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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2970 Collections and/or Records:

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An English country cottage, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011V/10
Scope and Contents

203 x 153 mm. View looking along a road towards a part-thatched, part-tiled cottage. Location unindentified. Photograph by H.W. Taunt.

Dates: 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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An entrance to the Galleries, 1885-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/9
Scope and Contents

178 x 127 mm. View showing a gun emplacement in the Galleries above the North District of the town.

Dates: 1885-12
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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Andover, Aug 1919, 1919-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/245
Scope and Contents

45 x 65 mm. Showing two men in uniform (one wearing shorts) leaning against a hut. Both are carrying paperwork of some sort.

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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Andover, Aug. 1919, 1919-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/11
Scope and Contents

65 x 45 mm. A view of a group of eleven men in uniform stood posing for the camera. None are identified.

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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Andover. June 1919, 1919-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/239
Scope and Contents

60 x 45 mm. A view from the front of an aeroplane. There are two men in the cockpit, and four others are stood around the plane.

Dates: 1919-06
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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Anglo-Canadian Ministerial Economic Committee Meets in London, 1967-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/F/57
Scope and Contents

151 x 207 mm. The first meeting of the Anglo-Canadian Ministerial Economic Committee took place recently at Marlborough House, where the British delegates (left) led by Mr. Herbert Bowden, the Commonwealth Secretary are seen facing the Canadian delegation led by Mr Paul Martin, the Minister of External Affairs.

Dates: 1967-04
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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Anguilla from HMC House, Blowing Point, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham GG/2
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides covering most of the major islands of the group, both associated states and dependent territories. One relates to Marnham's official duties, the launch given to St Kitts in 1972.

Dates: 1970
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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Anguilla : St Martin from HMC house, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham GG/3
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides covering most of the major islands of the group, both associated states and dependent territories. One relates to Marnham's official duties, the launch given to St Kitts in 1972.

Dates: 1970
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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Annual reunion of Cambridge University Malayan Association, Dorothy Café, Cambridge, 11th March [? 1950s], 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/20
Scope and Contents 289 x 227 mm. Group photograph taken inside the café. Figures identified on the reverse are: T.L. TANG; J. SENIOR; S.C. WEE; H.P. BRYSON; Y.S. HON; Wan BAHARUDDIN; M.P.K. WONG; H.G. GAN; E.C. HICKS; A.S. RAZAK; K.K. HO; Noor ZAINAL; M.D. ARIF; Ma'arof Sheikh AHMAD; Saad Marzuki; Marek MARICAN; Doctor PURCELL; GOH; Mrs H.P. BRYSON; Mrs WHITEHORN; Mrs Maarof; H.N. CHONG; Raja Sir UDA; Tunku NORSA'ADAH; Mrs. HON; Mrs B.T. CHUA; Professor WHITEHORN; Mustapha MAHMUD; L.E. OSMAN; N....
Dates: 1950 - 1959
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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Another view in Sandy Bay, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/19
Scope and Contents

204 x 144 mm. View looking along a wooded hillside towards mountains in the Sandy Bay area of Saint Helena.

Dates: 1900
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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Another view of the bar, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ile/79a
Scope and Contents

190 x 244 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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Another view of the opening session of the Lancaster House conference, 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052U/19
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).
 Organization
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Anwar Jalal Shemza, Pakistani artist, with some of his work, 1964, 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011Y/19
Scope and Contents

181 x 157 mm. As captioned.

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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Ape's Hill, from Cabritar Point, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/5/114
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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Ape's Hill, Gibraltar, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/4/81
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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Appointment as Falklands Governor, 1953-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 256/11
Scope and Contents

A cutting from 'The Times' on Sir O.R. Arthur's appointment to the Falkland Islands and as C.M.G.

Dates: 1953-08
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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[Arch of Lincoln Castle], 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/289
Scope and Contents

135 x 85 mm. Postcard of an arch in the castles grounds. Lincoln Cathedral can be seen in the background.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Archbishop Makarios' Press Conference after signing the London agreements, 1959-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/4A
Scope and Contents

Behind the Archbishop is Abbot Chrystostomos of Kykko, to whose right are Spyros Kyprianou and Bishop Anthimos of Kitium.

Dates: 1959-02
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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Archbishop Makarios' Press Conference after signing the London agreements, 1959-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/4B
Scope and Contents

Behind the Archbishop is Abbot Chrystostomos of Kykko, to whose right are Spyros Kyprianou and Bishop Anthimos of Kitium.

Dates: 1959-02
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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Architect’s design (not adopted) for façade of headquarters building, 1930 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/II/b/1a
Scope and Contents

124 x 161 mm. Photograph of lithograph drawing, 1883.

Dates: 1930 - 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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Archives of the Royal Commonwealth Society

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of the institutional records of the society. Major sections relate to its organisation and administration, charters and rules, membership, the construction and renovation of its headquarters in London, and the extension of branches within the United Kingdom and throughout the British Empire and Commonwealth. The archives also document the society’s many cultural, educational and philanthropic initiatives, often undertaken as collaborative projects with other...
Dates: 1868 - 1990
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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Archway, Beaumauras [i.e. Beaumaris] Castle, 1868, 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/78
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of stereoscopic halves each measuring approximately 72 x 72 mm, showing general views of the architecture in the British Isles, Belgium and Paris.

Dates: 1868
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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Ardrossan, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/123
Scope and Contents

65 x 45 mm. Showing a woman, baby and small girl making sandcastles on a beach.

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).