Japan
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 142 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Series
Notebook containing diary of Carron's visit to Japan, 1967
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CARN 4/11
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers mainly comprising correspondence, diaries, articles, speeches, press cuttings and photographs.
Dates:
1967
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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NS I Continental Extensions-5 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: D16
Scope and Contents
At Glacial period, when Vaccinium &c got to top of W Indian islds - land probably almost continuous
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.
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NS I Glacial Period-50 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: E60r
Scope and Contents
Hooker tells me that Australian forms in Japan Grand
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.
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NS I Glen Roy Notes-21 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: C22
Scope and Contents
Best map of N Scotland? / Shells of Japan / Heyne's Tracts
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.
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NS II Distribution of animals-187 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.3: 234r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1840-01-01 - 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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NS II Geographical distribution and species-37 Note, 1845-05-01 - 1845-05-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.4: 39
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1845-05-01 - 1845-05-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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NS II Means of distribution-65 Note, 1844-02-01 - 1844-02-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 65r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1844-02-01 - 1844-02-29
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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NS II Means of distribution-93 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 95
Scope and Contents
The Facts tending to show double Creation
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Nyasaland, British Honduras, Trinidad, Tanganyika, Iraq, Hong Kong, Nigeria and Straits Settlement, 1924-11 - 1929-07
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/4/12
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Hugh Clifford [Governor of Nigeria, 1919-25, of Ceylon [later Sri Lanka], 1925-27 and of the Straits Settlements [Singapore and parts of Malaysia], 1927-29], on subjects including the Malay rubber industry and rubber smuggling, the situation of the Chinese in Malaya [later Malaysia] and Singapore, recommending Bede Clifford as the new Colonial Secretary, Clifford's decision to leave Ceylon for Malaya, the financial and political situation in Ceylon, the success of...
Dates:
1924-11 - 1929-07
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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Observations from Cook's last voyage, 1778-12-26 - 1780-08-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/61/1: 2r-37r
Scope and Contents
Tabulated observations for the voyage, including records of the time by the watch or timekeeper, the apparent time, observed altitudes and lunar distances, estimates of latitude and longitude, magnetic variation, barometer and thermometer readings, and additional remarks. Reference is often made to the instruments used (including instruments by John Dollond, Jesse Ramsden, John Bird and Gowan Knight, and timekeepers by Larcum Kendall), and who made the observations (including Cook,...
Dates:
1778-12-26 - 1780-08-18
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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Observations from Cook's last voyage, 1779-06-15 - 1780-08-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/61/3: 50r-100r
Scope and Contents
Tabulated observations made by astronomer William Bayly. These include records of the time by the watch, apparent time, altitudes of the sun, moon and stars, observations of lunar distance, barometer and thermometer readings, estimates of latitude and longitude, and magnetic variation.Occasional remarks on the observations are included: for example, in [RGO 14/61/3: 57r] Bayly records that his instruments were taken on shore at Kamchatka, Russia, where observations were made from 26...
Dates:
1779-06-15 - 1780-08-26
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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Official correspondence, 1904 - 1906
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 1/4
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the proposed abolition of the Pacific squadron; the Japanese fleet and the unsettled state of affairs in the Far East; the importance of Alexandria [Egypt] as a naval base.
Dates:
1904 - 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Other travel records, 1945 - 1965
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JVR/12
Scope and Contents
This series comprises passports and miscellaneous documents related to Joan Robinson's travels in Europe, Asia and Cuba. Documents include notes of names (many not in Joan Robinson's hand), maps, forms, guides and ration coupons.
Dates:
1945 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to some material in this collection is restricted while the author is still living, on the ground that it touches on their private or professional concerns. Other material has been reserved because, in the College's opinion, the contents of these files might be considered confidential, or offensive, by living people other than the author. Further information about such restrictions will be provided in the records of relevant items and files.
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Papers on the Committee on Space Research, 1958 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/599
Scope and Contents
Agenda and minutes of meetings of the British National Committee on Space Research and sub-committees; letters concerning attendance at meetings; and reports on meetings, activities and proposals. The papers include the following items:Report by Sir Graham Sutton on the 13th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics at Berkeley, California, August 1963.Papers on a report to the Committee on Space Research, 1963.Correspondence on a grant...
Dates:
1958 - 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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Papers on Universal Time, 1884 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/146
Scope and Contents
Canadian and North American Papers relating to Universal Time:Printed notice from the Royal Society of Canada drawing attention to matters of time determination and nomenclature, 1890.Letter from Wilhelm Prealt of Hamburg, in German, 1890.Letter from Sandford Fleming, Ottawa, enclosing a Bill to be laid before the United States Senate regarding the reckoning of time in the United States, 1891.Letter from [J.P. Sohiham] of Vienna sending a copy of a booklet by...
Dates:
1884 - 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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Papers relating to MT's interview with the Japanese Prime Minister Mr Toshiki Kaifu for Japanese television, Tokyo, 20 September 1989, 1989-09
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/5/667
Scope and Contents
For the text of the interview see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s Complete Public Statements CD Ref: 89/340
Dates:
1989-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in March 2019
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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Papers relating to MT’s press conference in the New Otan Hotel, Tokyo, 22 September 1989, 1989-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/5/670
Scope and Contents
Includes: MT’s handwritten annotations
For the text of the speech see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s Complete Public Statements CD Ref: 89/345
Dates:
1989-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in March 2019
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Papers relating to MT’s remarks at the opening of the British School in Japan, 21 September 1989, 1989-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/5/669
Scope and Contents
For the text of the speech see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s Complete Public Statements CD Ref: 89/343
Dates:
1989-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in March 2019
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Papers relating to MT's speech at a dinner given by the British Ambassador in Tokyo, Japan, 19 September 1989, 1989-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/5/665
Scope and Contents
For the text of the speech see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s Complete Public Statements CD Ref: 89/337
Dates:
1989-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in March 2019
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Papers relating to MT's speech at the IDU [International Democrat Union] conference, Japan, 22 September 1989, 1989-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/5/671
Scope and Contents
Includes: MT’s handwritten annotations
For the text of the speech see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s Complete Public Statements CD Ref: 89/347
Dates:
1989-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in March 2019
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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Papers relating to MT’s speech to businessmen in Japan, 20 September 1989, and at the IDU conference, Tokyo, 22 September 1989, 1989-09
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/5/666
Scope and Contents
Includes: MT's handwritten notes
For the text of the speech see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s Complete Public Statements CD Ref: 89/339 and 89/347
Dates:
1989-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in March 2019
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Papers relating to MT’s speech to the British Associations, Tokyo, Japan, 19 September 1989, 1989-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/5/664
Scope and Contents
For the text of the speech see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s Complete Public Statements CD Ref: 89/336
Dates:
1989-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in March 2019
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Papers relating to MT's visit to Japan, 19-22 September 1989 (1), 1989-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/144
Scope and Contents
Includes schedules, annotated with clothing notes for MT; copy of speech given by MT to the Keidanren ("The Open World Economy"), Tokyo, Japan, 20 September 1989
Dates:
1989-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in March 2019
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Papers relating to MT's visit to the Far East (Japan, China, Hong Kong & India), 17-28 September 1982, 1980-09 - 1982-09
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/37A
Scope and Contents
Part 1: includes MT's handwritten annotations; details of administrative and media arrangements and of the British delegation; and note from 6th Lord (Peter) Carrington to MT ahead of the proposed visit, 15 December 1981
Part 1A, closed section, security
Part 2: includes MT's handwritten annotations; notes from DT; details of administrative arrangements and of the British delegation; draft seating plans on the RAF VC 10; and letter from Mrs Indira Gandhi suggesting a stop-off in...
Dates:
1980-09 - 1982-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Parts 1-2 mostly opened in March 2013; sections of part 1 closed (security), see THCR 1/10/37A, part 1A
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Papers relating to MT's visit to the Far East (Japan, China, Hong Kong & India), 17-28 September 1982 (1), 1982-08 - 1982-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/37
Scope and Contents
Includes: MT's contemporary handwritten notes; and photocopied notes in MT's handwriting relating to China and Hong Kong, prepared for her memoirs in ca. 1992
Also includes: briefing notes on the future of Hong Kong from Ian Gow MP (MT's Parliamentary Private Secretary) and Ray Whitney MP, August 1982; letter to MT from Geoffrey Pattie MP on China and defence equipment, August 1982; copies of Centre for Policy Studies interviews relating to Hong Kong, including report by Dr Elizabeth...
Dates:
1982-08 - 1982-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in March 2013
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