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Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

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Antoine Varillas: Histoire de Francois I, books 1-12, in anonymous Italian MS translation

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3841-3842
Scope and Contents

Probably made from 1st French edn (The Hague, 1684). Translation apparently unprinted. fos xiii, xiv, 395, 396: blank. fo. 397v: 'Bufin' (17th cent.) and scribbling in Italian.

Dates: 1685 (Circa)
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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Arthur Bernard Cook: Notebooks and Theocritus Material

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7347
Scope and Contents

Early notebooks, notes for Cook's lectures, and material relating to Theocritus.

Dates: 1887-1940 (Circa)
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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Benedetto Varchi: Storia Fiorentia

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4232
Scope and Contents

Vol. I, 502 folios: (p. iii) title; (p. vii) list of contents to both volumes; (p. 1) dedicatory epistle to Cosmo de' Medici, Duke of Florence; (p. 11) preface; (p. 15) text. The volume ends in Bk XI on p. 359 of the printed edition of 1721. The companion volume is missing.

Dates: circa 1750 (copy of original printed in 1721)
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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Cinnus Historicus, a historical miscellany

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3454
Scope and Contents

Beg.: 'I intending (Deare sonne John) to spend ...' Ends: '... and weepe for the Miseries of others.' Unprinted. Dated 1667 at p. 176. On flyleaf: 'Isaac Hodgson' (in 19th cent. hand).

Dates: 1667
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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Collections of Irish historical and literary compositions, compiled for Sean Bhailis (John Walsh)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3095
Scope and Contents Contents: Geoffrey Keating, MS copy of his History of Ireland, printed by Irish Texts Soc., 4 vols, London, 1902-14; 'Ionnsuighe Mhuighe Leana', text belonging to the 'short recension' of the MS described by K. Jackson, Cath Maighe Léna, Dublin, 1938; 'Cath Mhuighe Muchroimhe', not the version edited by W. Stokes (Revue Celtique 13 (1892), but probably that in modern Irish mentioned by him at pp. 428-9; Toruigheacht Cheallachain Caisil, MS version of text edited by A. Bugge, Oslo, 1905;...
Dates: June 1759
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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English translation of Khairuddin Muhammad of Allahbad's History of Jaunpur

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3866
Scope and Contents

Oval Indian stamp at fo. 85v. Attached at end are 3pp. of notes on villages in the district.

Dates: Sept. 1857-Apr. 1858
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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Eugene O'Curry: Leabhar na Huidri

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6624
Scope and Contents

A facsimile transcript (including coloured initials) of the Leabhar na Huidri made by Eugene O'Curry, 152 folios. The transcript was probably made for Dr J. H. Todd, whose bookplate is inside the front cover and who has made occasional marginal notes in pencil. Notes by the transcriber are on on slips attached to fos 127 and 139. Many leaves are left blank to indicate gaps in the archetype.

Dates: 1841
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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Francis Blomefield: Historical notes on Suffolk and Cambridgeshire parishes

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3390
Scope and Contents

(pp. viii-196) Suffolk; (pp. 215-365) Cambridgeshire. Both counties ordered alphabetically. The vol. has been ruled for accounts. p. 295: 'I was here [Impington, Cambridgeshire] Ap. 9, 1726', with (p. 296) sketch of Impington Church. Stamps, inscriptions, and bookplates of Blomefield, Craven Ord, and Sir Thomas Phillipps.

Dates: 1723-1726
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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Frederic William Maitland: Papers

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6987-7009
Scope and Contents

Printers sheets, lecture notes and notes on constitutional history and law.

Dates: 1884-1908
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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Fuentès y Guzmàn: History of Guatemala

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6625
Scope and Contents The first part of the History of Guatemala written in 1690 by Francisco Antonio de Fuentès y Guzmán and dedicated to Charles II of Spain, 526 folios. The work is divided into a dedication (fo. iv), a preface (fo. 1v), sixteen books of text (fo.7) and a summary of contents (fo. 518). On fo. 487v is a rough plan of the town of Tecpan de Galeana, Mexico, with rough drawings of buildings. On a fly-leaf is the name 'J. M. Bolio M. 1916', and on fo. i is the following note: 'The concluding two...
Dates: 1800 (Circa (copy of the original of 1690))
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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Historia Arabum, extracts from part I

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3869
Scope and Contents

Appended by Abraham Ecchellensis to his edition of the 'Chronicon Orientale', Paris, 1651. The extracts are from chs 20 (fos 1-15), 4 (fos 16-19), 6-9 (fos 20-67), 11-19 (fos 68-162), 21-3 (fos 163-87), and are written on the recto throughout. There are a few notes on the verso, in the same hand: in Latin at fos 49v-50v, 59v, 62v, and in English at fos 53v and 67v, as well as at foot of fo. 1. Verso otherwise blank, as are fos 188-92. Index in same hand at fos i-vi.

Dates: 1816 (date of copy from watermark)
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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History of France from Louis XII to Henri IV

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6756
Scope and Contents

Written in an early nineteenth century hand, and possibly a translation, 182 folios. Fos i, xi, 169, and the verso throughout are blank.

Dates: 1800 (Early 19th cent)
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History of Ireland and Related Papers

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4341
Scope and Contents An anonymous historical compilation in two parts, each preceded by a preface, and copiously annotated. Book I (fos 1-56) comprises 47 chapters, consisting of annals of the history of Ireland to the time of Conn Cedchathach, said by the author to be taken mainly from the works of Keating, O'Flaherty and Warner, and serving as the introduction to Book II. Book II consists of translations from Irish of (1) the narrative of the battle of Maighe Lena (fos 58-92), from a manuscript of the 'short...
Dates: 1790 (Circa)
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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Italian History

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4438
Scope and Contents

'Delle historie memorabili contiene le Guerre d'Italia de' nostri tempi', possibly in the author's own hand.

Dates: 1656 (Circa)
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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John, 1st Baron Acton: Letters to him concerning the Cambridge Modern History

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6443
Scope and Contents

A collection of letters to Lord Acton, nearly all relating to the Cambridge Modern History. The principal correspondent is his co-editor W.A.J. Archbold; the remainder are for the most part potential or actual contributors to the History, replying to Acton's invitations to take part or writing about their contributions. Appended are a further letter of A.W. Ward, 1914, and one of Herbert Butterfield, 1964, relating to the collection, and a few miscellaneous papers. 291 items.

Dates: 1896-1899
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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John Acton, 1st Baron Acton: Papers

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4607-5021
Scope and Contents 1. Family papers The papers contain material relating to the Actons of Naples: Commodore John Acton, his nephew J.F.E. Acton and H. Acton, a midshipman; material concerning the Dalberg family, particularly the family property on the Rhine, at Herrnsheim; a few manuscripts relating to Lord Granville; and the 1st Lord Acton's personal papers, including those covering his early years, his parliamentary career and interest in Ireland, relations with his family, and the period of his life spent...
Dates: c. 1650 - 1900
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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Joseph Needham papers

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Needham
Scope and Contents Comprised of biographical materials, material related to Needham's time at Cambridge, documentation of his work with the Sino-British Science Cooperation Office (SBSCO), materials relatd to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), documentation of research, publications, lectures and broadcasts, visits and conferences, records of involvement with societies and oganisations, documentation of work in politics and interest in religion and society, and a...
Dates: 1871-1995
Conditions Governing Access: Some items are restricted at the discretion of the Keeper of Manuscripts.
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Mandell Creighton: Correspondence with Lord Acton and Academic Papers

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6871-6872
Dates: 1860-1937 (Circa)
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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Mary Ann Everett Wood: Extracts and Notes on Historical Sources

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6158
Scope and Contents

Collection of extracts from and notes on historical sources, mainly relating to the careers and reigns of Mary II, William III and George III.

Dates: 1850 (Circa)
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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Personal, Private and Academic papers of Downing members and associates

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP
Scope and Contents

Including papers of Masters, Professors and Fellows of Downing College, and gifts from past members. Includes academic administrative records but not estates correspondence.

Dates: 1708 - 2018
Conditions Governing Access: Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods: 30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files; 50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees; 100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years. Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
Found in: Downing College
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Sir John Clapham: Notes on medieval Linton

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8652
Dates: 1932 (Circa)
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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The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900-18.

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/TRAV
Scope and Contents

Annotated typescript.

Dates: 1986-08
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of Betty Behrens

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BEHR
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of: reading notes on both European and British history and also on historiography and other subjects; notes and offprints from Behrens's own writing and publications, on European and British history and also historiography; some reviews; correspondence relating to Behrens's work; lecture notes; some personal material, including sketches and notes for an autobiography; papers relating to the work of Behrens's husband E H Carr.

Dates: 1938-08 - 1985-08
Conditions Governing Access: With the exception of one file of thesis reports, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of David Wightman

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WTMN
Scope and Contents

Comprising research notes and photocopies of original documents from United States archives about United States international economic policy, 1941-71.
With notes on oral history interviews, 1971-87.

Dates: 1941 - 1987
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of Denis Kelly

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DEKE
Scope and Contents

The papers mainly consist of Kelly's recollections of his work for Churchill, in the form of memoirs and other papers, taped interviews, and in correspondence, particularly with Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert. There is also a small amount of correspondence dating back to Kelly's time as Churchill's literary assistant and two volumes of Winston Churchill's, "The Second World War" heavily annotated by Kelly, presumably for his own abridged version of these volumes.

Dates: 1937 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. .
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