India
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Correspondence on Indian observatories, 1955 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/464
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning Indian observatories, including correspondence with Dr S.D. Sinvahl, Uttar Pradesh State Observatory; A.N. Goyal, Department of Mathematics, the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur; K.D. Abhyankar, Nizamiah Observatory; and M.W. Chiplankar, University of Poona. There is also correspondence regarding the Indian Astronomical Society, including letters from N.L. Ghash of Calcutta.
Dates:
1955 - 1963
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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Correspondence on longitudes and latitudes, 1873 - 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/258
Scope and Contents
Letter and observations from Captain W.J. Wharton regarding the results of his experiment to find the longitude of Malta from Gibraltar, 1873.Printed paper on the galvanic determination of the difference in longitude between Bombay and Malta, 1874.Newspaper cutting from the 'South Australian Advertiser', 19 February 1889, regarding Australian longitudes.Correspondence on marking Major Darwin's longitude station at Singapore, 1891-1892.Miscellaneous...
Dates:
1873 - 1903
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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Correspondence on magnetic instruments, 1932 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/63
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with several observatories, the Admiralty and the Physical Department regarding the repair, testing and standardisation of magnetic instruments and the issuing of certificates, 1935-1936; correspondence with the High Commission for India, 1934-1936, regarding the standardisation of magnets for the Colaba Observatory, India, and magnetic instruments for other Indian observatories, such as Alibag; and correspondence and reports relating to the comparison of Eskdalemuir and...
Dates:
1932 - 1936
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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'Correspondence on Politics', 1914-03-26 - 1933-06-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/1/32
Scope and Contents
Typescript copies of correspondence between AHP, newspaper editors, and other various individuals on British naval policy, the post-war settlement in Europe, and India; including Reginald Custance, Haldane [Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane], Winston Spencer Churchill, Ogden Mills, and Lord Lytton [Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton].
Dates:
1914-03-26 - 1933-06-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence on the Indian Survey, 1893 - 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/82
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the Indian Survey, including triangulation stations and instruments, with a chart showing the connection between the triangulations of India and Russia, 1914.
Dates:
1893 - 1932
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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Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1946 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/127
Scope and Contents
Official and general correspondence, with related papers, regarding the design and finance of the Isaac Newton Telescope, including correspondence on the disk and glass; a letter from the Astronomer Royal to the Helwan Observatory, Egypt, 21 July 1947, regarding a large glass disk for the observatory's large reflector; correspondence with F.J. Hargreaves; a letter from the Astronomer Royal to the Director General of Observatories, New Delhi, 21 July 1947, regarding a large glass disk for the...
Dates:
1946 - 1955
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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Correspondence on the solar eclipse, 1897 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/197
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to the solar eclipse seen in India on 22 January 1898:Correspondence between the Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and the Secretary of the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee regarding travel and accommodation arrangements, 1897, including a copy of correspondence with railway offices and a meteorological report.Preliminary correspondence with Captain E.H. Hills regarding arrangements for the eclipse expedition and the selection of an observing...
Dates:
1897 - 1898
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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Correspondence on time signals, 1902 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/146
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning time signals, including the following material:Correspondence with E. Dent and Co. regarding irregularities in the Westminster Clock, tables of errors for the clock and newspaper cuttings relating to it, 1902-1906.Correspondence regarding the installation of a wireless-telegraph receiving station at Greenwich, 1912-1914.Correspondence of 1912-1915 regarding the inauguration of a wireless-telegraph time service from the Eiffel Tower and...
Dates:
1902 - 1936
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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Correspondence: political, 1861 - 1919-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ESHR 10
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence and memoranda on India, including letters from [3rd] Lord Durham, 5th Lord Rosebery, Lord Hartington [later 9th Duke of Devonshire] and Howard Sturgis; letters on army reform, including letters from the Royal Family, Arthur Balfour [Prime Minister], Sir George Clarke, Admiral Sir John Fisher [1st Sea Lord], Hugh Arnold-Forster, Secretary of State for War, Sir John French [later 1st Lord Ypres] and 1st Lord Knollys [Private Secretary to King Edward VII and George...
Dates:
1861 - 1919-12
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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Correspondence relating to payments to James Inman, including £100 for his passage from China, 1796 - 1811
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/1: 180-195
Scope and Contents
Includes Regulations of the East India Company regarding the sums to be paid by passengers to and from India on the Company's ships.
Dates:
1796 - 1811
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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Correspondence with foreign observatories, 1964 - 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/779
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with various overseas observatories, A-R, including the following items:Australia: papers concerning the 150-inch telescope proposal, the use of the Isaac Newton Telescope at the Mount Stromlo Observatory, and other observatories.Egypt: correspondence concerned mainly with the Helwan Observatory, including observing trips, maintenance and students studying at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.Africa: correspondence with various African observatories,...
Dates:
1964 - 1968
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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Correspondence with Indian observatories, 1945 - 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/457
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Indian observatories and the Colombo Observatory, including correspondence with S. Basu, Director of the Colaba and Alibag Observatories, 1954; correspondence regarding the Golden Jubilee of the Magnetic Observatory, Alibag, 1954; correspondence concerning the Nizamiah Observatory, 1950; correspondence with Dr K.R. Ramanathan regarding the Meteorological Department of the Government of India, 1947; and a post-war plan for astronomical and astrophysical observatories in...
Dates:
1945 - 1954
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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Correspondence with John Biggs-Davison, 1941-09 - 1950-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/2/5
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: trying to find a Parliamentary constituency; working in Conservative Central Office; updating the Conservative message; the situation in India and Pakistan, 1945-47.
Also includes an article by Biggs-Davison on the forthcoming elections in India, 1946.
Dates:
1941-09 - 1950-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "SCOT"-"SPE", February-December 1978, 1978
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/1/2/19
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with: Nicholas Scott MP; Lord (Frederic) Seebohm; Giles Shaw MP; William ("Bill") Shelton MP (consists of Shelton’s letter to MT and copy of her reply, April 1978, with a copy of notes by Sir Derek Walker-Smith of his meeting with Chief Chirau [President, Zimbabwe United People’s Organization] on 18 March 1978, enclosed by Shelton); Colin Shepherd MP; Jim Sillars MP; F.W.M. Skeffington (13th Viscount Massereene and 6th Viscount Ferrard); Geoffrey...
Dates:
1978
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in April 2008
It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Correspondence with [Neil] "Billy" McLean, 1944-08 - 1949-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 3/1/34
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the formation of an Albanian National Committee; the principle of co-partnership; the political situation in India, Vietnam and Sinkiang [Xinjiang, China] (1946).
Dates:
1944-08 - 1949-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Correspondence with the Chief Assistant, 1894 - 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/19
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of the Chief Assistants with the Astronomer Royal during the latter's official absences.(1) Letters from F.W. Dyson to the Astronomer Royal, 1894-1895, covering the following subjects:1. Forwarding of mail from the Admiralty on the subject of chronometers.2. Forwarding personal mail.3. Repairs to the Royal Observatory letterbox and a request for instructions.4. Administrative matters.5. Information on the use and the repair of...
Dates:
1894 - 1906
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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Cuttings, 1895-12-13 - 1898-07-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 1
Scope and Contents
Includes: cuttings of WSC’s letters about Cuban insurrection; WSC’s first speech in Bath [Somerset]; WSC’s articles in Daily Telegraph about Indian War; reviews of ‘The Story of the Malakand Field Force’.
Dates:
1895-12-13 - 1898-07-14
Conditions Governing Access:
Available as digital surrogates only, to protect the fragile original.
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Cuttings and Cartoons relating to WSC, 1933-10 - 1936-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 29 A/1
Scope and Contents
Career: Randolph Churchill contests the Wavertree [Liverpool] by-election and is defeated; WSC reconciled with government; WSC returned to parliament but not the Cabinet; reviews of WSC’s "Marlborough".
Domestic Policy: Annual meeting (1933) of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations - Discussion of slum campaign, Imperial defence and reform policy; WSC supports the need for home grown food stuffs.
Foreign Policy; WSC leads opposition to the...
Dates:
1933-10 - 1936-06
Conditions Governing Access:
Available as digital surrogates only, to protect the fragile original.
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Cuttings and cartoons relating to WSC, both before and after the Conservative election defeat, 1929-01-22 - 1933-09-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 27 2
Scope and Contents
Economic affairs: Budget speculation intensifies as the General Election approaches, in particular concerning taxation; controversy over the issue of Irish loyalist compensation; the rejection, by the new Socialist administration, of unsatisfactory reparations offers.
Foreign Policy: Trouble in Palestine; unease in Europe, especially concerning the ‘Danzig corridor’; WSC protests against the government’s policy towards India, highlighting his disapproval by refusing to involve...
Dates:
1929-01-22 - 1933-09-20
Conditions Governing Access:
Available as digital surrogates only, to protect the fragile original.
Fonds
David Binnie: World tour diaries and photographs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8558-8560
Dates:
1873-1874
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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Dendrobium [application of caustic], 1879-07-05 - 1879-07-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 209.8: 65
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1879-07-05 - 1879-07-14
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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Diary, 1918-11-07 - 1919-08-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LASL 1/1/12
Scope and Contents
Entries describing experiences at the end of the war in France and Germany; and social, political and personal activities in India.
Dates:
1918-11-07 - 1919-08-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Permission to consult CLOSED material within the Lascelles papers (LASL 1/2/1-6; and sections of LASL 2-4) and the catalogue describing the closed material must be obtained from the Royal Archives. The remainder of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Diary of a journey to India, 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN I/6/6
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Political and personal correspondence and other papers.
CHAN 1, contains mainly papers of Hon Alfred Lyttelton and Dame Edith Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of material of Oliver Lyttelton
CHAN II, consist mainly of papers of Oliver Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of papers of Alfred and Edith Lyttelton
Dates:
1931
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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Diary with papers and correspondence on events in India, including Mountbatten's aide memoire for GNWR "India and the Commonwealth ", 1948 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GNWR 1/7
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The most interesting items in the collection are the diaries, interleaved with letters and papers, which Lord Gordon-Walker kept throughout his political career and which shed fascinating light upon his fellow Members of Parliament and Cabinet Ministers and upon the events and personalities involved in international -and especially Commonwealth - affairs. There are numerous articles and speeches by Lord Gordon-Walker together with notes and reviews pertaining to his book ‘The Cabinet’ and a...
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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Dimorphism / Oxalis being trimorphic in S[outh] Africa & S[outh] America, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 111: B3r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert 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.