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...

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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.

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Correspondence regarding foreign observatories, including those in Czechoslovakia, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Argentina, Turkey, Portugal, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Finland and Denmark.

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Correspondence with foreign observatories, including those in Finland, Belgium, Mexico, South Africa (the Union Observatory), Italy, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland, Rome, Argentina and Brazil.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073

(Letter, photo)

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...

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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073

(Letter, photo)

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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073

(Letter, photo)

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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073

(Letter, photo)

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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073

(Letter, photo)

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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073

(Letter, photo)

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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin

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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)

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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Sir Horace Darwin; written at [Switzerland] in enclosed with See item 1073

(Letter, photo)

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...

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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

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The collection comprises a diary of a field trip to Switzerland; photographs of the participants in the trip; and a bundle of geography notes.

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Papers on overseas propaganda.

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...

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Includes sketch book containing sketches of Swiss mountain scenery, lists of letter writers in CUL MS Add.6247, various music copied by, or associated with, Mary Anne Bacon and music composed by Sedley Taylor.