Iceland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
File
A Part Of All That I Have Met: Kenneth East, 1988
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 56
Scope and Contents
Printed memoir.
Dates:
1988
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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Alfred Newton Papers
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9839
Dates:
1798-1907
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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Cambridge University Library
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Alfred Newton Papers
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'Aquatic Fauna of N. W. Iceland' by J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson, 1948-02
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/20/Thompson/2
Scope and Contents
Copy of The Aquarist, Volume XII, Number 11, containing Cloudsley-Thompson's article.
Dates:
Publication: 1948-02
Series — Box MS Add.8386: Box 1: Series GBR/0012/MS Add.8386/1
Box 1: Early work - observations in Iceland and East Greenland.
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8386/1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers relating to Manley's work in England and overseas
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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Islendsk Landslaga Bók Utgefen aff Magnuse Konge [Jónsbók]
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.2654
Scope and Contents
Ornate pen-and-ink title page with name of writer: 'Thorleifus Arnaeas Anno 1674 scripsit librum'. Arnasson adds preface in 1686. Main text followed by 'Riettarbaetur', and by an index compiled by Thorstiern Magnusson. I initials and designs in pen-and-ink or colours. Numerous marginal notes. Title page: 'A present from the Rev. Eggert Gudmundson Dean of Borgarfiord in Iceland. Reykholt, June 26 1815. Ebenezer Henderson'. (c.f. E. Henderson, Iceland: Journal of a Residence ..., Edinburgh,...
Dates:
1674-1686
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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Miscellaneous meteorological papers, 1884 - 1904
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/131
Scope and Contents
(1) Miscellaneous papers, 1888-1889Index sheet, 1889.Index sheet, 1888.Letter to W.G. King from H.C. Fox, 1888.Unsigned and undated memorandum [1888].Letter from W. Ellis to H.C. Fox replying to his letter, 1888.Letter from the R.M. College, Kingston, Ontario, and a reply from W. Ellis, 1888.Letter from W. Hoshen Richards regarding droughts and a reply from W. Ellis, 1888.Letter regarding cup...
Dates:
1884 - 1904
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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NS I Chap 7-4 Note, 1840-06-01 - 1840-06-30
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 47: 1d
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; written at Maer
(Note)
Dates:
1840-06-01 - 1840-06-30
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 Continental Extensions-6 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: D17r
Scope and Contents
During Miocene or old Pliocene climate apparently warmer than now & yet many species of shells in common
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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'Observations on the Ecology of Arachnids in North-West Iceland' by J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson, 1948-06
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/20/Thompson/3
Scope and Contents
Offprint from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 12, Volume i.
Dates:
Publication: 1948-06
File
Occupation of Iceland, June 1940, 1950-08 - 1960-08
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROSK 4/52
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
[?] Papers used in the official naval history of the Second World War.
Dates:
1950-08 - 1960-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Sub-Series
Papers on transit of Venus, 1870 - 1882
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/275
Scope and Contents
Reports and charts on the stations for the transit of Venus, 1874. The reports include miscellaneous information on Egypt; the topography of New Zealand around Christchurch; the meteorology of New Zealand; the advantages of the province of Otago; the differences of longitudes in New Zealand; the longitude of Wellington; the advantage of Hobart Town; the topography and meteorology of Kerguelen Island; and the topography of Prince Edward and Crozet Islands and of the Sandwich Islands. The...
Dates:
1870 - 1882
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).
Series
Papers relating to Gilchrist's diplomatic posting in Reykjavik, Iceland, 1956 - 1959
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GILC 12
Scope and Contents
12/A Papers relating to the "Cod War": white papers, press cuttings, public statements, Iceland' s official statement - UN and Council of Europe Submissions. 1950s & 1970s.
12/B Official reports and Ambassador's telegrams. Includes full compilation of all F.O. Telegrams and Dispatches made by Sir Andrew for his successor. 1959.
12/C Correspondence:
(i) contemporaneous personal - includes article about Burns and the Canadian Boat song and also account of fishing in Iceland,...
Dates:
1956 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Transcript of interview: David Summerhayes, 2003
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 78
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2003
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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Transcript of interview: Sir Richard Best, 1996
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 7
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
1996
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.