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Subject Source: Local sources

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 Fonds

Drake: the papers of Montague Garrard Drake

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/DRA
Scope and Contents

Pembroke holds five volumes and one draft volume of Montague Garrard Drake’s travel diaries, written on paper with vellum limp binding and leather ties.

Dates: 1710 - 1712
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Elba and Paris, 1959

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NRBK 2/10
Scope and Contents

Spare slides from family holidays to Italy and France, mainly from Elba.

Dates: 1959
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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Family correspondence, 1899 - 1908

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/TUCK 2/2
Scope and Contents

Written from HMS Repulse, HMS Canopus, HMS Goliath, HMS Albemarle, HMS King Alfred and from the British Embassy, Tokyo, including England, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Morocco, Gibraltar, Sri Lanka, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malta, Sicily and Italy.
With sketches.

Dates: 1899 - 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Certain files containing sensitive personal information about living people have been closed for 80 years. All closures are noted in the catalogue.
 Fonds

Forster: The Papers of Edward Morgan Forster

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF
Scope and Contents This collection contains a number of items by and about E.M. Forster. The heart of the collection consists of Forster's writings, published and unpublished, held by the archive centre in manuscript, typescript and photocopied forms. Items written for publication, or in some cases broadcast, have been placed at the start of the collection. These include manuscripts, drafts and fragments of his novels, short stories, essays, talks, plays, poems and memoirs. Contributions to periodicals, which...
Dates: 1777 - 2015
 Series

From Percy V. Thomas, 'Itally', 30 Nov. 1917

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/T/2
Scope and Contents

Seasonal greetings, and thanks for his kindness while in Cambridge, enclosing regimental Christmas card (T/2a)

Dates: 30 Nov. 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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Harriet Susan Miller: Continental Tour Journal

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6230
Scope and Contents

Journal by Harriet Miller of tours on the continent with her husband, Professor W.H. Miller, 1856 and later.

Dates: 1856 (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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House of Commons speeches, 1938-03 - 1940-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/6/1
Scope and Contents Texts of LSA's speeches on subjects including: the Anschluss between Germany and Austria; unemployment and economic conditions; the Anglo-Italian Agreement (May 1938); the Budget (1938); confirmation of the Eire Agreement [Ireland]; National Service; colonial policy; Palestine; the international situation regarding preparation for war; securing supplies, particularly from the United States, which would otherwise go to Germany; the Education (Emergency) Bill; post-war Europe; war pensions and...
Dates: 1938-03 - 1940-04
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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Ischia and Capri, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/NRBK 2/9
Scope and Contents

Spare slides from a family holiday to Italy, mainly from Ischia. Also includes a couple of slides from Normanbrook's London home, 11 the Vale [Chelsea] and one from the Hamilton Yacht Club at Bermuda.

Dates: 1957
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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Italian History

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4438
Scope and Contents

'Delle historie memorabili contiene le Guerre d'Italia de' nostri tempi', possibly in the author's own hand.

Dates: 1656 (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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Italian politics, 1916-12 - 1917-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/48
Scope and Contents Correspondence between C A Mills, head of British propaganda in Italy, and [Arthur] Basil Williams, forwarded to LSA, on subjects including: attacks on shipping in the Adriatic; political opinion in Italy on the war and ways of countering anti-British feeling, particularly on interest charged on loans to Italy, prices charged for British coal exports and rates of exchange; pro-German feeling and spy scandals in the Vatican; propaganda methods; the English Red Cross in Rome; friction between...
Dates: 1916-12 - 1917-07
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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Italy, 1937 - 1957

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR 4/404-411
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: 1937 - 1957
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.
 Sub-Series

Italy, 1934 - 1945

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR 4X/22-24
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: 1934 - 1945
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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Italy, war plans and entry into war, 1950-08 - 1960-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROSK 4/55
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.
 Fonds

John Acton, 1st Baron Acton: Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4607-5021
Scope and Contents 1. Family papers The papers contain material relating to the Actons of Naples: Commodore John Acton, his nephew J.F.E. Acton and H. Acton, a midshipman; material concerning the Dalberg family, particularly the family property on the Rhine, at Herrnsheim; a few manuscripts relating to Lord Granville; and the 1st Lord Acton's personal papers, including those covering his early years, his parliamentary career and interest in Ireland, relations with his family, and the period of his life spent...
Dates: c. 1650 - 1900
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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Juvenilia, 1935-03 - 1935-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/6/23
Scope and Contents

Includes: JEP's diary and letters to parents while in Turin, Florence and Naples [Italy], and Cardiganshire [Wales], mainly on his research work; the annotated typescript of The Cecil Fragments, the writings of Richard Cecil, edited by JEP; papers on JEP's experiences in Italy, including The Italian Cinema, Turin, Venice, Where Wagner Died and Florence; draft poems; Forestudies to a History of the German War; typescript article, On Cambridge, by a Cambridge Undergraduate.

Dates: 1935-03 - 1935-07
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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Keyes correspondence, 1939-12 - 1943-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BOWR 1/2
Scope and Contents Letters from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes to Bower on subjects including: concerns expressed by Winston Churchill [First Lord of the Admiralty] about the lack of co-operation between the different Air Forces, Churchill's view on the Admiralty's use of aircraft and a memorandum on the subject by Bower; inaccurate broadcasts; Keyes's attempts to advise Churchill on getting what the Navy required; keeping the Fleet Air Arm free of interference from the RAF. Also includes a...
Dates: 1939-12 - 1943-12
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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Letters from CG to her parents, 1932-10 - 1936-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CGLA 1/1/3
Scope and Contents

Letters to Celia Noble, and Saxton Noble on subjects including: Gladwyn Jebb's posting as a Secretary at the British Embassy in Rome [Italy]; visiting Fascist schools; reaction in France and Italy to the Abyssinia [later Ethiopia] Crisis.

Dates: 1932-10 - 1936-03
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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Letters on sanctions: A - Z, 1935-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/4
Scope and Contents Letters received in support of LSA's stand against sanctions being imposed on Italy by the League of Nations, following Italy's invasion of Abyssinia [later Ethiopia]. Correspondents include: Charles Emmott; 7th Lord Forester [earlier Cecil Weld-Forester]; Sir Frank Fox; William Howard Gritten; 1st Lord Islington [earlier John Dickson-Poynder]; Sir George King-Hall; Godfrey Locker-Lampson; Pierse Loftus; James Little; Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller; Sir Charles Petrie; Ezra Pound; Trevor...
Dates: 1935-10
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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Letters on sanctions: unfiled, 1935-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/5
Scope and Contents

Letters received in support of LSA's stand against sanctions being imposed on Italy by the League of Nations, following Italy's invasion of Abyssinia [later Ethiopia]. Correspondents include: Admiral Sir Sydney Fremantle; 1st Lord Islington [earlier John Dickson-Poynder]; Frank Fehr (2); Sir Reginald Craddock; Charles Coutts (2); Arthur Brown, former Professor of Public and Private International Law, Calcutta [India].

Dates: 1935-10
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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Liturgical Devotions and Prayers

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6675
Scope and Contents

'Divoti affetti verso al Santissimo Sagramento', liturgical devotions to the exposed sacrament, and prayers for use during the Nine Days' Festival of the Immaculate Conception, in Italian, with further prayers to St Michael, St Andrew, the Magi, and St Francis, in Italian and Latin, 69 folios.

Dates: 1770-1771
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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Lucattinis, Domenico de. Liber de elementis

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10178
Scope and Contents Autograph manuscript on paper in Latin and Italian, small quarto, ff. [4 index], 14-237 (foliation skips from 89 to 100 without loss of text), including a few blanks; written in brown ink in a single hand, illustrated with 24 ink drawings, 8 inserted on slips. Illustrated compilation of notes on natural philosophy, cosmology, geography, and magnetism, composed by an Italian student (possibly Tuscany) apparently from lectures attended in 1670. The first part begins with the four elements,...
Dates: 1670
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 articles and items, 1937-08 - 1948-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/31
Scope and Contents Texts of papers by LSA on subjects including: Free Trade and the Most Favoured Nation clause; functions of a National Planning Board; the future of Italy; trade; Europe, the Commonwealth and world security; comparisons between the Swiss and British systems of government; Europe and Germany; economic warfare; the 1940 budget. Also includes: list of articles; pamphlet on post-war opportunities in the colonial service; notes on George Yeh, representative of the Chinese Ministry of...
Dates: 1937-08 - 1948-10
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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Monte San Martino Trust Archive

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10473
Scope and Contents

The archive consists of unpublished personal accounts of prisoners of war held in Italy at the time of the Italian Armistice in 1943. The accounts variously detail the individuals' war service, capture and captivity, escape from captivity, and attempts to evade recapture with the assistance of members of the Italian civilian population.

Dates: 1930s-2010s
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NS I Chap 3-94 Note, 1866-08-01 - 1866-08-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 49: 110r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1866-08-01 - 1866-08-31
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-18 Note, 1862-05-01 - 1862-05-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: E27r
Scope and Contents

Lyell tells me that great boulders are embedded…


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1862-05-01 - 1862-05-31
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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