Egypt
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Birds-119 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.2: 172
Scope and Contents
Birds Sexual Selection / Swinhoes cases (if I understand) of certain Herons (& Blyth has case) which have adult plumage like the young of other species
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.
Series
From Arthur E. Thurston, 75th BAC, EEF, Egypt, 12 Sep. 1917
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/T/6
Scope and Contents
'Noel's' extravagance; Cambridge friends
Dates:
12 Sep. 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Series
From Arthur E. Thurston, 172nd BAC, RFA, Egypt, 3 Aug. 1917
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/T/5
Scope and Contents
Has just arrived, and is intrigued by the country; was in London during 'the great [Zeppelin] raid'
Dates:
3 Aug. 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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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From Sir Dennis Holme Robertson, [Egypt?], 16 Oct. 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/R/12
Scope and Contents
Archie [?Don]'s death and Steuart [Wilson]'s wound; has his horse and 'family of mules and wagons' again; military inactivity; his recent reading
Dates:
16 Oct. 1916
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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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Letter from [Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer?] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at [Egypt?], 1878-09-23 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 194: 41
Scope and Contents
Letter from [Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer?] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at [Egypt?]
(Letter)
Dates:
1878-09-23 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Class:
Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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NS I Buried seeds-1 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: A1-A5, A5a, A6
Scope and Contents
An account of some seeds buried at a great depth in a sand-pit, which germinated; by Mr William Kemp of Galashiels in a letter to Charles Darwin Esqr
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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Press cuttings re Egypt, circa 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 9/9
Scope and Contents
Twenty-one press cuttings (in English and French), mostly concerning affairs in Egypt, and including several concerning Charles George Gordon, [22 February-] 24 March 1881 and undated. The publications include 'The Times' and the 'Manchester Examiner and Times'. The titles of the articles include 'Egypt'; 'England, France, and Egypt'; 'France and Egypt'; 'The French Colony in Egypt'; 'The French Controller in Egypt'; 'The Ex-Khedive of Egypt'; 'The Egyptian Army'; 'The Military Revolt in...
Dates:
circa 1881
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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