South Africa
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Polygamy &c-46 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 85: B92
Scope and Contents
Male & Female Birds / Some Parrakeets beautifully coloured but females rather less vivid
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
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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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Cambridge University Library
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Darwin Archive
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'Descent of man': portfolios
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'Descent of man': first edition, 1871, and 'Insectivorous Plants'
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'Descent of man' first edition: used scraps relating to 'Man' and notes relating to principles of sexual selection, polygamy and number of sexes
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Descent Portfolios 1st edn, Sexual Selection: Chap 1, polygamy, number of sexes
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Press Cuttings, 1927-07 - 1928-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 5/42
Scope and Contents
Including: LSA's tour of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada; invitation to dinner from Arthur Meighen, Prime Minister of Canada; seating plan for state dinner in Ottawa; LSA's return to Britain.
Dates:
1927-07 - 1928-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Press Cuttings, 1922 - 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 5/55
Scope and Contents
Including: LSA's and Winston Churchill's incident in the swimming pool at Harrow School; LSA's South African visit; the Ashburton memorial window for Peter Fabyan Sparke Amery and John Sparke Amery; India reforms; the India Bill; the sugar subsidy.
Dates:
1922 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1899-11 - 1903-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/2
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Arthur Balfour [Prime Minister] on LSA's view of the hostilities between Bulgaria and Turkey; Jacques Bardoux (4); Edith Beaumont [later Edith, Lady Allendale] (2); Robert Brand on Imperial Preference, particularly on corn duty (2); John Buchan [later 1st Lord Tweedsmuir] asking for advice on some proofs [? of "The African Colony"] and on his relief that he didn't have to work for the Colonial Office; Joseph Chamberlain on subjects including thanking LSA for his views...
Dates:
1899-11 - 1903-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1904-01 - 1904-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/3
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir William Anson [Warden of All Souls’ College, University of Oxford] and Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, on funding for an Imperial History professorship at Oxford (3); Alfred Beit on funding the history professorship (4); Charles Firth [Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford]; Edward Bond on the possibility of LSA standing as a parliamentary candidate for Nottingham; Thomas Brassey, suggesting that LSA should take his place on the Managing...
Dates:
1904-01 - 1904-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1905-01 - 1950-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir William Anson [Warden of All Souls’ College, University of Oxford] on the Beit Imperial History professorship at Oxford (2); [?] William Hewins on putting LSA up as a possible parliamentary candidate for South Manchester (2); P F S Amery (3); Edward Arnold on sales of LSA's "The Problem of the Army"; [Charles] Moberly Bell [Assistant Manager of the Times] on arrangements with the New York Times and Canadian press, sales of the Times History of the South...
Dates:
1905-01 - 1950-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1906-01 - 1906-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Major Albert Andrew on the Times History of the South African War and shortcomings in military training (2); Hugh Arnold-Forster [former Secretary of State for War] on an Army Order reissued by his successor, Richard Haldane and a critical Times review of his book ["The Army in 1906: a Policy and a Vindication"] (2); Arthur Balfour; Jacques Bardoux; Gertrude Bell; [Charles] Moberly Bell [Assistant Manager of the Times] on his concerns about completion of Times History...
Dates:
1906-01 - 1906-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1907-01 - 1907-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/6
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Hugh Arnold-Forster [former Secretary of State for War] on saving the Militia; Robert Baden-Powell on setting up the Boy Scouts; [Charles] Moberly Bell [Assistant Manager of the Times] on the costs of [Robert] Erskine Childers's volume of the Times History of the South African War; Francis Higgins Bernard on local views of Tariff Reform (2); William Bridgeman on Tariff Reform relating to agriculture; Robert Borden [Leader of the Conservative party in Canada] on...
Dates:
1907-01 - 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1908-01 - 1908-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Hugh Arnold-Forster [former Secretary of State for War] on subjects including writing a series of articles on military matters and thanking LSA for writing a preface [? to Arnold-Forster's "English Socialism of To-Day"] (3); Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman [Prime Minister]; Arthur Balfour [Leader of the Conservative Party], on citing trade figures from Wolverhampton [Staffordshire] during a debate (2); Sir Hesketh Bell [Governor of Uganda] on his sleeping...
Dates:
1908-01 - 1908-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1909-01 - 1909-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/8
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Mary Arnold-Forster; [Charles] Moberly Bell [Managing Director of the Times] on sales of the Times History of the South African War and the Times's refusal to be associated with it any more (8); Robert Borden on suggestions by LSA for Imperial loans and Canada's share in Imperial defence (2); John Buchan [later 1st Lord Tweedsmuir]; [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain on subjects including LSA standing for the Bordesley seat [Birmingham, Warwickshire] (2); Joseph Chamberlain,...
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1909-12 - 1910-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/9
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Charles] Moberly Bell [Managing Director of the Times]; Henry Birchenough, sympathising with LSA's defeat as candidate for East Wolverhampton [Staffordshire]; Charles Boyd; Thomas Brassey on LSA's ideas for an Imperial Constitution; [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain on LSA's defeat at Wolverhampton and an Imperial Constitution (3); Joseph Chamberlain on LSA's campaign for Bow and Bromley [London] (2); [Robert] Erskine Childers on his book [? "War and the Arme Blanche"] and...
Dates:
1909-12 - 1910-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1911-01 - 1911-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/10
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Charles] Moberly Bell [Managing Director of the Times]; Robert Borden [Leader of the Canadian Conservative Party] on subjects including the attitude of the Canadian Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, to the Colonial Conference and Borden's chances in the next elections (2); Reginald Brade, Assistant-Secretary, War Office, on suggestions by LSA relating to control of war correspondents and the publication of damaging news; George Buckle [Editor of the Times],...
Dates:
1911-01 - 1911-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Proofs of "Materials for the history of South Africa": volume I, 1897 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/74
Scope and Contents
Written by JWHM [?] as a history of the administration of 1st Lord Loch [former Governor of Cape and High Commissioner for South Africa].
Dates:
1897 - 1898
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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Proofs of "Materials for the history of South Africa": volume II (extracts), 1897 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/75
Scope and Contents
Written by JWHM [?] as a history of the administration of 1st Lord Loch [former Governor of Cape and High Commissioner for South Africa]. Also includes some rough notes by JWHM on the administration of the territories under the control of the British South Africa Company, and also the cover of "The Phantom Rickshaw" by Rudyard Kipling.
Dates:
1897 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Public and political: British Council, 1938 - 1940
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 20
Scope and Contents
Diaries from Lloyd's tours for the Council, with correspondence and other papers.
Dates:
1938 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
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Report on seeing in South Africa, 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/881
Scope and Contents
An undated report, in French, by G. Courtes and J. Dommanget entitled 'Rapport au Comite sur les quatre premiers mois de prospection en Union Sud Africaine', reporting on the seeing conditions in South Africa, with a copy of a letter to the authors from M. Boehmke, 29 February 1956.
Dates:
1956
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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Report on the climate of South Africa, 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1208
Scope and Contents
A two-part report on the 'Climate of South Africa'. Part 1 concerns 'Climate Statistics'; part 2 concerns 'Rainfall Statistics'.
Dates:
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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Report on the climate of South Africa, 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/866
Scope and Contents
A report by H. Siedentopf entitled 'Climate of the Union of South Africa'.
Dates:
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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Reports on South Africa, 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/868
Scope and Contents
Two reports, in French, on observations and site testing in South Africa: 'Prospection systématique de 1'union Sud-Africaine' by B. Guinot, and 'Rapport General De MM. Courtes et Boulon sur la Prospection Francaise en Afrique du Sud' by J. Boulon and G. Courtes.
Dates:
1956
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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Republic of South Africa, 1946 - 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BLGN 8/8
Scope and Contents
Printed propaganda apparently sent to HMB. Includes pamphlets, magazines, press cuttings and correspondence.
Dates:
1946 - 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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Rhodesia and South Africa, 1979-01 - 1996-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/78
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the general public on the political conditions in Rhodesia [Zambia and Zimbabwe] and South Africa.
Dates:
1979-01 - 1996-11
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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Rough notes, 1985-08 - 1986-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 10/1/22
Scope and Contents
Notes from pocketbooks, mainly on sanctions against South Africa and apartheid.
Dates:
1985-08 - 1986-08
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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‘Sara’s S African Diary and letters associated’, 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BULL 12/5/2
Scope and Contents
Letters to William Bull from Sara Bull regarding her journey to the Cape. The small book includes family trees, maps and diary entries
Dates:
1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir William Bull
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'Records of the Bulls' related to the families of the spouses of the Bull family
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Material related to Bull family lineage around the world - a history of the Bulls in America prepared by James Bull, details of the Bull family in New Zealand in Pennsylvania.
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Selection of MT's correspondence formerly stored in her safe, "G"-"M", September 1975-October 1978, 1975-09 - 1978-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/18/2
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from: Sir Michael Havers on his visit to South Africa, May 1977; MT’s correspondence with Edward Heath MP and Fred Mulley MP (Secretary of State for Education and Science) relating to education "PARs" [Programme and Analysis Reports] being available to Select Committees, September 1975-March 1976, including copy of MT’s handwritten letter to Mulley, 15 October 1975; copy of MT’s handwritten letter to Edward ("Ted") Heath MP congratulating him on his Penistone speech, 6 July...
Dates:
1975-09 - 1978-10
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in July 2009
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Person
Sher, Antony, Sir, 1949-2021 (Knight, Actor and Theatre Director)
Person
Dates:
Existence: 1949 - 2021