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Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2303 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Village butcher’s shop, 1885 - 1890
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/93
Scope and Contents
156 x 106 mm. A view showing a small butcher’s shop, opening on to a village street, with two men posing in the doorway.
Dates:
1885 - 1890
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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Village horse market, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011V/11
Scope and Contents
212 x 157 mm. View showing a village square, with prospective purchasers strolling among the lines of tethered horses. Location unknown.
Dates:
1910
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).
Item
Village scene, near St Albans, 1885 - 1890
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/92
Scope and Contents
158 x 107 mm. A view showing two small boys posed under a tree in a village street. Posters on the wall behind them advertise land sales in St Albans. Another (damaged) print of the same photograph occurs at Y309B/94.
Dates:
1885 - 1890
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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Village scene, near St Albans, 1885 - 1890
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/94
Scope and Contents
149 x 110 mm. A duplicate print of Y309B/92 showing two small boys posed under a tree in a village street. Posters on the wall behind them advertise land sales in St Albans.
Dates:
1885 - 1890
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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Village school, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011V/12
Scope and Contents
157 x 111 mm (mounted on card). View showing a lesson in progress in a schoolroom.
Dates:
1910
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).
Item
Village street, 1885 - 1890
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/12
Scope and Contents
104 x 69 mm. A view looking along a village street towards the church seen in Y309B/11.
Dates:
1885 - 1890
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).
File
Visit of Lord Milner to Manchester, 1919
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/12/9
Scope and Contents
Archives relating to Milner's visit at the invitation of the Manchester Branch of the RCI during 9-11 Apr. 1919.
Dates:
1919
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).
Fonds
Visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Uganda 1925
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045I
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose mostly uncaptioned prints, chiefly relating to the visit of Duke and Duchess of York (later H.M. King George VI and H.M. Queen Elizabeth) to Uganda in February-March 1925. An attempt has been made to identify the photographs from the published programme of the visit, and cuttings relating to it, which were presented with the photographs, and also other printed works such as 'King George VI: his life and reign' by John Wheeler-Bennett (1958). It seems likely that...
Dates:
1925
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
Item
Visit of Ugandan evangelists to Britain: Rt. Rev. Festo Kivengere, Bishop of Kigezi, Mr. Zeb Kabaza and Rt. Rev. Yustasi Ruhindi, Bishop of Bunyoro-Kitara, talk to shoppers in Guildford., 1974
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/5
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1974
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).
Item
Visit of Ugandan evangelists to Waterloo Road: left to right are Rt. Rev. Festo Kivengere, Bishop of Kigezi, Mr. Zeb Kabaza and Rt. Rev. Yustasi Ruhindi, Bishop of Bunyoro-Kitara, 1974
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/6
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1974
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).
Item
W. Moloney, 1919-07
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/9
Scope and Contents
72 x 98 mm. Snapshot of William Moloney and two unidentified ladies standing on a tennis court. Moloney is mentioned in Bell's diary synopsis for August 26, 1919:'While at Henley I made the acquaintance of Wm. Moloney, a very remarkable young man with great natural gifts of many kinds. He has been a prisoner of the Germans during the War and while in captivity had learnt Arabic and had deeply studied the Koran. He was a remarkable musician, and he was able to make pictures of the...
Dates:
1919-07
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).
Item
W Powell’s mother, 1885 - 1890
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/3
Scope and Contents
70 x 103 mm. A view showing Mrs Powell seated on a garden bench in a black dress. (Identified and captioned by Miss Maud Powell, Wilfred Powell’s daughter.)
Dates:
1885 - 1890
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).
Item
Waiting for the all clear outside the building after fire alarm, 1988-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ild/36
Scope and Contents
149 x 101 mm. colour print.
Dates:
1988-05
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).
Item
Warping coloured yarns, Hollinshead Mill, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5249
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Shows different angle of machines].
Dates:
1909
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).
Item
Warping from the bobbins in the beam, at Hollinshead Mill, Blackburn, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5246
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. [Showing four women standing / sitting in front of their machines].
Dates:
1909
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).
Item
Watch and jewellery, 1885 - 1890
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/17
Scope and Contents
100 x 69 mm. Showing a fob-watch, case, and a key. Presumably heirlooms of sentimental value to Powell.
Dates:
1885 - 1890
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).
Item
Watch and jewellery, 1885 - 1890
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/18
Scope and Contents
100 x 69 mm. Showing a fob-watch, case, and a key. Presumably heirlooms of sentimental value to Powell. A similar photograph to Y309B/17, but showing the reverse of the watch.
Dates:
1885 - 1890
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).
Item
Watching the boats from the end of Sandown Pier, I.o.W [Isle of Wight], 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5066
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). [People leaning over the balustrade].
Dates:
1909
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).
Series
Watercolours and drawings, 1834 - 1871
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...
Dates:
1834 - 1871
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).
Item
[Waterfall and wooden footbridge], 1880 - 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/136
Scope and Contents
150 x 110 mm. Showing a 'waterfall' water feature behind railings, with a small wooden bridge at the top. A woman and a young boy are just about visible on the bridge, possibly posing for the photograph. Exact location unidentified.
Dates:
1880 - 1900
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).
Item
Well and Truly Laid (The Prince Of Wales tapping the foundation stone into place), 1980 - 1989
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ilc/8
Scope and Contents
‘United Empire’, XXVI, 1935, 403.
Dates:
1980 - 1989
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).
Fonds
West African Railways
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448W
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs created by the railway engineer Charles Bell Swan. The discovery of gold at Tarkwa during the 1890s provided the stimulus for the establishment of the Gold Coast Government Railway. Sekondi was chosen as the terminal port to support mining operations and construction began there in 1898, reaching Tarkwa in 1901. The line was extended to Kumasi in 1903. Items 1-18 and 44 document the building of the harbour facilities and station at Sekondi, and the European and...
Dates:
1902 - 1912
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
Item
West front, Croyland Abbey [i.e. Crowland Abbey], 1930 - 1937
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/293
Scope and Contents
90 x 140 mm. Postcard.
Dates:
1930 - 1937
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).
Item
West of Ventnor, I.o.W. [Isle of Wight], 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5068
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing white cliffs].
Dates:
1909
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).
Item
Where the old home stood; demolition progress to the middle of February, 1935, 1980 - 1989
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ilc/4
Scope and Contents
118 x 90 mm. 'United Empire', XXVI, 1935, 138.
Dates:
1980 - 1989
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).