Switzerland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Alexander William Kinglake: Letters and Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7633
Scope and Contents
The collection sheds light on the Kinglakes's family life, including the lavish amounts spent by William Kinglake on his children's education, and the support he gave his eldest son through his earliest and unsuccessful years as a barrister. They also show A.W. Kinglake developing a taste for the best society and its attendant expense (letters 1/38, 81 and 96) Kinglake's love of travel is seen in letters written on journeys in Wales, 1833 (1/76-9); France, 1834 (1/81-2); North Africa and...
Dates:
1819-1891
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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"Approach March": annotated draft of chapter, "Other Travels, 1946-49", 1946-06 - 1967-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/3/51
Scope and Contents
Account of climbing the Matterhorn during a visit to Zermatt, Switzerland, 1946, visiting the Eastern Vilayets, Turkey, 1948, and visiting Canada with Leo Amery, 1949, which was not included in the published volume. Includes a few original letters from JA to his parents.
Dates:
1946-06 - 1967-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Correspondence on foreign observatories, 1958 - 1961
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/437
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding foreign observatories, including those in Czechoslovakia, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Argentina, Turkey, Portugal, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Finland and Denmark.
Dates:
1958 - 1961
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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Correspondence with foreign observatories, 1953 - 1958
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/431
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with foreign observatories, including those in Finland, Belgium, Mexico, South Africa (the Union Observatory), Italy, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland, Rome, Argentina and Brazil.
Dates:
1953 - 1958
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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Correspondence with foreign observatories, 1957 - 1968
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/780
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with various overseas observatories, S-Z, including the following items:Saudi Arabia: correspondence regarding the setting up of a large telescope in Riyadh, and minutes and correspondence concerning a special committee to advice Riyadh University.South America: correspondence with the National Observatory of Argentina.Spain: correspondence regarding the Seville Observatory and its lease by the Royal Greenwich Observatory from the Jesuit...
Dates:
1957 - 1968
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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Correspondence with the Chief Assistant, 1894 - 1906
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/19
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of the Chief Assistants with the Astronomer Royal during the latter's official absences.(1) Letters from F.W. Dyson to the Astronomer Royal, 1894-1895, covering the following subjects:1. Forwarding of mail from the Admiralty on the subject of chronometers.2. Forwarding personal mail.3. Repairs to the Royal Observatory letterbox and a request for instructions.4. Administrative matters.5. Information on the use and the repair of...
Dates:
1894 - 1906
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
Lady Lloyd's diaries, 1903 - 1966
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 28
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:
1903 - 1966
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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'Marshal Pilsudski Memorial photographs', August 1938
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 113/4/3
Scope and Contents
Four photographs captioned on the back as follows: 1. 'Aug. 1938 "Pop Ivan" View from the Dome Parapet'.
2. 'Aug. 1938 "Pop Ivan" Cosmopolitan Crew. Polish, Russian, Romanian and Czechoslovak' (group shot showing seven individuals standing and seated in a doorway).
3. 'Aug. 1938 "Pop Ivan" Laying gold leaf on the Memorial Tablet to Marshall Pilsudski in the dome entrance'.
4. 'Aug. 1938 On top of "Pop Ivan" Ruthenia "Poland". A French artist who painted the murals inside the...
Dates:
August 1938
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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(Mlle Guenther, and) 'Everybody at lunch'; secondary type: photo, 1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 258: 1081
Scope and Contents
Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073
(Letter, photo)
Dates:
1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
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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'Neuchatel': letters and photographs, 1954, 1958, 1982
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 113/4/4
Scope and Contents
Contents of an envelope so titled. Includes: a personal letter to Tom Broadbent from W. and P. Schuler giving news of the PZT at Neuchatel and personal news; 12 black and white photographs showing the PZT, its installation, and a man at work in 'The new Darkroom', 1954 and 1958; 2 postcards of Neuchatel and the Swiss Alps; and a partial letter from Broadbent to his children Freda and Ernie concerning the history of his involvement with the PZT, 1982 (further pages from this letter appear to...
Dates:
1954, 1958, 1982
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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'Nora Frieda & Olga asleep in the hay'; secondary type: photo, 1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 258: 1082
Scope and Contents
Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073
(Letter, photo)
Dates:
1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
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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'Nora & Johanna at the door of our chalet'; secondary type: photo, 1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 258: 1078
Scope and Contents
Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073
(Letter, photo)
Dates:
1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
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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'Nora Johanna Babette Frieda'; secondary type: photo, 1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 258: 1083
Scope and Contents
Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073
(Letter, photo)
Dates:
1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
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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'Nora & Johanna'; secondary type: photo, 1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 258: 1076
Scope and Contents
Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073
(Letter, photo)
Dates:
1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
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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'Nora & Johanna'; secondary type: photo, 1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 258: 1080
Scope and Contents
Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073
(Letter, photo)
Dates:
1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
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 Chap 4-95 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 45: 110r
Scope and Contents
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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NS II Palaeontology, geology-278 Note, 1857-02-17
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 325r
Scope and Contents
L[y]ells letter to Horner Heer says all the M[ount] Bolca fossil plants different from Heers Lower M
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1857-02-17
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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'Olga Sophie Marjory & Rosemary'; secondary type: photo, 1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 258: 1074
Scope and Contents
Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073
(Letter, photo)
Dates:
1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
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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Papers on Universal Time, 1884 - 1898
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/146
Scope and Contents
Canadian and North American Papers relating to Universal Time:Printed notice from the Royal Society of Canada drawing attention to matters of time determination and nomenclature, 1890.Letter from Wilhelm Prealt of Hamburg, in German, 1890.Letter from Sandford Fleming, Ottawa, enclosing a Bill to be laid before the United States Senate regarding the reckoning of time in the United States, 1891.Letter from [J.P. Sohiham] of Vienna sending a copy of a booklet by...
Dates:
1884 - 1898
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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Papers relating to MT’s visit to Switzerland, 1980, 1980-08 - 1980-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/20/6/7/1
Scope and Contents
Includes: lists of guests meeting MT at a luncheon on 15 August (with briefing notes on the individuals); two letters to MT from Yehudi Menuhin, both August 1980; and listing by Sir Douglas Glover of people MT had met, September 1980
Dates:
1980-08 - 1980-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in June 2015
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, FRS
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Margaret Thatcher's personal filing
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MT's personal papers, mostly stored at her home in Chester Square , London, and transferred to CAC on various occasions from circa 2000 and after her death
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Miscellaneous personal papers, mostly stored at MT's home in Chester Square , London, and transferred to CAC on various occasions from circa 2000 and after her death
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Foreign affairs [excluding schedules of overseas visits]
Fonds
Personal Papers of Rosemary Saunders, 1973
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Saunders
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises a diary of a field trip to Switzerland; photographs of the participants in the trip; and a bundle of geography notes.
Dates:
1973
Found in:
Girton College Archive
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Personal Papers
Fonds
Philip Noel-Baker Associated
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR AS
Dates:
1912 - 2022
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Person
File
Report on Swiss opinion of the British navy and propaganda, 1940
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FICA 1/1/5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Papers on overseas propaganda.
Dates:
1940
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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Scrapbook relating to the career of Tom Broadbent at Grubb Parsons, compiled c.1982
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 113/4/2
Scope and Contents
Family scrapbook recording Broadbent's career for Grubb Parsons, including photographs, official documents (including travel passes) and handwritten explanatory notes by Broadbent [and a son/daughter]. It covers: 1. Broadbent's 1938 visit to Mount 'Pop Ivan', Poland, and the opening day of the Observatory there. Broadbent had designed the dome and telescope there and was sent by Grubb Parsons to complete the telescope mounting. He personally did the electrical wiring and fitted...
Dates:
compiled c.1982
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).