South Africa (nation)
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party answers to election questionnaires., 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/124
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Contains questions and answers prepared by Conservative and Unionist Central Office on a variety of election issues including: agricultural matters; animal welfare; various aspects of foreign affairs including China, Germany, Japan, Persia [Iran], South Africa, and Mexico; civil servants; education; housing matters; the health service; women; transport particularly by road; pensions; economic affairs including taxation; the constitutional position of Scotland and Wales.
Dates:
1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence D - G., 29 Sep 1951 - 19 Oct 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/128A-B
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Correspondents include: Guy Schofield [Editor], Daily Mail (2); Joaquim Paco D'Arcos, Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on his lecture on WSC; John Dodge; Burnaby Drayson, on the effect on Europe had WSC stayed as Prime Minister after 1945 (2); Clement Attlee [Leader of the Labour Party, and Prime Minister] (2); Sir Thomas Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries] on the effect of the Rating and Valuation Bill on racecourses, and the National Farmers'...
Dates:
29 Sep 1951 - 19 Oct 1957
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence H - O., 30 Jul 1951 - 22 Sep 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/129A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir Stephen King-Hall, Chairman, the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government, asking WSC to be the society's president (2); Roy Harrod on not standing as a Conservative candidate (2); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on subjects including a vote of confidence in Lord Hinchingbrooke [later 10th Lord Sandwich and Victor Montagu] as MP for South Dorset, local election strategy and WSC's General...
Dates:
30 Jul 1951 - 22 Sep 1961
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence R-S., Dec 1948 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/85A-B
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Correspondents include: Count Edward Raczynski, former Polish Ambassador to United Kingdom; George Zdziechowski, former Polish Finance Minister, on the international economic situation and the Marshall Plan; Prime Minister Clement Attlee; representatives of the Conservative Research Department including R A Butler (4); Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Craddock; Antony Head; Juliet, Lady Rhys Williams (3) including 2 on her social security scheme; representatives of Conservative and Unionist...
Dates:
Dec 1948 - Dec 1949
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence, R-S., Jan 1958 - Jan 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/512A-B
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Correspondents include: Julian Ridsdale, MP; Sir David Robertson, MP; John Rodgers, MP (5) on subjects including his meeting with Chiang Kai Shek; Colonel Sir Leonard Ropner, MP on the Unionist Club; Anthony Royle, MP [later Lord Fanshawe]; Duncan Sandys on the work of the Civic Trust; Michael Wilmshurst, Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary; [Gerard Andre], French Ambassador to Great Britain; Sir John Dean on the Sevenoaks [Kent] Conservative Association; Sir Derek Greenaway,...
Dates:
Jan 1958 - Jan 1965
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence S-Z., Oct 1950 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/117A-B
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Correspondents include: "Bobbety" [5th Lord Salisbury, earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne] and Leo Amery on Cabinet positions in the event of a Conservative election victory; Sir Arthur Salter; Duncan Sandys on his visit to Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] and Marshal Tito; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (10); Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare,...
Dates:
Oct 1950 - Oct 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/102A-B
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Correspondents include: Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (3); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (6); various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office including George Christ (14); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (11); Sir [James] Clifford Tozer on Plymouth [Devon] Fair; Moss Turner-Samuels; Julius Holmes [Minister,...
Dates:
Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence A., 05 Jan 1946 - 30 Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/145A-B
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Correspondents include: Haile Selassie, Emperor [of Ethiopia] (2); Grant Duff Ainslie on the loss of India; "Brookie" [1st Lord Alanbrooke, earlier Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of Imperial General Staff] on subjects including the evacuation of British troops from Egypt (6); "Jimmy", 17th Duke of Alba, on subjects including Andres Revesz's biography of 1st Duke of Marlborough, and being prevented from leaving Spain (7); 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg] on the country's need for WSC's...
Dates:
05 Jan 1946 - 30 Jun 1949
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Bedell Smith - Byrnes., Oct 1952 - Dec 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/520
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Correspondents include: Mary Smith on the death of General (Walter) Bedell Smith; Anthony Wedgwood Benn [later 2nd Lord Stansgate and then Tony Benn]; Ursula, Lady Bentinck; Roger Bertholier (4); Anthony Bevir; Princess Marthe Bibesco (4); Jack Billmeir on merchant shipping during World War II (3); Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor] on the publication of material from the Churchill Papers; [2nd] Lord Birkenhead [earlier Frederick Smith] enclosing extracts from his...
Dates:
Oct 1952 - Dec 1964
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence E - G., 04 Jun 1946 - 17 Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/169
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Correspondents include: Charles Eade; Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2) on subjects including his intention to divorce Beatrice Eden; Nicholas Eden [later 2nd Lord Avon]; [2nd] Lord Beatty (2) and Walter Monckton (4) on the affair between Beatty's wife [Dorothy, Lady Beatty, earlier Dorothy Bragg, later Dorothy Hewitt] and [Anthony Eden] and the possibility of divorce; Leif Egeland [High Commissioner in London for South Africa] on the illness of Jan Smuts [former Prime Minister of...
Dates:
04 Jun 1946 - 17 Nov 1951
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence H - J., 02 Nov 1948 - 30 Jan 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/170
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Correspondents include: 2nd Lord Hailsham, earlier Quintin Hogg, [later Lord Hailsham of Marylebone] on the death of his father [1st Lord Hailsham, earlier Sir Douglas Hogg]; Joyce Hall, President, Hallmark Cards, on floods in Kansas City [United States]; Nina, Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon [President, Animal Defence and Anti- Vivisection Society] on cruelty to animals (4); Samuel Hammersley, former Tank expert, Ministry of Supply, on the suggestion that he should have been Tank Adviser to...
Dates:
02 Nov 1948 - 30 Jan 1952
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence M - Q., 31 Oct 1945 - 27 Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/153A-B
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Correspondents include: William Mabane [Director, Kemsley Newspapers] asking if WSC could contribute to the Sunday Chronicle on United Europe and fears of a Socialist State; Marjorie Madan on publishing quotations from WSC (4); Stuart Mais on dedicating a book to WSC; 1st Lord Margesson; Louis Marin, member, French National Assembly; Reginald Marnham [WSC's neighbour] (4); Douglas Marshall, MP for Bodmin [Cornwall] conveying greetings from his constituency; John Martin [former Private...
Dates:
31 Oct 1945 - 27 Jan 1950
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Q - Roo., 09 Dec 1940 - 18 Mar 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/196
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Quickswood [earlier Lord Hugh Cecil] on subjects including WSC's career, chances of war with the Soviet Union, and WSC's speeches (6); Admiral Arthur Radford; Prince Rainier of Monaco (2); Raja Sir Maharaj Singh; Habib Rahimtoola, Governor of Sind, Pakistan; J Arthur Rank, Chairman, Rank Organisation Limited, on a film about Douglas Bader; Helen Reid [Chairman], New York Herald Tribune, on the Herald Tribune Forum; 1st Lord Reith, former Chairman, Imperial...
Dates:
09 Dec 1940 - 18 Mar 1958
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Sa - Sm., 21 May 1941 - 27 Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/176A-B
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Correspondents include: Frank Salisbury (2); "Bobbety" [5th Lord Salisbury, earlier Lord Cranborne] on WSC's views on postponing the Festival [of Britain] and embarrassment to "Pug" [1st Lord Ismay, Chairman, Festival of Britain Council], and his own inability to be a delegate to the Council of Europe (5); Sir Arthur Salter; 1st Lord Samuel; Sir Malcolm Sargent, Musical Director, Savoy Theatre, inviting WSC to the opening night of "Patience"; David Sarnoff; John Howard, Chairman, Eastern...
Dates:
21 May 1941 - 27 Oct 1951
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Personal correspondence Sa - St., 17 Feb 1949 - 05 Apr 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/208
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Correspondents include: "Bobbety" [5th Lord Salisbury, earlier Lord Cranborne] on WSC's party political broadcast (22 December 1951); 1st Lord Samuel (2); Samuel Hammersley; Thomas Driberg [later Lord Bradwell] on a proposed broadcast debate between WSC and Herbert Morrison [Deputy Prime Minister]; Michael Foot on the proposed debate; Donald Murray, Foreign Office; "Pepe", Duke de San Lucar la Mayor; Sir John Dalton on the Savage Club; Sir Douglas Savory on forecasts of the 2nd World War;...
Dates:
17 Feb 1949 - 05 Apr 1955
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Public and Political: General: various papers. [most date from 1943]., Jan 1939 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/462
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Includes: cutting from the Daily Telegraph on a broadcast by President [Franklin] Roosevelt on ?13 February 1943 on matters including the unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers and the situation in North Africa; list of members of the Other Club; copies of poem by [Arthur] Weber-Brown on WSC and Roosevelt; extract from a lecture given by WSC to the Royal United Services Institution on 17 April 1901 on the war in South Africa; cutting from the St Louis Post-Dispatch [United States] on the...
Dates:
Jan 1939 - Dec 1943
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Australia, Denmark, Portugal, South Africa: invitations and proposed visits., 18 Apr 1946 - 08 Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/250
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Correspondents include: Sir Norman Brookes, President, Lawn Tennis Association of Australia, inviting WSC to visit Australia; Norman Martin, Agent-General for Victoria, Australia, on the Australian Government's invitation to WSC; Kenneth Sandford on a proposed lecture tour by WSC in Australia and New Zealand (2); Count Edward Reventlow [Danish Minister in Britain] on an invitation for WSC to visit Denmark; 5th Duke of Palmella [Portuguese Ambassador to Britain] on a proposed visit to...
Dates:
18 Apr 1946 - 08 Nov 1950
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) E - G., May 1945 - 10 Sep 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/226
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: General Ira Eaker, Deputy Commander, United States Army Air Forces (2); Dwight Eisenhower on subjects including the death of Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to Franklin Roosevelt], and histories of the Second World War (5); Harry Butcher, former naval aide to Eisenhower, on publishing his diaries; J C Thomson [British Consul, Miami] (3); Sir Francis Evans [British Consul-General, New York]; Clarence Streit, President, Federal Union; Millard...
Dates:
May 1945 - 10 Sep 1946
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Public buildings, Queenstown, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/33
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191 x 126 mm. A view looking along Cathcart Street towards the Town Hall, completed in the early 1880's. Clocks were not placed in position in the clocktower until 1897, in celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Dates:
1888
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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Public library, Cape Town, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305I/7
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76 x 101 mm. A view from Queen Victoria Street, looking towards the entrance gates and the west façade of the library, situated at the north-east end of the Botanical Gardens.
Dates:
1902
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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Publications, 1891 - 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/1
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1. Sixth Coronation Safari 1958 Official Programme.2. Pamphlet issued by Ruargh Findlay Development Corporation advertising planned Ruargh Hill development near Johannesburg (published c. 1950).3. Small informational booklet for Braemar Castle ship passengers, ‘Ports of Call and Places of Interest on the Voyage round Africa’, marked ‘H. Dobinson Cabin No. 50.’4. Capt. Chas Slack, ‘Introduction to Swahili’ (London 1891), marked J. Henry Vanstone.5. B.J....
Dates:
1891 - 1953
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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Cambridge University Library
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Dobinson Collection
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Publications, 1967 - 1990
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 199/2/6
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Pamphlets and reports collected by Hepple dealing with the abuse of human rights and workers' rights:Ainslie, Rosalynde, ‘Masters and serfs: farm labour in South Africa’ (London, 1973)Davis, David, ‘African workers and apartheid’ (London, 1978)Hepple, Alexander, ‘South Africa: workers under apartheid’ (London, 1971)International Commission of Jurists, ‘For the rule of law: a study by the International Commission of Jurists on apartheid in South Africa and...
Dates:
1967 - 1990
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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Pulling down Dutch Reformed Church, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/36
Scope and Contents
The church was built in 1884-85 and pulled down in 1902 as the tower was unsafe.
Dates:
1902
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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Pulling down Dutch Reformed Church, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/37
Scope and Contents
The church was built in 1884-85 and pulled down in 1902 as the tower was unsafe.
Dates:
1902
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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Pulling down tower, Dutch Reformed Church, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/26
Scope and Contents
The Church was built in 1884-5 and was pulled down c. 1902 as the tower was unsafe.
Dates:
1902
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).