Europe (continent)
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Fonds
Gibraltar papers of Edward Frome, 1838 - 1866
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 59/1
Scope and Contents
Orders, memoranda, correspondence and a copy of the 'Gibraltar Chronicle' concerning the British troops and the defence of Gibraltar. The papers are accompanied by 'Royal Commonwealth Society library notes', no. 69 (September 1962), pp. 1-3, including the article 'The defence of Gibraltar in the 1860s', which transcribes with notes RCMS 59/1/7-9.
Dates:
1838 - 1866
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).
Sub-Fonds
Heligoland report, 1858
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 59/4
Scope and Contents
An undated report on Heligoland and Sandy Island with reference to a letter of Lord Carnarvon, 27 July 1858. The report is probably a draft.
Dates:
1858
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
Watercolours and drawings of Edward Frome
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40
Scope and Contents
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:
1827 - 1975
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).
