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Egypt

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 289 Collections and/or Records:

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"East Indian Command", 1916-01 - 1917-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WMYS 7/11/3
Scope and Contents Written from the British Residency at Cairo and the Residency at Alexandria in Egypt, Viceregal Lodge at Simla in India, Queen's House, Colombo in Sri Lanka, the Yacht 'North Star', The Palace at Khartoum in Sudan and The Berkeley Hotel in London. Subjects include the difficulties of taking up a new command, the defence of the Suez Canal, the education of their daughter, the Hon. Alice Elizabeth Millicent Erskine-Wemyss, "the kitten" [later Alice Cunnack], the aftermath of...
Dates: 1916-01 - 1917-07
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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Eastern affairs: War, 1914 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 9
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Correspondence, reports and papers, particularly from the Dardanelles and Arabia, including a diary of a journey with T. E. Lawrence ['Lawrence of Arabia', later T. E. Shaw].

Dates: 1914 - 1918
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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Edward Lane: Papers on the Arabic-English Lexicon

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8843
Scope and Contents Comprises one bound volume of letters and papers relating to the publication of the Lexicon, including correspondence with Lord Prudhoe, and loose correspondence (copy letters) on the same subject, progress and practicalities of the publication. The correspondence has been calendared to provide short summaries of the contents, including some direct quotation. The catalogue has retained original historic language that may be offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. In order to reflect the...
Dates: 1841-1880 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Egypt, 1938 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND B.20
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'The Libyan Desert. A journey into the home land of the earliest Nile Valley settlers' by Bagnold, 5pp ms and typescript account of archaeological expedition to the Gilf Kebir for publication in Scientific American, with account as published, November 1939; correspondence with publishers.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
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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Egypt, 1946 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BORN 6/1/31
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Photographs from Max and Hedi's two visits to Egypt. Places including Cairo, the Pyramids, Luxor, Thebes, the Nile and the Nile Barrage, Sultan Hasan and Ibu Tulun mosques, and El-Moallaka church, Old Cairo. People including the Sabry family, Dr Hurst and Professor Pasha.

Dates: 1946 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Egypt, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BORN 6/1/32
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Photographs and negatives.

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Please notify staff at least 5 working days in advance if you would like to consult the negatives as they will need to be removed from freezer storage
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Egypt, 1929 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR 4/208-218
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers cover every aspect of Lord Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.

Dates: 1929 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of two files which are still closed, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Egypt and Sudan: Correspondence, 1925 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 13
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Correspondence, particularly with the Foreign Office and Sir Geoffrey Archer and Sir John Maffey [later 1st Lord Rugby], Governors of Sudan.

Dates: 1925 - 1937
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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Egypt diary, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BORN 1/2/1/15
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Diary of Max and Hedi Born's visit to Egypt, written by Hedi for Max.

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Egypt: Engagement lists, 1925 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 15
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers consist of: personal material, including photographs, press cuttings and correspondence; papers on Eastern affairs, including reports and correspondence from Lloyd's time at Constantinople and official copies of telegrams to and from the Turkish Government; papers and correspondence from Lloyd's various Eastern postings in the First World War; papers from India, during Lloyd's governorship of Bombay and also later papers from Lloyd's membership of the India Group; official...
Dates: 1925 - 1929
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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Egypt: Papers, 1919 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 14
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Cabinet papers on the Middle East, diary of Lloyd's tour of Sudan and subject files on Egypt.

Dates: 1919 - 1929
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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Egypt & Sudan 1:500,000 & 1:250,000, 1916 - 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.1-D.69
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This section principally consists of the contents of Bagnold's large map cabinet and includes maps relating to his First World War service in France and Belgium, his explorations in North Africa and the Middle East (the 1932 expedition in particular) and the LRDG.

Dates: 1916 - 1942
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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Egypt & Sudan misc, 1925 - 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.161-D.192
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This section principally consists of the contents of Bagnold's large map cabinet and includes maps relating to his First World War service in France and Belgium, his explorations in North Africa and the Middle East (the 1932 expedition in particular) and the LRDG.

Dates: 1925 - 1942
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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Egypt: Telegrams, 1925 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 12
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Official telegrams received and sent, with some private telegrams and material on an irrigation scheme.

Dates: 1925 - 1929
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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Egyptian diaries, 1946 - 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AHKY 2/12
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Includes travel diaries for Adeline's journeys to Egypt accompanying Maurice Hankey, who was a Director of the Suez Canal company.

Dates: 1946 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. One item within the collection (AHKY 3/1/6) is currently closed for conservation reasons.
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Empire Tour speeches: New Zealand, 1927-11 - 1927-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/4/15
Scope and Contents Annotated texts of LSA's Empire Tour speeches from New Zealand on subjects including co-operation and unity within the Empire, the Imperial Conferences, immigration, trade and economic development, British achievements during and since the war, Imperial defence, comparisons between the Empire and the League of Nations, British foreign policy in Egypt, Iraq, Palestine and the Indian Ocean, the Empire Marketing Board, the economic situation in New Zealand, Imperial Preference, and...
Dates: 1927-11 - 1927-12
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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Extract from memoirs: Sir Donald Logan, 2002

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 62
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2002
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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"Foreign Affairs", 11 May 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/51C/260-320
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) on subjects including: WSC taking over at the Foreign Office; aims to conclude a truce in Korea and the repatriation of prisoners-of-war; the situation in Indo-China [later Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam]; the evacuation of Abadan, Egypt, the new Egyptian ruling junta and negotiations on the reduction of British forces in the Canal Zone; the Soviet occupation of East Germany [later part of Germany]; relations with West Germany [later part of...
Dates: 11 May 1953
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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From Arthur E. Thurston, 75th BAC, EEF, Egypt, 12 Sep. 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/T/6
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'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).
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From Arthur E. Thurston, 172nd BAC, RFA, Egypt, 3 Aug. 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/T/5
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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
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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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'General map of Egypt', 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.70
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1:2,000,000. Published by Survey of Egypt. Printed on linen-backed paper.
Some pencil annotation of places off the map in Libya.

Dates: 1928
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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George Badger: Letters and papers concerning Muscat, Zanzibar, Aden, Persia and Egypt, and East Africa and the slave trade

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.2906-2910
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A collection of papers compiled by or for George Badger relating to his work on various diplomatic missions in Oman (Muscat), Egypt and Zanzibar. Includes correspondence, both official and otherwise; official reports and memoranda, some from the Indian government; maps and plans.

Dates: 1855-1873
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Interviews and press statements, 1946-02 - 1946-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 7/12
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Typescript texts of interviews with the Associated Press, Arab News Agency and Lord Stansgate [Secretary of State for Air, earlier William Wedgwood Benn] on subjects including: the agreement between France and Britain allowing France to maintain troops in the Lebanon; General Charles de Gaulle’s qualities as a leader; the importance of Arab unity; the importance of maintaining good relations with the Arabs in Egypt and Palestine.

Dates: 1946-02 - 1946-06
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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John Hawkshaw: Navigation Report to the Egyptian Government

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6231
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Concerns the first cataract on the Nile, with four coloured plans.

Dates: 1865
Conditions Governing Access: 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).