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History of Ireland and Related Papers

 Fonds
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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Istoria delle famiglie Fiorentine: scritta nell' anno 1607, da Pietro di Giovanni Monaldi cittadino Fiorentino. Tomo unico … con l'aggiunta di Monsig. Sommai sino all' anno 1626, seventeenth century

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Nn.06.34
Scope and Contents

The work consists of the family histories and arms of the principal families of the state of Florence. There are eight sheets of foolscap inserted, (not attached) containing the arms of many Italian families, also another sheet containing a Relazione dell' ultima Infirmita e della morte di Luigi xiv Re di Francia. It is dedicated to Ferdinand I., Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Dates: seventeenth century
Conditions Governing Access: From the Collection: 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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Junior Historians club minutes, 1911 - 1976

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Min.IX.52
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

Records in this category - Minutes of University associations and clubs, occasionally with related records - cover staff social and trades union associations, University fund-raising bodies and research groups, and student clubs.

Dates: 1911 - 1976
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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Lectures, articles and writings, 1882 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3
Scope and Contents Includes: JWHM's early work as a student, lecturer, classicist and historian; numerous articles and book reviews; several works on Bismarck and 19th century Germany; JWHM's writing on South Africa in association with 1st Lord Loch; entries for the Encyclopaedia Britannica; articles on Germany in the First World War and the Versailles Treaty; material on the posthumous publication of JWHM's "Studies in Diplomatic History"; some articles by Kenneth Headlam-Morley, mainly relating to the Saar...
Dates: 1882 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Maitland Historical Society, 1920-[1984]

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/4/5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

Records of Classical Society, Cranworth Society, Debating Society, Doughty / Literary Society, Maitland Historical Society, Medical Society, Scientific and Danby Societies.

Dates: 1920-[1984]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series (such as minutes) are subject to closure periods for GDPR and confidentiality reasons.
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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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Mary Queen of Scots: A Collection of Historical Papers, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Oo.07.47
Scope and Contents 1. ff. 48. 'Thyngs touchinge the Quene of Scots.'2. Foolscap folio, of 10 leaves, ill­-written in the reign of James I. A Disquisition on the Origin of the Family of Stuart. On the first leaf is the following: 'A note tending to know his Majesties pleasure touching the conteyned controversie of Walter Stuart.' The object of the controversy is to prove that 'the very same Walter was one of the lawfully begotten sons of the most noble prince Trahaearn, son of Caradoc, King of North...
Dates: sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
Conditions Governing Access: From the Collection: 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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Minute book of Cambridge University History Club, 1941 - 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.120.1
Scope and Contents

Contains minutes of committee, business and speaker meetings, 1941-61; programme card for 1961-2. At the back there is a list of papers given, with speaker's name and date, 1941-60.

Dates: 1941 - 1962
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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Oman Castles Project; Oman Museums and Archives Committee, 1976 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CMES 9/26
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The files relate to research projects; students; Faculty relations; contacts with other similar bodies; outside funding sources.

Dates: 1976 - 1980
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Restrictions on scholarly access of 50 and 80 years are applied to governing and personal records respectively as a condition of transfer and under data protection legislation - see each catalogue record for detail.
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Out of the Hystory of the Royall Society, c 1665-c 1672

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3958.1: 5-8
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1665-c 1672
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
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Personal Papers of Judith Brown, 1962 - 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Brown
Scope and Contents

Undergraduate work, comprising nine files, each covering a subject in the History Tripos, including lecture notes, reading for essays, and essays. Including supervisions with Dr Marjorie Chibnall and Dr M Roper of Girton, 1962-63 (Box 1). Also including supervisions with Dr J Burrow of Downing College, who was later a colleague of Professor Brown's at Balliol College, Oxford (1963-64, Box 3).

Dates: 1962 - 1965
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Personal Papers of Marjorie Chibnall, 1915 - 2014

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Chibnall
Scope and Contents

The papers listed here comprise a miscellany of personal and biographical items, including an autobiographical memoir; offprints of written work; and correspondence with Edmund King.

Dates: 1915 - 2014
 Management Group

Personal, Private and Academic papers of Downing members and associates

 Management Group
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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Professor William Keith Chambers Guthrie collection, 1915 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/GUTH
Scope and Contents

Includes: personal papers and family correspondence, photographs and slides from travels, including holidays, speeches and reviews re Guthrie's various publications, with some limited papers from his tenure as Master.

Dates: 1915 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access: Some sensitive/confidential papers and uncatalogued items remain closed.
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Roy Porter: undergraduate essays marked by Quentin Skinner

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10485
Scope and Contents Seven essays written by Roy Porter while studying for the 'Theories of the Modern State' paper for Part II of the Cambridge History Tripos during one term of the academic year 1967-68. The essays bear comments by Porter's supervisor, Quentin Skinner. Six of the essays have titles: '"In defending Utilitarianism, J. S. Mill thoroughly subverted it" - Is this a fair comment?'; 'Analyse and explain the centrality of the idea of the Common Good in [T. H.] Green's political thinking'; 'If the...
Dates: 1967 or 1968
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Royal Observatory Tercentenary Celebration: papers, 1972 - 1976

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 79
Scope and Contents The Tercentenary of the Royal Greenwich Observatory was celebrated in 1975. The Royal Observatory was founded in Greenwich in 1675, but problems with light, magnetic, and atmospheric pollution so close to central London led to the relocation of various departments to other locations. By 1957 the institution had reconsolidated at Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex. Once it left Greenwich it was known as the Royal Greenwich Observatory, while its original site in Greenwich was termed the Old...
Dates: 1972 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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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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Speeches, 1994-02 - 1995-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 4/1/26
Scope and Contents

Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: Edmund Burke; the campaign against hunting; the parliamentary legacy of Magna Carta; the balance of payments and exchange rates; Britain and the European Community, particularly the balance of power in Europe; memorial address for John Vaughan-Morgan [Lord Reigate]; Greek and the New Testament, and the Gospels.

Dates: 1994-02 - 1995-05
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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Teaching, learning and research records, 1889 - 1995

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/HIST 2
Scope and Contents

Records in this category relate to curriculum development, delivery and appraisal, examinations and the award of degrees, the Seeley Library, research groups and grants.

Dates: 1889 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Within the archives of the Faculty of History, personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation. Certain other records are closed to scholars for 30 years from the date of creation under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, 2000: Section 41 information provided in confidence. Restrictions are clearly indicated as part of individual catalogue entries.
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The 120 battailes of York's Plantagenett, with the life and death of Richard Nevill Earle of Warwick, seventeenth century

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Kk.05.21
Scope and Contents

'The one and twenty battailes of York's Plantagenett, with the unmatchable life and death of Richard Nevill Earle of Warwick, surnamed in his time the darling and favourite of kings. By Thomas Gainsforde, Esq.'

Dates: seventeenth century
Conditions Governing Access: From the Collection: 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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