England (country)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2270 Collections and/or Records:
Item
On Chobham Common, 1925 - 1935
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011H/63
Scope and Contents
Original pen and ink stipple drawing of Chobham Common, used by Hesketh Bell when teaching himself etching.
Dates:
1925 - 1935
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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On the foundry : making parts of cotton mill machinery, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5319
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). The man in the foreground is preparing a mould : Oldham.
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).
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'Onward Christian Soldiers'. The British Empire Exhibition, 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC BEE/21
Scope and Contents
Original photograph. Captioned 'Photo. Campbell-Gray' in bottom right-hand corner.
Dates:
1924
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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'Open Evening' at Sikh Temple in Smethwick, 1964, 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011Y/6
Scope and Contents
203 x 155 mm. Showing leaders of the Sikh community in Smethwick meeting English people in the Sikh Temple during Birmingham's 'People to People' Week.
Dates:
1964
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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Opening of the Lancaster House conference, 1979
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052U/18
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of black and white press agency and official photographs (including 5 duplicates) relating to developments during 1965-80, from the time of Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of Independence (UDI) until the emergence of the republic of Zimbabwe. Many were collected to illustrate articles in 'Commonwealth in Focus', and some were reproduced in the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition 1982. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.
Dates:
1979
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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Opening of the Royal Empire Society building by the Duke of York (King George VI), Nov. 12, 1936, 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ilc/23
Scope and Contents
Sir Archibald Weigall, chairman, 1932-38, speaking. 240 x 190 mm. (2 copies).
Dates:
1936
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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Opening the Royal Empire Society building 1936: the Duke of York speaking, with the Duchess to the right, 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ilc/24
Scope and Contents
245 x 192 mm.
Dates:
1936
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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Original of RCS/IId/5, but with ‘To Let’ sign painted out, 1936
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ild/6
Scope and Contents
155 x 200 mm.
Dates:
1936
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
Other events, 1889 - 1990
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/IV
Scope and Contents
A series of photographs documenting events hosted by the society or in which it was involved, often in cooperation with the Joint Commonwealth Society's Council.
Dates:
1889 - 1990
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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O.U.A.E. [Oxford University Arctic Expedition], Newcastle, June 21, 1924-06
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/196
Scope and Contents
105 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1924-06
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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Our arrival in London, May 8th 1906, 1906-05-08
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 7/205
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the rest of visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. Subjects include: visits to Aden, Cairo, and Corfu on the return journey to the U.K., with arrival in London on May 8, 1906. Appended are photographs taken during the visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Madrid for the wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena (May 31,...
Dates:
1906-05-08
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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Outer harbour, 1835 - 1850
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/8/255
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:
1835 - 1850
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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Outside Buckingham Palace, 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/282
Scope and Contents
76 x 68 mm. Frederick Tymms and two women.
Dates:
1950
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
Overseas branches, 1936 - 1990
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/X
Scope and Contents
a. Views
b. Events
Dates:
1936 - 1990
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
Overseas tours, 1940 - 1985
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/VII
Scope and Contents
a. Commonwealth Interchange Study Group Operations (CISGO)
b. Others
Dates:
1940 - 1985
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
Oxford, 1954 - 1989
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/2/36
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.
Dates:
1954 - 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).
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Oxford, 1948-06
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/63
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 mm. Showing Tymms and his wife and another woman posed in the street.
Dates:
1948-06
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
Oxford, 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/309
Scope and Contents
53 x 48 mm. Three people standing outside a building, possibly Magdalen College.
Dates:
1950
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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[Oxford], 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/310
Scope and Contents
53 x 48 mm. A wall bounding a garden, possibly at Magdalen College.
Dates:
1950
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
[Oxford], 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/311
Scope and Contents
53 x 44 mm. The exterior of a building, possibly Magdalen College.
Dates:
1950
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
[Oxford], 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/312
Scope and Contents
53 x 50 mm. Three people outside a building, possibly Magdalen College.
Dates:
1950
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
Oxford Colonial Conference, 1956-07-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/F/17
Scope and Contents
156 x 203 mm. Left to right: Mr. P.S.W. Goldson (British Honduras), Mr. A. Gomes (Trinidad) and Mr. A Kironde (Uganda).
Dates:
1956-07-25
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
Oxford Colonial Conference, 1956-07
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/F/18
Scope and Contents
206 x 155 mm. Officials of twenty seven Labour Ministries and Departments in Colonial Territories and representatives of the Colonial Office met in Oxford for a specially convened Labour Administration conference. Photo shows delegates Mr D.S. Adegbenro (Western Region, Nigeria) and Chief Festus Sam Okotie-Eboh (Federation of Nigeria).
Dates:
1956-07
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
Oyster Fleet, Whitstable, Whitsun '23, 1923
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/130
Scope and Contents
80 x 110 mm.
Dates:
1923
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
Packing the yard into skips, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5340
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing two men packing yarn into wicker skips].
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).