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Found in 2960 Collections and/or Records:

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British Commonwealth Scientific Committee, 1960-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/F/25
Scope and Contents

154 x 205 mm. H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh with Members of the British Commonwealth Scientific Committee which has been meeting in London under the chairmanship of Sir Harry Melville, Secretary of the United Kingdom Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Dates: 1960-07
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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British Commonwealth Scientific Committee, 1960-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/F/26
Scope and Contents

154 x 202 mm. Members of the British Commonwealth Scientific Committee which has been meeting in London under the Chairmanship of Sir Harry Melville, Secretary of the United Kingdom Department of Scientific & Industrial Research. With them are Commonwealth Scientific Liaison Officers.

Dates: 1960-07
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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[British Cotton Growing Association meeting, Manchester, November 29 1909], 1909-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/97
Scope and Contents 208 x 158 mm. Showing Bell standing among a group of the British Cotton Growing Association in a Manchester street. The only other identified figure in the group is James Arthur Hutton (1862-1925), at the left of the photograph. Hutton, a co-founder of the Association, devoted many years work to the development of the cotton trade in the Empire and published a number of books on the subject. Bell's speech at the meeting pointed out that foreign competition was taking a disproportionate...
Dates: 1909-11
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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British Empire Exhibition, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/1
Scope and Contents

Loose postcards relating to the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1924, published by Fleetway Press Ltd, 3-9 Dane Street, Holborn. All were the work of the photographer Campbell Gray.

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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British Empire Exhibition, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC BEE
Scope and Contents Loose postcards relating to the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1924. The postcards, which were published by Fleetway Press Ltd, 3-9 Dane Street, Holborn, were originally included in a folder containing a collection of catalogues and other booklets on the Exhibition. The postcards are arranged as general (1-3), Britain (4-6), Empire countries in alphabetical order (7-20) and pageant and tattoo scenes (21-26). Items 1-5, 7, 9, 11-14, 16-26 are by Campbell Gray; others have...
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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British Guiana [i.e. Guyana] and West Indies, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC BEE/20
Scope and Contents

Captioned '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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British members of the Commonwealth Rhodesian ceasefire monitoring force boarding a USAF transport plane at Brize Norton , 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052U/28
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).
 Fonds

'British relations with the Spanish colonies': MA thesis

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 260
Scope and Contents

'British relations with the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean, 1713-39', a M.A. thesis for the University of London, 272 pages, with a map.

Dates: 1935
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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British Soldiers at football on the Alameda Parade Ground: Gibraltar, 1909-10 - 1909-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 23/6017
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing horse and carriage in the foreground and football in the distance in front of building].

Dates: 1909-10 - 1909-11
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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British Soldiers at football on the Alameda Parade Ground: Gibraltar, 1909-10 - 1909-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 23/6018
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Clearer view of previous picture, without horse and cart].

Dates: 1909-10 - 1909-11
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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British students give immigrant children after-school lessons, Leeds, 1965, 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011Y/11
Scope and Contents

203 x 158 mm. Showing two students from Leeds University, John Urquhart and Hugh Aldous, giving English tuition to two Asian children.

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).
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British Universities, 1946 - 1986

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/1 Brit Uni
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of various universities in the United Kingdom. Photographer unknown.

Dates: 1946 - 1986
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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Broughly Castle, 1861

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/8/297
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: 1861
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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Broughton Castle, near Banbury, Oxon, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/377
Scope and Contents

193 x 119 mm. A view looking across the lawns and a moat towards the 14th century fortified manor house. Photograph by Taunt's and Co.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Buckland (Surrey), 1922, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/89
Scope and Contents

65 x 45 mm.

Dates: 1922
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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Buena Vista Rocks and Europa Pass Gate from the South, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/5/131
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: 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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Buffet Hall, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/llh/4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-sub-class:

Views of the society's Northumberland Ave. headquarters and of some of the branch buildings.

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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Building H.M.S. Vanguard, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5178
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Looking down from top of 150 ton crane.

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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Bullslaughter Bay, 1923, 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/178
Scope and Contents

65 x 40 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).
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Burford Bridge, Aug 1922, 1922-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/94
Scope and Contents

65 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1922-08
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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Burns' Cottage : Alloway, Ayrshire, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5218
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Birthplace of Robert Burns. [Showing three girls on the right with cottage far left].

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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Burns Memorial, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/121
Scope and Contents

45 x 65 mm. A view of the memorial of Robert Burns, Scotland’s National bard.

Dates: 1922
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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Cabot before Henry VII 1491, 1900 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/XII/21
Scope and Contents From the File:

Nothing is known of the provenance of this collection of lantern slides and glass plates. The images likely were created to illustrate lectures given at the RCS.

Dates: 1900 - 1930
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).