Literature
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2141 Collections and/or Records:
Item
(Untitled), 15 Jun 1916
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/221
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire]) to [John S Churchill] in which he says that he has been thinking about [the possibility of his regiment being sent to the Somme] and advises him to "confine yrself strictly to your duties"; comments on the "marvellous devotion and heroism of the troops"; says that he hopes to earn 10-12,000 pounds in the next 6 months and that his salary "beats all records in journalism"; expresses frustration at not being given a position and not being able to...
Dates:
15 Jun 1916
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Item
(Untitled), c 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/222-227
Scope and Contents
Transcript of a letter from WSC (Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire]) to [John S Churchill] in which he says that he has been thinking about [the possibility of his regiment being sent to the Somme] and advises him to "confine yrself strictly to your duties"; comments on the "marvellous devotion and heroism of the troops"; says that he hopes to earn 10-12,000 pounds in the next 6 months and that his earnings "beats all records in journalism"; expresses frustration at not being given a position and...
Dates:
c 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Walter Whiter, 'Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare'; notes, c 1794
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Oo.06.103
Scope and Contents
An interleaved copy, with additions, of W. Whiter's 'Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare' and 'Attempt to explain and illustrate various passages of Shakspeare', London, 1794.
Dates:
c 1794
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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Walter Whiter's Notes on Shakespeare, c 1790
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Oo.06.104
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many manuscripts acquired by the University Library before the middle of the nineteenth century either originated as or were made up into bound volumes, and were classified alongside printed material. Most carry what is known as a 'two-letter' reference, running (for western manuscripts) from Dd.1.1 through to Oo.7.60. They comprise mainly medieval and early modern manuscripts. This catalogue is based on entries for western post-medieval manuscripts in the 5-volume Catalogue of the...
Dates:
c 1790
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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Walter Whiter's Notes on Shakespeare, c 1790
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Oo.06.105
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many manuscripts acquired by the University Library before the middle of the nineteenth century either originated as or were made up into bound volumes, and were classified alongside printed material. Most carry what is known as a 'two-letter' reference, running (for western manuscripts) from Dd.1.1 through to Oo.7.60. They comprise mainly medieval and early modern manuscripts. This catalogue is based on entries for western post-medieval manuscripts in the 5-volume Catalogue of the...
Dates:
c 1790
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).
File
Whiter's Collections on 'Pageants,' Bonfires, Masks, etc. to illustrate Shakespeare, c 1790
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Oo.06.106
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many manuscripts acquired by the University Library before the middle of the nineteenth century either originated as or were made up into bound volumes, and were classified alongside printed material. Most carry what is known as a 'two-letter' reference, running (for western manuscripts) from Dd.1.1 through to Oo.7.60. They comprise mainly medieval and early modern manuscripts. This catalogue is based on entries for western post-medieval manuscripts in the 5-volume Catalogue of the...
Dates:
c 1790
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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Wickenden and Other Letters, 1936-01 - 1951-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/6/13
Scope and Contents
Personal correspondence, with correspondents including (Henry) James Wickenden, on subjects including his posting to India (20); Major-General Ross McCay [Military Secretary, India]; Colin Hardie [Tutor in Classics, Magdalen College, University of Oxford] on post-war degree courses at Oxford that Wickenden might apply for; Denys Winstanley [Vice-Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge] on places Wickenden might apply for; Patrick Duff, Senior Tutor, Trinity College (5); ...
Dates:
1936-01 - 1951-08
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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William Shakespeare: general correspondence and papers on authorship question, 1988 - 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/3/22
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-sub-class:
Material on JEP's theological, historical and literary interests.
Dates:
1988 - 1992
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.
Fonds
William Williams: Welsh Compositions
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6172
Scope and Contents
Compositions in Welsh by William Williams, with a sermon or religious text found in the church of Strata Florida, Cardiganshire.
Dates:
1800 (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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Winston Churchill: Great Nobel Prizes, 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 1/1/2
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of book on Churchill as a winner of the Nobel prize for Literature, (Edito-Service, Geneva, 1970).
Dates:
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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Working with Randolph Churchill, 1961-08 - 1967-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 2/7
Scope and Contents
4 pieces of writing about working on the Official Biography. Possibly unpublished or intended as publicity material.
Dates:
1961-08 - 1967-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Management Group
Wren : Hoi Anamerukismoi ton hagion graphon, tou anakechorekotos. Ruminations on Holy Scripture from a cell.
Management Group
Reference Code: GBR/0273/WREN
Scope and Contents
As Beaumont's account (WREN 1) explains, part of the MS was published in the 'Increpatio [rebuke/chastisement] Bar Jesu' published by Matthew Wren's son, also Matthew, in 1660 (Londini, typis Jacobi Flesheri. Prostant apud Cornelium Bee, in vico Litle-Britain dicto). The full title is 'Increpatio Bar Jesu, sive, Polemicæ adsertiones locorum aliquot S. Scripturæ, ab imposturis perversionum in catechesi Racoviana collectæ hinc inde, per Matthæum Wren F ; ex opere prægrandi meditationum...
Dates:
1641 - 1660
Found in:
Peterhouse (Ward) Library
Series
Writings, 1932 - 1987
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CLVL 3
Scope and Contents
History essays, copies of diary entries, and papers relating to articles and other publications by Colville.
Dates:
1932 - 1987
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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WSC and "The Second World War", 1948 - 1949
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW II 11/1
Scope and Contents
Presscuttings from WSC's war memoirs serialised in the Daily Telegraph.
Dates:
1948 - 1949
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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WSC and "The Second World War", 1948 - 1949
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW II 11/2
Scope and Contents
Presscuttings from WSC's war memoirs serialised in the Daily Telegraph.
Dates:
1948 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
WSC: "The New World" ("A History of the English-Speaking Peoples" Vol II), 1956
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW II 13
Scope and Contents
American reviews.
Dates:
1956
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.