India
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:
Item
NS II Variation, varieties-71 Note, 1846-05-01 - 1846-05-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.10: 72
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1846-05-01 - 1846-05-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Oldenlandia (India) / Average of 10 measurements / Short styled pollen to long styled pollen in diameter as 100 to 78.4, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: B97
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin part in hand of Sir Francis Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Fonds
Papers of Pamela, Lady Pollock, including papers of the Prideaux family and Percy Stent
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10270
Scope and Contents
Papers of the family of the Prideaux family, including photographs, notes on India and genealogical information. Papers of Pamela and Percy Stent, including certificates, photographs and correspondence. Papers of Pamela and Ronald Pollock, including certificates, photographs and correspondence.
Dates:
1863-1991
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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Cambridge University Library
Series
Pastel portraits: 'Warriors of the Empire', 1939-1945
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9397/1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
During the Second World War, Earl was commissioned to prepare a series of pastel portraits of service men and women from what were then British dominions and colonies (described as 'Empire servicemen'), including Trinida, Newfoundland, Southern Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] and Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka]. The portraits were exhibited at the Royal Empire (late Commonwealth) Society in December 1945 as 'Warriors of the Empire'. The collection also includes a series of portraits of North American...
Dates:
1939-1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Fonds
Photographs of scenes in India
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8660
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographs of scenes in India, with captions.
Dates:
1850-1899 (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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Cambridge University Library
Sub-Series
Private letters to India, 1846-1885
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/C9
Scope and Contents
Fair copies of letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong. C9/1-3 include indexes of recipients. C9/9 and C9/10 contain letters signed for by members of the firm.
Dates:
1846-1885
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_permission_form.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
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo: Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7490
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mainly of official papers from the last phase of Mayo's political career. The papers cover most aspects of policy-making and execution: military, diplomatic and security matters, economic policy, transport and communications, agriculture, famine relief and health, the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to India during 1869 and 1870, and Mayo's assassination. Some papers also provide insights into the working relationships amongst officials and amongst members of the...
Dates:
1868-1872
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
Fonds
Robert Needham Cust: Case Judgements
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6198-6201
Scope and Contents
Judgements in cases in Lahore and Amritsar.
Dates:
1858-1860
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
Fonds
Some Account and Observations concerning Germany
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.38
Scope and Contents
Including list of emperors from Charlemagne. At fo. 24v in the same hand is an account of 'Meat bought in for the house since April 19 1703'. Written from the opposite end of the book are: fo. 33v: log of the ship 'Mary' from Surat towards England, 25 and 26 May 1700. fo. 32v: letter from Thomas Walker to an unidentified recipient, undated [18th cent.], followed (fos. 31v-24r) by an account of Walker's travels in India. fo. 5v: 'Jack Brandish' (18th cent.)
Dates:
1700-1703 (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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Cambridge University Library
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U[tricularia] [various species, descriptions and diagrams], 1848-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 59.1: 141-144
Scope and Contents
Note; by Sir Francis Darwin pp-and Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1848-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Viola nana from India from seed from John Scott - has flowered all summer & is now flowering but only imperfect flowers & not one perfect flower, 1868-12-30
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 111: A13
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1868-12-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Fonds
Westcott Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8316
Scope and Contents
Letters and papers of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, and also letters of his wife, Sarah Louisa Mary Westcott, and their son, Arthur Westcott. Comprises both personal and professional correspondence, as well as some letters evidently retained as part of a collecton of autographs. Correspondents include: 3rd Marquess of Bute; various landowners in County Durham, including 9th Lord Barnard, 6th Marquess of Londonderry and 2nd Earl of Ravensworth; Arthur Westcott, principally to Sarah...
Dates:
1880-1949
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