Portugal
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Correspondence on foreign observatories, 1958 - 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/437
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding foreign observatories, including those in Czechoslovakia, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Argentina, Turkey, Portugal, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Finland and Denmark.
Dates:
1958 - 1961
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 instruments, 1853 - 1854
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/166
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on new techniques, requests for advice and new instruments. There are requests for transit circles from the Portuguese government, Upsala, Sweden, and Albany, U.S.A.; a description by Airy of the Greenwich transit circle; experiments with mercury and photography, including two early pictures of the Sun; improved sextants and clocks; a 'universal instrument'; and an account of the instruments used by the ancient Chinese astronomers. The correspondents include E. Dunkin,...
Dates:
1853 - 1854
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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Diary, 1941-01-14 - 1941-12-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PEAK/1/1
Scope and Contents
Diary covering Charles Peake’s time as Lord Halifax’s Personal Assistant from 14 January to 26 December 1941. Subjects covered for January include: travelling across America; attending church; Halifax’s love of corduroy trousers; drafting Halifax’s speeches; meeting US President [Franklin Roosevelt] on the destroyer; reflections on the use of oil and electricity in the ship’s kitchen; reviewing a delegation of American admirals; travelling to the US Embassy; Peake’s concern about...
Dates:
1941-01-14 - 1941-12-26
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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Foreign affairs: Portuguese Presidential Election, 1980-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/10/31
Scope and Contents
Memoranda on the elections of October 1980 and on the political situation in Portugal, by Kaulza de Arriaga [chairman of the MIRN party].
Dates:
1980-11
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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Franco, António Luciano Pacheco de Sousa, 1942-2004 (Politician)
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Dates:
Existence: 1942 - 2004
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Information Papers on Other Countries, 1939-08 - 1945-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/NERI 6/1
Scope and Contents
For broadcasts to Albania, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Rumania [Romania], Spain, Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]
Dates:
1939-08 - 1945-08
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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Itineraries: Portugal, 1974-11 - 1977-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 3/2/43
Scope and Contents
Papers from CS's visit to Lisbon for trade talks, February 1975, including: itinerary and programme; notes for CS's speech at the press conference; press release; briefing notes; record of CS's meeting with the Prime Minister of Portugal, Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves; later correspondence on a eucalyptus pulp mills company chaired by Sir John Colville which was having problems over land expropriation in Portugal.
Dates:
1974-11 - 1977-03
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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Letter from Peake to [?] about Peake's visits to Bristol, Portugal, and New York, Undated [1940-1941]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PEAK/2/1
Scope and Contents
Headed "Saturday and Sunday", Peake writes about travelling to Bristol and Portugual. Peake subsequently elaborates on travelling to New York, arriving at the British Embassy and sightseeing.
Dates:
Undated [1940-1941]
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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Manuscript diary , 1991-04-23 - 1991-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/1058/COO/4/2/8
Scope and Contents
Manuscript diary detailing a trip to Portugal with Cooke to visit Cooke's brother, Colin Cooke and his wife Lucelle.
Dates:
1991-04-23 - 1991-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Archive reading room is open by appointment, Wednesdays-Fridays, but all visits must be booked in advance. Photographs may not be taken of the Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes material without the permission of the Estates. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.