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Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:

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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/245
Scope and Contents

155 x 203 mm. Mr. Norman Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica, is pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, with (from left to right) Mr. D.B. Sangster, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Mr. I.S. Lloyd, Minister of Health, and Mr. F.A. Glasspole, Minister of Education. Mr. Reginald Maudling, the Colonial Secretary presided.

Dates: 1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/246
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155 x 203 mm. Mr. G.A. Brown, Director General of the Planning Unit, and Mr. A.E.T. Henry, Public Relations Officer in the Prime Minister’s Office, are pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.

Dates: 1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/247
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154 x 206 mm. Pictured from the left are: Dr. I.S. Lloyd, Minister of Health, Mr. F.A. Glasspole, Minister of Education, Mr. V.L. Arnett, Minister of Finance, and Mr. R.C. Lightbourne, Opposition Member of the Jamaican House of Representatives, at the opening of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.

Dates: 1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/248
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151 x 205 mm. Pictured at the opening of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House are, left to right, Mr. E Richardson, Financial Secretary, Mr J.L. Cundall, Attorney General, and Mr. V.H. Mcfarlane, Permanent Secretary in Prime Minister Mr. Manley’s Office.

Dates: 1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/249
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155 x 203 mm. Mr. J.A. Peck, Mr. D. Williams, and Mr. Thomas, Assistant Under Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, are pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.

Dates: 1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/250
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154 x 202 mm. Mr. A.R. Thomas (left) Assistant Under Secretary of State, Colonial Affairs, and Sir Hilton Poynton, Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, are pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.

Dates: 1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/251
Scope and Contents

154 x 205 mm. Dr. I.S Lloyd, Jamaican Minister of Health, and Mr. F.A. Glasspole, Minister of Education, are pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.

Dates: 1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/252
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156 x 203 mm. Delegates to the Jamaica Constitutional Conference pictured at the opening session at Lancaster House, London.

Dates: 1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/253
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155 x 169 mm. Mr. Norman Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica, and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Mr. D.B. Sangster, are pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference.

Dates: 1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/254
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154 x 182 mm. Mr. D.C. Travares, Member of the House of Representatives, and Mr. E. Richardson, Financial Secretary, are pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.

Dates: 1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/255
Scope and Contents

152 x 205 mm. Mr. Reginald Maudling, the Colonial Secretary, who was presiding, opens the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.

Dates: 1962-02
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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Jamaica Harbour Street Kingston, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/3
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238 x 182 mm. A view, looking inland, of a residential area of Kingston probably taken from a tall building. A different section of Harbour Street can be seen in Y307A/5.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Jamaica Harbour Street, Kingston, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/5
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213 x 127 mm. A view from ground level of an unsurfaced street junction in Kingston, with a number of commercial premises discernible. There appear to be ‘channels’ cut into the road surface probably made by the wheels of carts. A number of people can be seen along the sides of the street outside the buildings. A different section of Harbour Street can be seen in Y307A/3.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Jamaica King Street, Kingston, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/8
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218 x 129 mm. A view of a road with tracks presumably for horse-drawn trams, with a number of commercial premises on either side of the street. The photograph was taken looking down from a height above the tops of almost all the visible buildings.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Jamaica King Street, Kingston, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/9
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214 x 138 mm. A view looking down on to a crowded street in Kingston full of people milling around and horse-drawn carriages. Most people seem to be dressed formally, although it is impossible to tell whether this is a specific occasion.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Jamaica, King's Birthday Parade, 1906, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031C/10
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80 x 80 mm. Probably amateur snapshot

Dates: 1906
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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Jamaica : King's house, 1956 - 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham A/1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Slides numbered from 1-65 by John Ewart Marnham (numbers 14, 42 and 43 are missing). There are also 5 slides of Tobago and one of Jamaica not numbered by him, but clearly identifiable by the processing number and probably omitted on account of inferior quality or repetitive subject. They are inserted at appropriate points. Eleven slides (numbers 23-28), 29-31, 33-35) are in Kodak Readymount frames without processing numbers and since several show John Ewart Marnham and Susan Marnham it is...
Dates: 1956 - 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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Jamaica : King's house, 1956 - 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham A/2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Slides numbered from 1-65 by John Ewart Marnham (numbers 14, 42 and 43 are missing). There are also 5 slides of Tobago and one of Jamaica not numbered by him, but clearly identifiable by the processing number and probably omitted on account of inferior quality or repetitive subject. They are inserted at appropriate points. Eleven slides (numbers 23-28), 29-31, 33-35) are in Kodak Readymount frames without processing numbers and since several show John Ewart Marnham and Susan Marnham it is...
Dates: 1956 - 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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Jamaica : King's house, 1956 - 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham A/3
Scope and Contents

[Gardens].

Dates: 1956 - 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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Jamaica marriage settlement, 1792 - 1970

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/23
Scope and Contents The document, dated 5 April 1792, deals with the provision to be made for Richard Welch, Junior, and Alice Anne Preston on the occasion of their marriage. It gives particulars of the estate provided in the settlement and its enslaved persons. There is an accompanying letter from Professor Mollie Cottingham to D.H. Simpson, R.C.S. Librarian, 10 January 1970 (6 pages), giving the background to the document and the links between the Cottingham family and the Welch family. Simpson's reply, 19...
Dates: 1792 - 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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Jamaica Militia Volunteers, 1885, 1960 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011Q/3
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118 x 71 mm. Photographic copy of a watercolour view of morning parade at Up Park Camp, Jamaica. The annotation on the reverse gives details of the uniforms.

Dates: 1960 - 1980
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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Jamaica: miscellaneous notes and extracts, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/34
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Davis had a life-long interest in the history of the West Indies and more specifically of Barbados, and this collection comprises a vast body of material gathered by him from archives in Britain, the Caribbean and Europe. He contributed many historical articles to newspapers and periodicals in British Guiana [Guyana], Barbados and the United States. His intention to compose a comprehensive history of the West Indies was frustrated by ill health. Titles and captions, including the names of...
Dates: 1908 - 1915
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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Jamaica : ? Newcastle, 1956 - 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham A/5A
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Slides numbered from 1-65 by John Ewart Marnham (numbers 14, 42 and 43 are missing). There are also 5 slides of Tobago and one of Jamaica not numbered by him, but clearly identifiable by the processing number and probably omitted on account of inferior quality or repetitive subject. They are inserted at appropriate points. Eleven slides (numbers 23-28), 29-31, 33-35) are in Kodak Readymount frames without processing numbers and since several show John Ewart Marnham and Susan Marnham it is...
Dates: 1956 - 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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Jamaica Port Maria, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/11
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217 x 133 mm. A view looking down on Port Maria with the bay in the background. Port Maria, on the north-eastern coast of Jamaica, was at this time largely used as a port for fruit steamers loading bananas grown in the parish of St Mary’s. See also Y307A/13-14.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Jamaica Port Maria, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/13
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219 x 127 mm. A view looking across the bay at Port Maria showing the town and jetties, with hills in the background. See also Y307A/11 and 14.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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).