
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Edward Grigg [later 1st Lord Altrincham], on taking up his position as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Kenya, a vote on his salary and his work as Secretary to the Rhodes Trustees (2); Sir Kenneth Anderson; Sir Abe Bailey, supporting LSA's position on Iraq; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister; Sir Otto Beit on appointing Grigg's successor as Secretary to the Rhodes Trustees (2); Gertrude Bell [Oriental Secretary to the High Commissioner for Iraq, Sir Henry Dobbs]...
Dates:
1925-01 - 1925-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC (carbon copies)., 10 Jan 1926 - 21 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/29
Scope and Contents
Recipients include: President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton] (3); F Stanley Jackson [Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party]; Count Guiseppe Volpi [Italian Minister of Finance] (2); Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple, Minister of Transport] (2); Sir Robert Horne [later 1st Lord Slamannan]; Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Colonies] (4); Sir James Craig [later 1st Lord Craigavon, Prime Minister...
Dates:
10 Jan 1926 - 21 Dec 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 430 - 459., 02 Apr 1925 - 09 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/44
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: 1st Lord Balfour, Chairman of the Committee on Civil Research, on the British Dye Industry, and, as Lord President of the Council, on the Rosyth [Fife, Scotland] Dockyard; 1st Lord Haldane on the dye industry; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including the Finance Bill (Safeguarding of Industries); the Board of Trade...
Dates:
02 Apr 1925 - 09 Nov 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Hong Kong, 4 Jan. 1922-28 Dec. 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/44/1
Scope and Contents
Semi-official letters nos 277-354 from John Johnstone and B.D.F. Beith to D.G.M. Bernard, with a few enclosed letters.There is an index at the beginning of the ring-binder containing the following entries:A: Annual Accounts; Accounts (Compradores); Association of British Chambers of Commerce; E.F. Aucott; Abdullah Cigarettes Co.; Accountants; J.T. Asquith; G.S. Aveyard; Edgar Allen, Tool Steel; Associated British Machine Tool Makers Ltd; R.M. Austin; K.E. Allan; Auditor's...
Dates:
4 Jan. 1922-28 Dec. 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
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Semi-official letters from Hong Kong to London, 14 Jan. 1919-30 June 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/8/8
Scope and Contents
Semi-official letters nos 289-352 from D.G.M. Bernard, John Johnstone and David Landale to Henry Keswick, David Landale and C.H. Ross, with related letters and papers.There is an index at the beginning of the ring-binder containing the following entries:A: Mr Aucott (staff); Aeroplanes and Seaplanes; Accounts - Matheson & Co. Ltd; Accountants; American Business; Aveyard's Memorandum re Lima Locomotives; Annual Accounts; Articles of Association - Jardine, Matheson...
Dates:
14 Jan. 1919-30 June 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
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Personal diaries: Volume 8, 1926-04-25 - 1927-05-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Graham, A2 1/8
Scope and Contents
Lengthy entries, though at much more irregular intervals. Pages numbered only to 129, c. 300 pages in volume. Friends and visitors include Tom Henn, Mr Balfour, Alan Goodman and Gerald Wormal pages 1-21 has been to King's Norton near Birmingham to stay with Mina. Athol Page was also a visitor, whose company Agatha enjoys pages 21-24 re Alethea in Paris pages 32-34 Gerald Wormal, President of the Sophists, a Peterhouse literary society pages 35-55 on the General Strike /...
Dates:
1926-04-25 - 1927-05-09
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence C-D., Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/95A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 5th Lord Munster [earlier Geoffrey FitzClarence], George [Hubback], Metropolitan of India and Bishop of Calcutta (3), and Desmond Crawley (High Commission, Calcutta), on Anglo-Indians educating their children in the UK; 1st Lord Sandford [earlier Albert Edmondson, Chairman] of the Carlton Club (2); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (5); Clifford Hood, President, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation; Robert...
Dates:
Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., Apr 1951 - 28 Sep 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/42A-C
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (3 July, Grosvenor House Hotel [London]) at the English Speaking Union dinner for General Dwight Eisenhower, on the English Speaking Union as a foundation for peace and an advance towards a united Europe.Speech notes and typescript for WSC's speech (10 July, Royal College of Physicians [London]) entitled "Lord Moran" (for the presentation of his portrait to 1st Lord Moran [earlier Charles Wilson, former President, Royal College of Physicians]), on subjects...
Dates:
Apr 1951 - 28 Sep 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Sub-Series
Miscellaneous Items, 1979, 1985 - 1997
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/4
Scope and Contents
Published material produced by various organisations, the contents of which have some relation to either Spitting Image, Spitting Image Productions Limited or Roger Law. The following items are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their item reference number within this sub-series:1. A blue album that contains tearsheets of magazine front covers, and examples of advert posters for Mannesmann Tally printers. These items feature...
Dates:
Publication: 1979; Publication: 1985 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.