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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

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Catalogue of Pictures at Leigh Court, Bristol

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6327
Scope and Contents

A copy of a catalogue of the pictures at Leigh Court, Bristol, 83 folios. The copy was made by 'E. W.' (i.e. Edward Williams) from the original edition. There are 81 pictures, for each of which there is an etching and historical description. These are followed at fo. 68 by an alphabetical list of the painters of the pictures, in the same hand.

Dates: 1823
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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Charles Darwin Portrait

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN3/2/3
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Assets include benefactions and collections, buildings, Dining Righters, Fellows, and staff

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Correspondence and papers: William Brown by Geoffrey Hayzer, 2002-06-01 - 2011-07-18

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN5/5/1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers. Much of the file is taken up with efforts to persuade David Hockney to underake the commission.

Dates: 2002-06-01 - 2011-07-18
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Correspondence concerning an abortive loan of the portrait of Maud du Puy by Cecilia Beaux, 1991-06-11 - 1991-07-08

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN3/4
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Assets include benefactions and collections, buildings, Dining Righters, Fellows, and staff

Dates: 1991-06-11 - 1991-07-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Correspondence concerning B. Kustodiev's portrait of Peter Kapitza, 1994-05-31 - 2012-04-03

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN3/6
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Assets include benefactions and collections, buildings, Dining Righters, Fellows, and staff

Dates: 1994-05-31 - 2012-04-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Correspondence concerning the loan of Sir Joshua Reynolds' portrait of Josiah Wedgwood to the Fitzwilliam Museum, 2007-03-22 - 2008-06-26

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN3/5
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Assets include benefactions and collections, buildings, Dining Righters, Fellows, and staff

Dates: 2007-03-22 - 2008-06-26
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Correspondence concerning the portrait of Sir Max Rayne, 1965-12-16 - 1969-08-26

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN1A
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Sir Alexander Killick and Air Commodore Milligan, of the Rayne Trustees, Graham Sutherland, the Master, the Bursar, Mr Jack Goodison, Fellow and Deputy Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Dates: 1965-12-16 - 1969-08-26
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Correspondence concerning the portrait of Sir Max Rayne, 1966-03-12 - 1969-08-09

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN1B
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Sir Alexander Killick , of the Rayne Trustees, Graham Sutherland, the Master, the Bursar, Mr Jack Goodison, Fellow and Deputy Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Rev. J. Boys Smith of the Nominative Trustees.

Dates: 1966-03-12 - 1969-08-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Dawin Heirlooms Trust: portraits and furniture including the Talleyrand table, 1994-12 - 1998-11

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN3/1
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Dr Hugh Fleming, Dr Thomas Cocke, George Darwin, Dr Milo Keynes, Sir Geoffrey Lloyd, Dr Roger Whitehead, Dr Peter Friend. There is also mention of Bernard Reiss's copy of The Origin of Species. Also included is a paper by Matthew Turner on Charles Fairfax Murray's portrait of Emma Darwin, 2014.

Dates: 1994-12 - 1998-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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"Eightieth Birthday", 30 Nov 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/56B/225-236
Scope and Contents

Speech notes for WSC's speech (Presentation from both Houses of Parliament, Westminster Hall) on the unique honour bestowed on him, as a sign of underlying political unity and fairness, events during his and Clement Attlee's premierships, the gifts from Parliament, including the portrait of WSC by [Graham Sutherland], the importance of WSC's speeches during the war, including the phrase "I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar".

Dates: 30 Nov 1954
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Erasmus and Charles Darwin

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN3/2/4
Scope and Contents

Photographs or video relating to Erasmus Darwin, Charles Darwin, forms, invitations and letterheads.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Erasmus Darwin Portrait

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN3/2/2
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Assets include benefactions and collections, buildings, Dining Righters, Fellows, and staff

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Erasmus Darwin portraits and bust, 1993-12-15 - 1994-04-01

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN3/2/1
Scope and Contents

Largely concerned with the purchase for the college by members of the Darwin family of the alabaster bust of Erasmus Darwin from Christie's in 1993 and with repairs to the damage to it in transit. Includes photographs.

Dates: 1993-12-15 - 1994-04-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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External Correspondence with Geoffrey Lloyd, 1991-07-22 - 2002-05-20

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/O/M4/1/6
Scope and Contents File contains correspondence between the Darwin College Master Geoffrey Lloyd and Pembroke College, Dr N.J.B.A. Branson College Secretary for Darwin College, Marika Hedin, Anne Lonsdale (Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge), Catherine R.T. Maunder (RAE Administrator), Cambridge University Student’s Union, Rachel Grunwald (Sidney Sussex College), Dr Lindsey Traub (Vice President, Lucy Cavendish College Cambridge), Robert D. Eager (University of Kent at Canterbury), Klementina Balint...
Dates: 1991-07-22 - 2002-05-20
Conditions Governing Access: This material is closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation
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Graham Sutherland portrait of Max Rayne, 1977-01-28 - 2012-08-03

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN3/3/1
Scope and Contents

The file deals largely with loans of the portrait for exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery in 1977, to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1978 and to the Graham and Kathleen Sutherland Foundation, Picton Castle Trust, in 1984.

Dates: 1977-01-28 - 2012-08-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Letter from Louise Riley-Smith with brochures, 2013-05

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/O/A/1/8
Scope and Contents

Letter from Louise Riley-Smith, portrait painter, to Elisabeth Leedham-Green with brochures of their work as reference material if the college chose to commission a portrait.

Dates: 2013-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Letter to Myers from A. C. Seward, 19130624

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Reference Code: GBR/3377/CSMyers/1/5
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Seward has been to visit McEvoy's studio and is definitely in favour of offering the work (the commission to paint Ward's portrait) to McEvoy, whose work impresses him.

Dates: 19130624
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Letters donated by Sophie Littleton, 2025-02-24

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN9/5
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Photocopies of letters given to the college by Sophie Littleton. The first photocopied letter is from Katharine Pember to Cecily Darwin about the Darwin family portraits hanging in Newnham Grange and the second is a note from Linus Pauling to Charles Galton Darwin.

Dates: 2025-02-24
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Literary: Strand Magazine articles: correspondence., 15 May 1935 - 21 Nov 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/510
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: representatives of the Strand Magazine, including Reeves Shaw [Editor] (12); Frederick Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell].Subjects include: photographs of the Churchill family to be used by the magazine.Also includes: a press cutting on the hostile reaction in Germany to WSC's article "The truth about Hitler".

Dates: 15 May 1935 - 21 Nov 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Family etc.: Correspondence A - Churchill, John., Apr 1955 - May 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/135
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Henry, Lord Audley (3); Sarah, Lady Audley [earlier Sarah Churchill, Sarah Oliver and Sarah Beauchamp] (16) on subjects including her acting career, her finances, her marriage to Lord Audley and his death; Arabella Churchill (6); CSC (28) on subjects including her visit to Paris [France] in 1956, the success of an exhibition of WSC's paintings, concern about Sarah [Lady Audley] and her arrest in Liverpool in 1959, a statue of WSC by David McFall, WSC's visit to the...
Dates: Apr 1955 - May 1964
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence A - Churchill, Lady C (CSC)., 26 Oct 1951 - Apr 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/50A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Consuelo Balsan [earlier Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough] on her memoirs, "The Glitter and the Gold", including her criticism of Henry Asquith [1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] and Margot Asquith [Margot, Lady Oxford and Asquith] (9); Cass Canfield, Chairman of Harper and Brothers, Publishers (2); Sarah Beauchamp, "Mule" [earlier Sarah Churchill, then Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley], on subjects including Oscar Nemon's sculpture of WSC, the death of Queen Mary...
Dates: 26 Oct 1951 - Apr 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence G - Z., 19 Aug 1947 - 25 Apr 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/52A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Amy Guest (23); CSC (3); Raymond Guest; Winston Guest; Berkeley Ormerod [Director, Public Relations], British Information Services (2); Sir Shane Leslie, on subjects including selling one of WSC's paintings for charity (6); Anita Leslie (Anita King) on her biography of Leonard Jerome (3); Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill; Lady Sarah Russell [earlier Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill]; "Bernie" [Bernard Baruch] (2); Mary, Duchess of Marlborough [earlier Mary, Lady Blandford]...
Dates: 19 Aug 1947 - 25 Apr 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence M - Z., 07 Jul 1945 - 07 Oct 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/42
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Frances, Duchess of Marlborough, on Lord Randolph Churchill's last illness and death (1894-1895) (2); Mary, Duchess of Marlborough [earlier Mary, Lady Blandford] (3); Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames], on subjects including WSC's election defeat (6); Sir Desmond Morton [Personal Assistant to WSC] on WSC's writing career; Lilah Assanti O'Brien; Sarah Oliver ("Mule") [earlier Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp, then Sarah, Lady Audley] on subjects including John S...
Dates: 07 Jul 1945 - 07 Oct 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Photograph of Charles Darwin

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN3/2/6
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Black and white photograph of Charles Darwin

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Photograph of Erasmus Darwin and correspondences, 2002-07-08 - 2006-04-10

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/BEN3/2/5
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Photograph of Erasmus Darwin Portrait. Letters between Dr. Brindle and Mr Zonneveld relating to the reproduction of the portrait of Erasmus Darwin, Clerk of Works Phill Waterson is mentioned. Email with note to Phill Waterson asking for copies of Erasmus Darwin portrait to provide to Prof Kormondy.

Dates: 2002-07-08 - 2006-04-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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