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NS I Chap 4-6 Note, 1853-12-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 45: 5-6
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1853-12-28
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NS I Chap 7-20 Note, 1863-07-01 - 1863-07-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 47: 17r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1863-07-01 - 1863-07-31
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NS II Distribution of animals-161 Note, 1856-07-01 - 1856-07-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.3: 206-207
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1856-07-01 - 1856-07-31
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NS II Means of distribution-164 Note, 1858-04-01 - 1858-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 167r
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Letter from Wollaston to Lyell / Is vehement that Madeira & Canary group part of one region
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1858-04-01 - 1858-04-30
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NS II Palaeontology, geology-101 Note, 1840-12-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 115
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1840-12-15
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NS II Palaeontology, geology-142 Note, 1842-12-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 162
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1842-12-16
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NS II Palaeontology, geology-153 Note, 1843-04-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 177r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1843-04-05
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Observations and other papers, 1764 - 1775
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 3/44
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1. Observations of the eclipse of the Moon, 1 March 1764.2. Observations of the eclipse of the Sun, 1 April 1764.3. Observations of the transit of Venus, 1769, with an eclipse of the Sun observed from Gibraltar, 1769, and a bill for crockery.4. Observations of the eclipse of the Sun, 4 June 1764.5. Observations of the eclipse of Jupiter's satellites, 1772-1774.6. Observations of the eclipse of the Moon, 12 December [1769].7. Drawing, apparently...
Dates:
1764 - 1775
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From the Management Group:
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 37 - 47., 10 Jul 1928 - 17 Oct 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/212
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Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: measures to combat unemployment including emigration; a multi-lateral treaty with the United States; foreign affairs in Iraq, India, the Soviet Union, China, Egypt and Germany; the reduction and limitation of armaments; issues in Scotland including the slaughter of animals and the influx of emigrants from Ireland and issues in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; and speeches by King George V.
Dates:
10 Jul 1928 - 17 Oct 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: Emergency Business Committee: correspondence., 15 Mar 1929 - 21 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/243
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Rupert Howorth (2); Arthur Simons on off licenses and a reduction in liquor licenses; and James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to WSC].Also includes copies of letters from Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, WSC] on off licenses in Scotland and on a question by Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] about income tax and the widows' and orphans' fund.
Dates:
15 Mar 1929 - 21 May 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 1 - 39., 27 Jul 1923 - 29 Jan 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/28
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: draft instructions for the British representative at the 25th session of the governing body of the International Labour Office; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including the export of arms to the Soviet Union, the Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Bill, the Anglo-German Treaty and British Seamen, the...
Dates:
27 Jul 1923 - 29 Jan 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 20 - 40., 18 Nov 1925 - 05 Feb 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/86
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet, on subjects including bills coming before the Home Affairs Committee; Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on reform of the constitution of the University of London; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Secretary of State for India and 1st Lord Reading [earlier Rufus Isaacs], Viceroy of India, on Indian immigrants in South Africa; a Ministry of Labour...
Dates:
18 Nov 1925 - 05 Feb 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 20 - 44., 31 Dec 1928 - 21 Feb 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/228
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour on unemployment and on a proposed enquiry into the iron and steel industry; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, and Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the enquiry into the iron and steel industry; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, on the functions of Dominion ministers, use of the...
Dates:
31 Dec 1928 - 21 Feb 1929
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Official: Cabinet: papers 180 - 200., 30 Jun 1924 - 08 Apr 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/33
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on the teachers' salary awards of [1st] Lord Burnham [Chairman of the Standing Joint Committees of Education Authorities and Teachers], and on Church Schools; a copy of the Burnham Report; a survey by William Strang [1st Secretary, Foreign Office] on the economic situation of the Soviet Union; Sir William Joynson-Hicks, [later 1st Lord Brentford] Home Secretary, on...
Dates:
30 Jun 1924 - 08 Apr 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 201 - 220., 23 Jun 1928 - 09 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/201
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on local government reform; [1st] Lord Peel, First Commissioner of Works, on Parliament Square [London]; Eric Maclagan, Director of the Victoria and Albert museum, on the treasure of the Guelphs; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the industrial transference board and the transfer of unemployed miners; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on...
Dates:
23 Jun 1928 - 09 Jul 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 241 - 270., 08 Apr 1925 - 27 May 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/37
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Edward Wood [later Lord Irwin and Lord Halifax], Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, on the Diseases of Animals Bill; a draft of the Diseases of Animals Bill; 4th Lord Salisbury, [earlier Lord Cranborne] the Lord Privy Seal, on the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Bill; a draft of the Honours Bill; Lord Kilmarnock [later 22nd Lord Erroll] on the risks of anti-allied demonstrations during the Rhineland [Germany]...
Dates:
08 Apr 1925 - 27 May 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 271 - 300., 06 May 1925 - 25 Jun 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/38
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: a Foreign Office memorandum on the work of the League of Nations committee on sleeping sickness; Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on German proposals to France for a security pact; the report of the Colonial Office Financial Mission to Iraq; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the position of loyalists in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip...
Dates:
06 May 1925 - 25 Jun 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 326 - 350., 31 Oct 1928 - 19 Nov 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/207
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on reparations and preference in government contracts; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on coal amalgamations, the British industries fair and the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the...
Dates:
31 Oct 1928 - 19 Nov 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 460 - 484., 29 Jul 1925 - 19 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/45
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Representation of the People (Economy Provisions) Bill, the award of the Irish Boundary Commission, International Labour Conference conventions on workmen's compensation, and the draft Police Pensions Bill; a draft of the Representation Bill; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on emergency arrangements in case of strikes; a Ministry...
Dates:
29 Jul 1925 - 19 Nov 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 520 - 539., 18 Nov 1925 - 24 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/47
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on Empire foodstuffs to be considered by the Imperial Economic Committee; Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne], Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, on the Tithe Bill; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary for Scotland, on the Rating (Scotland) Bill; a draft of the Rating Bill; [Sir Francis Humphrys], British...
Dates:
18 Nov 1925 - 24 Dec 1925
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers., Mar 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/32
Scope and Contents
Includes: report of the Highlands and Islands Medical Services Committee on public health problems in these areas of Scotland and the need for a medical service, and a printed telegram from Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] to Sir William Goschen [British ambassador to Germany] on German naval building and the need for increased British naval building. Also includes a covering letter from Grey to WSC.
Dates:
Mar 1912
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Official: Committee of Imperial Defence: aerial navigation and the Forth-Clyde Canal: prints and correspondence., 05 Jan 1909 - 10 Aug 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 24/1
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on aerial navigation and the Forth-Clyde Canal, including: Richard Haldane [Secretary of State for War] on Sir Hiram Maxim's views on aircraft development (2); a summary of the evidence and the conclusions of the Committee of Imperial Defence Sub-Committee on aerial navigation; notes by the Secretary of the Sub-Committee on the strategical aspects of the Forth-Clyde Canal; an Admiralty memorandum on the strategical aspects of the canal; records of the...
Dates:
05 Jan 1909 - 10 Aug 1909
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Official: Committee of Imperial Defence: correspondence., 09 Jan 1912 - 18 Oct 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 24/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister] on a naval memorandum by 2nd Lord Esher [earlier Reginald Brett, member of the Committee of Imperial Defence] and a projected meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence at Malta on naval strategy (3); Sir Charles Ottley, Secretary to the Committee, on recognition for the services of the Committee's officers, particularly Adrian Grant-Duff [Assistant Secretary (Military)], and on the suitability of...
Dates:
09 Jan 1912 - 18 Oct 1912
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Official: Munitions., Sep 1917 - Oct 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/156
Scope and Contents
WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos 201-400.Correspondents include: Sir James Stevenson; Lord Swaythling on scrap iron in the Netherlands; Albert Thomas, French Minister of Munitions (2); General Sir Francis Bingham; Charles Hobhouse on shortage of field guns; Lord Northcliffe (5); Lord Derby, War Office (5); Sir Joseph Maclay, Ministry of Shipping (4); Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service; Dundee Chamber of Commerce and others on the telephone service...
Dates:
Sep 1917 - Oct 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open