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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2270 Collections and/or Records:

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[People and scenes], 1945 - 1955

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1387-1403
Scope and Contents

Two black and white and fifteen sepia photographs of people and scenes, probably in England, including some of the Corner family.

Dates: 1945 - 1955
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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Perranuthnoe Bay. Cornwall, 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/216
Scope and Contents

58 x 58 mm.

Dates: 1920
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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Personal Papers, 1941 - 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Personal papers, photographs, books and news cuttings relating to the Dobinsons' work and travel in England and East Africa.

Dates: 1941 - 1954
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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Personal Papers, 1941 - 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/3/1
Scope and Contents

Personal papers including Phyllis Dobinson’s British Red Cross Society Certificate; her membership card for the Oxford Telephone Area Sports and Social Club; letters from Crown Agents to the Colonies regarding her travel to Kenya; blank notepaper headed ‘Dunnottar Castle’; medical records; letter from British East Africa Corporation regarding Phyllis Dobinson’s employment; motorcar receipts; and pension plans.

Dates: 1941 - 1954
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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Personal Papers, 1941 - 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/3/2
Scope and Contents Personal papers including correspondence regarding Phyllis Dobinson’s pay and departure from her post at the Ministry of Supply; letter from the Director of Traffic at the General Post Office, Nairobi, welcoming Henry Dobinson to the East African Postal service; Post Office savings bank correspondence and balance records; letter from British East Africa Corporation Ltd regarding Phyllis Dobinson’s allowance; driving permits; two envelopes with insignia of South African Airways; and insurance...
Dates: 1941 - 1954
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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Photograph album of Major Hubert Richard Lovett, circa 1877-1891, 1877 - 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022NN
Scope and Contents

An album containing photographs relating to Lovett's military service in India and South Africa in the 1870s and 1880s. It also contains photographs of other places visited en route to India.

Dates: 1877 - 1891
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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Photograph of entrance to building, with two men in conversation on the pavement, 1890, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/II/b/2
Scope and Contents

100 x 155 mm.

Dates: 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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Photographs of the Commonwealth Mural, 1983 - 1984

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ilf/19-31
Scope and Contents A set of 13 photographs illustrating a mural on the theme 'Commonwealth Activity under the Colombo Plan'. It was commissioned by the Duke of Devonshire, and designed and executed in 1929 by Beatrice (Lady) Murray. It was painted in the vestibule of the Craven Street entrance to the RCS Headquarters, extended down the staircase to the Commonwealth Hall, a venue which made photography difficult on account of awkward angles and lighting. These colour photographs were taken by D.H. Simpson in...
Dates: 1983 - 1984
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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Phyllis Court, 1919-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/8
Scope and Contents

90 x 63 mm. General view from the lawn of the Phyllis Court Club, Henley, where Bell stayed in July 1919.

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).
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Plemont, July '21, 1921-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/61
Scope and Contents

50 x 70 mm. Showing a man stood in a cave.

Dates: 1921-07
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).
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Plemont, July '21, 1921-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/67
Scope and Contents

65 x 45 mm. Showing the beach at Plemont.

Dates: 1921-07
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).
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Plymouth dockyard, with the 'Victory' at anchor, 1870 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/75
Scope and Contents

275 x 202 mm. A view showing the 'Victory' at anchor. Although the photograph is captioned 'Plymouth' it is believed that this is, in fact, Portsmouth Harbour.

Dates: 1870 - 1929
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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Plymouth Harb[our], 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/148
Scope and Contents

66 x 44 mm.

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).
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Plymouth Hoe, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/153
Scope and Contents

67 x 45 mm. A view of a lighthouse, with buildings in the background.

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).
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Plymouth Hoe, Aug '19, 1919-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/288
Scope and Contents

70 x 45 mm. A view of the lighthouse on Plymouth Hoe.

Dates: 1919-08
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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Plymouth Local Committee Correspondence, 1930 - 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/12/12
Scope and Contents From the Series: By the end of the nineteenth century, the society had established a large non-resident membership in the overseas empire and within the United Kingdom among those not living in the London area. At first a network of honorary corresponding secretaries was formed to manage the society's affairs outside London. In 1910 it authorised the establishment of local branches to increase membership and extend the scope of its activities. The first UK branch was formed in Bristol in 1913 and the first...
Dates: 1930 - 1931
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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Plymouth Pier, Aug 1919, 1919-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/284
Scope and Contents

65 x 45 mm.

Dates: 1919-08
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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Pope's villa, Twickenham, 1835

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/8/256
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
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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Porthpean, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/23
Scope and Contents

52 x 52 mm. The front of a house, with a woman in the foreground.

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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Porthpean, 1936-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/14/57
Scope and Contents

62 x 82 mm. A woman reading a book.

Dates: 1936-07
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).
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Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1918 - 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/9/15
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to a portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, donated to the society by Alderman Charles J. Ross in 1933. The portrait is listed at RCS/ORCS/1.09.

Dates: 1918 - 1933
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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Portsmouth, 1911-11-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/4
Scope and Contents

Arrival of the royal train from London, 11 November 1911.

Dates: 1911-11-11
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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Portsmouth, 1911-11-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/5
Scope and Contents

Arrival of the royal train from London, 11 November 1911.

Dates: 1911-11-11
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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Portsmouth, 1911-11-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/6
Scope and Contents

Arrival of the royal train from London, 11 November 1911.

Dates: 1911-11-11
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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Portsmouth, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 7/202
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
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).