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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4596 Collections and/or Records:

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Germany and Scotland, 1858 - 1859

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/7
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: 1858 - 1859
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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G.H. Williams' collection on North Africa

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304H-L
Scope and Contents A collection of albums containing postcards and photographs of French North Africa.These form part of the G.H. Williams' collection, details of which are given in the RCSM 53 entry. This includes a diary kept by Williams during a visit to North Africa 6 March - 10 April 1922. It has several references to collecting postcards (11, 47, 48, 105-106) and mention of photographs is made on almost every page - these have been noted on pages 4,6,7,11,14-22 (some pages with several...
Dates: 1922
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).
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Giant's Tower, Heidelberg, from Princess Elizabeth's garden, 1858

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/7/216
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: 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).
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Gib [i.e. Gibraltar] from Spain - about 4 miles distant, 1885-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/32
Scope and Contents

177 x 126 mm. A view from the Spanish mainland looking across the bay of Gibraltar towards the rock.

Dates: 1885-11
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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Gib [i.e. Gibraltar] - from the First River (Spain), 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/23
Scope and Contents

177 x 126 mm. A distant view of the Rock from Spanish soil.

Dates: 1885
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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Gib. [i.e. Gibraltar] from the Neutral Ground, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/20
Scope and Contents

217 x 167 mm. A view showing the Rock, with the harbour and town visible in the distance.

Dates: 1885
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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Gib. [i.e. Gibraltar] 'The Alameda', 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016C/4
Scope and Contents

205 x 156 mm. Showing the entrance to the Alameda Gardens.

Dates: 1895
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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[Gibb's Hill Lighthouse, Southampton Parish], 1951 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/63
Scope and Contents

This lighthouse stands on a hill 245 feet above sea level and is itself 117 feet high. A caption on the face of the print reads: '4712-12. Framed by the white-washed roof and chimney of a typical Bermuda farmhouse is Gibb's Hill Lighthouse, highest point in Bermuda. From the observation platform, one commands a superb view of the entire western end of the colony. Bermuda News Bureau, 620 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. Columbus 5-3965. Hamilton, Bermuda, Cable 'Newsbur''.

Dates: 1951 - 1953
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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Gibraltar, 1910 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gibraltar
Scope and Contents

Postcards showing views in Gibraltar.

Dates: 1910 - 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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[Gibraltar], 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016C/1
Scope and Contents

207 x 161 mm. A view from north of the town looking towards the sheer northern face of the rock. The old Moorish Castle can be seen at the right hand side of the print.

Dates: 1895
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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Gibraltar, 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016C/5
Scope and Contents

200 x 132 mm. A view looking over rooftops of the town of Gibraltar towards the rocky hillside beyond.

Dates: 1895
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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Gibraltar, 1870 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/92
Scope and Contents

435 x 155 mm. A panoramic view.

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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Gibraltar, 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/68
Scope and Contents

66 x 44 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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Gibraltar, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gibraltar/16
Scope and Contents

General view.

Dates: 1900 - 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).
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Gibraltar, 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gibraltar/29
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Loose miscellaneous monochrome postcards (original photographs). Published by Beanland, Malin and Co. (23-28, 36-52), Real Photo Production (29-30), unknown (31) and L. Sacarello (32-35).

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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Gibraltar, 1955 - 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 9/11
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding an article on Gibraltar by Carrington.

Dates: 1955 - 1958
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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Gibraltar, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/2/14
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Frome created a series of sketchbooks of various formats during his travels. Numbers 1 (Canada) and 4-5 (Mauritius) were missing when the collection came to Cambridge. The RCS sold numbers 2-3 (Australia) to the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1970. Numbers 6-7 and 11 had never been presented to the society. The great majority of the contents of the seven sketchbooks listed below had been removed in London, leaving only a few rough pieces.

Dates: 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).
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Gibraltar, 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022NN/5
Scope and Contents

208 x 155 mm. General view of the rock of Gibraltar. Frith series photograph.

Dates: 1879 - 1880
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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Gibraltar 1885 The Moorish Castle, 1885-11-24

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/3
Scope and Contents

178 x 122 mm. Pen-and-ink drawing. A view of the Moorish Castle above Gibraltar town.

Dates: 1885-11-24
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

[Gibraltar aerial view]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016H
Scope and Contents

208 x 155 mm. Glossy black and white print of an aerial view of Governor's Parade and Garrison Library. Probably taken from an aircraft of HMS 'Furious', circa 1927.

Dates: 1927
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).
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Gibraltar. Alameda Park, 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gibraltar/42
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Loose miscellaneous monochrome postcards (original photographs). Published by Beanland, Malin and Co. (23-28, 36-52), Real Photo Production (29-30), unknown (31) and L. Sacarello (32-35).

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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Gibraltar, Alameda Upper Walk, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gibraltar/22
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Loose monochrome postcards showing views in Gibraltar. Published by A. Beanland (16), Benzaquen and Co (17-19) and V.B. Cumbo (20-22).

Dates: 1900 - 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).
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Gibraltar and Tangier, 1865 - 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/5
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: 1865 - 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).
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Gibraltar at night, 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016E/1
Scope and Contents

230 x 172 mm. A view looking eastwards across the harbour towards the town and the Rock with the rising sun above the summit.

Dates: 1965
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

Gibraltar before the British, 2003

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 59/9
Scope and Contents

A copy of a book describing the archaeology of Gibraltar and its history up to 1704, comprising 68 pages with an 8 page bibliography and acknowledgements. The original book was to have been illustrated. However, the illustrations were lost when the publisher went bankrupt, and the book remained unpublished. There is an accompanying letter by David Devenish, 25 June 2003.

Dates: 2003
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).