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"Korea", 05 Jul 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/36A/114-133
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) on debating the Korean crisis, the lack of information given to Parliament, Communist propaganda, British and Commonwealth support for the United States's intervention, Conservative support for the Government's position on the crisis, accusations of Conservative war-mongering, the protection of Western Europe by the nuclear deterrent, the increasing production of atom bombs by the Soviet Union, and the need for settlement with the Soviet Union...
Dates: 05 Jul 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Lace work turned out by Govt. [i.e. Government] Lace School, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/15
Scope and Contents

203 x 143 mm. Showing a variety of lace items on display in a room in the Lace School. The school was closed in 1917.

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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Ladder Hill, St Helena, 1884-01-16 - 1884-01-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/52
Scope and Contents

237 x 201 mm. A view looking down onto a small part of Jamestown with Ladder Hill beyond and the 699 step 'Jacob's Ladder', built in 1828, leading up the hill to the ramparts above. With St. James' Church in the foreground.

Dates: 1884-01-16 - 1884-01-22
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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Ladies' Drawing Room, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/llh/16
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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Ladies’ Drawing Room, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ile/54
Scope and Contents

202 x 152 mm. (9 copies). Smaller sepia print of RCS IIe/53.

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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Ladies Drawing Room, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/II/b/22
Scope and Contents

210 x 151 mm. (2 copies).

Dates: 1925
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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Ladies Drawing Room, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/II/b/23
Scope and Contents

182 x 147 mm. (smaller version of RCS/II/b/22, with different lighting).

Dates: 1925
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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Ladies Drawing Room, 1956., 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ile/54a
Scope and Contents

243 x 190 mm

Dates: 1956
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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Ladies Drawing Room, 1956: another view, 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ile/54b
Scope and Contents

243 x 190 mm.

Dates: 1956
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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Ladies Drawing Room c. 1925, 1980 - 1989

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/II/b/20
Scope and Contents

125 x 90 mm., (same room as RCS/II/b/19). Photocopy from 'The Royal Empire Society: Historical Sketch', 1928.

Dates: 1980 - 1989
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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Ladies’ Drawing Room, designed by Lady Weigall, wife of Sir Archibald Weigall, chairman of council, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ile/53
Scope and Contents

290 x 40 mm. (3 copies). See 'United Empire', XXVII, (1936), 692.

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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[Lady Tymms], 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/219
Scope and Contents

120 x 75 mm. Showing Lady Tymms (Millie) looking out to sea. It would appear she is being 'harassed' by seagulls, which are only partially visible.

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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Lake Avenue, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC BEE/3
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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Lake near Rosstrevor [Rostrevor], 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/8/284
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: 1860
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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[Lake scene], 1880 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/139
Scope and Contents

155 x 110 mm. A view of a lake surrounded by trees. A picket fence can be seen in the background. Exact location unidentified.

Dates: 1880 - 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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Lamppost. Gunners' Parade. Erected Aug. 1885, 1885-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/11
Scope and Contents

57 x 162 mm. A sketch of the lamp post.

Dates: 1885-10
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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Lance corporal Derry, Tregantle, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/58
Scope and Contents

80 x 55 mm.

Dates: 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).
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Land Tax papers: certificate of contract for redemption, receipts, etc. Cantley, Doncaster, Auckley and Finningley; financial papers of J.W. Childers., 1798 - 1803

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 37/2/8-17
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Political papers relating to Childers' public career and private papers concerning his family, first wife Emily (nee Walker, 1827-1875) and their eight children.

Dates: 1798 - 1803
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).