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Concerning a possible exchange of information about Britain's plans for a landing in German occupied Norway and German development of rocket weapons.

Scope and Contents Correspondence relating to the solar eclipse seen in Norway on 9 August 1896:Receipts of tradesmen, hotels and others, 1896, including orders for Britannia Works's plates and Mawson's plates (cancelled later). There is also a receipt from the Canadian Pacific Railroad for fares to Japan.Correspondence of 1895-1897 concerning the eclipse of 9 August 1896, including letters from P.H. Matthiessen and Co. on a special cruise to Norway and letters to H.H. Turner on...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and related papers on the time signal and time ball service, including the failures of the Greenwich time signal; notes and a report on the time signals at Portsmouth Dockyard; questions and answers on the Edinburgh time signals; a list of British time signal stations; enquiries from various individuals and the Norwegian and Swedish governments on time signals; time balls proposed for Calcutta and the West Indies; errors and corrections in the Westminster and Post Office...

Scope and Contents Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships within the Foreign Office and diplomatic service, including with Samuel Hore-Belisha and The Viscount Halifax; the work load at the Foreign Office and Cadogan's increasing strain; the crisis with the ice-free harbour at Narvik in Norway in April 1940; the intrigue surrounding a new prime minister and the invasion of Holland and Belgium in May 1940 as well as the general progress of war and the consequences of the fall of France in the summer of...

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Norway

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Written up by Henry Denham for the Admiralty shortly after the war had ended.
With a graph; press cuttings; a sketch map and two aerial photographs of Kaafjord, Norway, after a British midget submarine attack on the Tirpitz, 28 September 1943; and a photograph of Legation staff.

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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.

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Notes on German shipping traffic, October 1940-September 1941, and losses.

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Includes notes on "Plan R4", FAA operations, battles for Narvik etc, Forbes, Whitworth and J H D Cunningham letters and notes by Patrick Salmon on the Narvik iron ore trade.

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Article for the Sunday Times, with related correspondence.

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Includes paper by Sir Eric Seal and SWR's riposte on Churchill's interventions, and also the Forbes letters.

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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin

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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin

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Cherry on Bear Isd 120 miles S of S point of Spitzbergen

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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin

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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin

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Correspondence regarding methods for establishing latitude.

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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.

Scope and Contents Including photographs of damage to HMS Southampton after the Battle of Jutland, 1916; expeditions to Norway, including Kors Fjord, undated, and Russia with Sir Eric Geddes, including Murmansk, 1918; a band of musicians on board ship, undated, and deck hockey and acrobatics, undated; and submarines, airships, aeroplanes and other ships, including HMS Furious, HMS Chatham, HMS Repulse, HMS Birkenhead, HMS Chester, HMS Ramillies, HMS Shannon, HMS Minotaur, USS Delaware, and the Russian...

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Typescript transcripts of field notes from Northern Norway and Swedish Lapland. At the front of both volumes is a photocopy of a covering letter from R.N.H. Bulmer to the Cambridge University Librarian, 6 August 1973, regarding the collection's terms of use.

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Report compiled by Icelandic correspondents and news reports.

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Annotated pamphlet published by [William] Stephen King-Hall, using information taken from the archives of the French General Staff.

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Papers comprising correspondence, notes and press cuttings relating to military history

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Comprising official papers, correspondence and notebooks mainly relating to Norway and Finland.
The papers focus on Rowland Kenney's work in Norway during the two World Wars and on Kit Kenney's work in Finland and Norway during the Second World War.