South Africa (nation)
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Speeches: House of Commons., c 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/5
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Notes and drafts for speech by WSC on The South African War Manuscript and typescript.
Dates:
c 1901
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Speeches: House of Commons., 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/18
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Manuscript notes and source material for speech on Lord Milner and South Africa, including quotations from Joseph Chamberlain and Lord Selborne Unpublished. Manuscript notes for speech on the Natal Rebellion, 27 Feb Unpublished. Notes and source material for speech on Native Races in South Africa, 28 Feb Published in Complete Speeches I, pp.573-581. Manuscript notes for speech on The Conciliation of South Africa [responsible government for the Boer colonies], 5 Apr 1906 Published Complete...
Dates:
1906
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Speeches: House of Commons., Feb 1908 - Jul 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/29
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Manuscript notes for speech on retrenched Transvaal [South Africa] Civil Servants, 6 Feb 1908. Published Complete Speeches I, pp.894-901.Manuscript notes for speech on the Coal Mines (Eight Hours) Bill, 6 Jul 1908 Complete Speeches II, pp.1063-1068.
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Feb 1908 - Jul 1908
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Proofs., 05 Apr 1906 - 23 May 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/21
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Proof copy (2nd revise) of volume of speeches by WSC on "The Record of the Government" and "Social Organisation", with extensive manuscript annotations by WSC, containing:.Speech by WSC (5 April 1906, House of Commons) entitled "The Conciliation of South Africa". Published: Complete Speeches I, pp 607 - 14.Speech by WSC (31 July 1906, House of Commons), entitled "The Transvaal [South Africa] Consitution". Published: Complete Speeches I, pp 647 - 62.Speech by WSC (17 December, House of...
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05 Apr 1906 - 23 May 1909
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Proofs., 05 Apr 1906 - 09 Oct 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/22
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Proof copy (3rd revise) of volume of speeches by WSC on "The Record of the Government" and "Social Organisation" and "The Budget", with extensive manuscript annotations by WSC, containing:.Speech by WSC (5 April 1906, House of Commons) entitled "The Conciliation of South Africa". Published: Complete Speeches I, pp 607 - 14.Speech by WSC (31 July 1906, House of Commons), entitled "The Transvaal [South Africa] Consitution". Published: Complete Speeches I, pp 647 - 62.Speech by WSC (17...
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05 Apr 1906 - 09 Oct 1909
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes., 05 Mar 1952 - 26 Jun 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/47A-B
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Speech notes, typescript and galley proofs for WSC's speech (5 March, House of Commons) entitled "Defence" on subjects including: WSC's resignation as Minister of Defence; the Conservatives' voting on defence while in Opposition; the short-fall of defence spending; aid from the United States; the scarcity of home defence, and the training of new forces, including the registration of the Home Guard and forming of new battalions; the extension of National Service; armoured forces and new...
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05 Mar 1952 - 26 Jun 1952
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 18 Feb 1950 - 26 May 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/34A-D
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Speech notes and typescript for WSC's speech (24 April, House of Commons) entitled "The Budget" on subjects including: the Government's overspending, inflation and its effects on wage- earners; Government borrowing and payment of war debts; poor future prospects for the economy; the rise in the petrol ration and the house-building programme; Government taxation on high incomes, petrol and on transport vehicles; WSC's recommendations for cuts in expenditure on defence, the National Health...
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18 Feb 1950 - 26 May 1950
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 11 Aug 1950 - 19 Sep 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/37A-D
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Speech notes, typescript and transcript of WSC's speech (11 August, Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg [France]) entitled "European Unity and a European Army" on subjects including: the need for a European Assembly to remain in close contact with European governments and parliaments; the gradual process of building up the European Parliament; guidance to be given to governments on issues such as the Schuman Plan [for the European Coal and Steel Community]; support for...
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11 Aug 1950 - 19 Sep 1950
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Speeches: House of Commons: Colonial Affairs., 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/25
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Manuscript notes and source material for speech on Colonial Peference, including extract from Canadian House of Commons [WSC spoke on "Imperial Preference" on 15 Jul 1907 Complete Speeches I, pp 814-822].
Dates:
1907
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Speeches: House of Commons: Colonial Affairs Manuscript notes for speech on defence [undated]., 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/24
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Manuscript notes for speech on the New Hebrides [Vanuatu] Convention and the Constitution of the Colonial Conference, 11 Mar 1907 Full text published Complete Speeches I, pp.757-766 under the title "Colonial Labour Standards".Manuscript notes for speech on Government policy in South Africa, 20 June 1907 Full text published Complete Speeches I, pp. 799-804.Manuscript notes for speech on the Transvaal [undated].Miscellaneous undated speech notes.
Dates:
1907
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Speeches: House of Commons: Typescripts Typescript copy of WSC's Maiden Speech, 18 Feb 1901, mainly on the South African War. [Typed on "G.R." headed notepaper, and therefore typed after 1910] Published Complete Speeches I, pp.65-70., 18 Feb 1901 - 13 May 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/2
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Typescript copy of WSC's speech on Mr Brodrick's scheme for Army Reform, 13 May 1901. [Typed on "G.R." headed notepaper, and therefore typed after 1910] Published Complete Speeches I, pp.76-86.
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18 Feb 1901 - 13 May 1901
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Speeches: Non House of Commons:., 26 Jul 1897 - 26 Jul 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/1
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Cutting from the Bath Daily Chronicle on speech by WSC at Primrose League Fete at Claverton Manor, Bath, 26 Jul 1897. [This was WSC's first political speech] Published: Complete Speeches I, pp.25-28.Printed pamphlet, published by Oldham Conservative Association, containing text of WSC's speech at the Empire Theatre, Oldham, 25 Jul 1900 on the South African War and his candidature Extract pub. Complete Speeches I, pp.53-54.Typescript copy of WSC's speech on the South African War at the...
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26 Jul 1897 - 26 Jul 1900
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Speeches: Non House of Commons., 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/6
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Manuscript notes for speech in Oldham on the South African War Unpublished.
Dates:
1901
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Speeches: speech notes., 07 May 1948 - 28 May 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/18A-D
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (7 May, The Hague [The Netherlands]) at the Congress of Europe entitled "The grand design" including: the progress of European integration and support from the United States for the Marshall Plan; the origins of European unity and the “Grand Design” of King Henry IV of France; the importance of “forgetting the hatreds of the past”, of mutual economic and military aid, closer political unity and maintaining progress; the speech he made at Zurich [entitled "The...
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07 May 1948 - 28 May 1948
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Spion Kop, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/16-18
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115 x 95 mm. Three images of a grazing horse, probably that ridden by the mounted officer in Y3058H/15.
Dates:
1901
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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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Vryheid, South Africa
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Spion Kop, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/22
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115 x 95 mm. Officer mounted on horse.
Dates:
1901
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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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Vryheid, South Africa
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Sports Vryheid, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/83
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300 x 85 mm. panoramic view of the crowd watching games.
Dates:
1901
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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Vryheid, South Africa
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Spot where Prince Imperial fell, 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/38
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196 x 135 mm. Showing the temporary wooden cross erected to mark the spot where Prince Louis Napoleon died in June 1879. The inscription reads: 'In Memoriam Louis Napoleon Prince Imperial of France who fell near this spot 1 June 1879. Erected by the Royal Scots Fusiliers.'
Dates:
1879 - 1880
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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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Spot where Taffy Long was taken prisoner, 1950 - 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 199/2/1/3/7
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152 x 205 mm. 'Mr van Tonder then pointed out the spot where Taffy Long was taken prisoner. He was a very brave man and refused to put his hands up. The strikers then had to run the gauntlet through the Transvaal Scottish and the Railway Police who tried to inflict wounds on them'.
Dates:
1950 - 1970
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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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Springbok, Willem Pretorius. [Marked] Good, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Y/119
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From the File:
John Ewart Marnham had admirable opportunities for photographing flora and fauna during his stay in South Africa and in this section his own arrangement under species has been largely followed; the divisions are: lions, cheetahs, elephants, rhinos [rhinocesaurus] and hippos [hippopotamus], zebras, giraffes, buffalos, kudu, other deer and miscellaneous. Most of these animals were photographed in national parks and game reserves, though not all slides have specific locations. The main parks...
Dates:
1967-08
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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Springbokflaatte, Waterberg, Transvaal, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059M/1
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103 x 150 mm. A photographic copy on a carte-de-visite mount of a painting of a river scene in the Springboks Flats area of the northern Transvaal. Artist unidentified.
Dates:
1880
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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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Spying out the land, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/51
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115 x 95 mm. Soldiers looking through binoculars and telescopes during reconnaissance.
Dates:
1901
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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Vryheid, South Africa
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Square, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/6
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From the Fonds:
The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
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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Square, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/11
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From the Fonds:
The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
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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Squirrel, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Y/153
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From the File:
John Ewart Marnham had admirable opportunities for photographing flora and fauna during his stay in South Africa and in this section his own arrangement under species has been largely followed; the divisions are: lions, cheetahs, elephants, rhinos [rhinocesaurus] and hippos [hippopotamus], zebras, giraffes, buffalos, kudu, other deer and miscellaneous. Most of these animals were photographed in national parks and game reserves, though not all slides have specific locations. The main parks...
Dates:
1967-08
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).