United Kingdom (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3896 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Head of Eros, British Museum
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018E/33
Scope and Contents
160 x 206 mm. A view showing a carved stone head of Eros.
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-sub-class
Headquarters and branch building lantern slides, 1936
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/llh
Scope and Contents
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).
Series
Headquarters building, 1975 - 1984
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/II
Scope and Contents
Many of these photographs were taken for publications marking a significant stage in the life of the society and its headquarters. At the time of the opening of the new building in 1936, a comprehensive collection was made for publication in ‘United Empire’ and in the brochure commissioned for the occasion. The next systematic record was made in early 1957, following the completion of the War Damage repairs for use in the ‘The Royal Empire society: the story of its home’, the Festival...
Dates:
1975 - 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).
Item
Headquarters, Northumberland Avenue, 1936
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/llh/2
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).
Person
Healey, Denis Winston, Baron Healey of Riddlesden, 1917-2015 (Politician)
Person
Dates:
Existence: 1917 - 2015
Item
Healy's Mortar used in the siege of Gibraltar, 1909-10 - 1909-11
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 23/6060
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate.
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).
Person
Item
Heart of Sir Geo. Somers here interred, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070B/5
Scope and Contents
101 x 151 mm. Showing the tablet erected in 1875 to Sir George Somers near the spot where his heart was interred in Bermuda. Somers was wrecked in Bermuda in 1609 and after building another boat on the island left with supplies for the Virginia Company's settlement at Jamestown (his original mission). On arrival they found the settlers starving and Somers volunteered to return to Bermuda for more supplies. He died however in Bermuda in1610, urging his men on his deathbed to return to...
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).
Person
File
Heligoland and Scotland, 1858 - 1859
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/2/8
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:
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).
Organization
Hemdale Communications (Film Production and Distribution Company) (1967-1995) (United Kingdom and United States of America)
Organization
Dates:
Existence: 1967 - 1995
Person
Person
Person
Person
Item
Henry at Devonport, 1927 - 1937
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/174
Scope and Contents
54 x 82 mm. Showing a young man in military uniform.
Dates:
1927 - 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).
Person
Item
[Her Majesty's Birthday], 1954-04-21
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/100
Scope and Contents
160 x 120 mm. The caption on the reverse of the print, probably written by Arthur himself, in red ink, continues: 'O. R. A on Faith. O'Sullivan on Tomato. (Behind) Hoare on Marquita. Facing Royal Standard'.
Dates:
1954-04-21
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
Person
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