British Isles (island group)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 924 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Brighton: June 1953, 1953-06
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/22/46
Scope and Contents
130 x 110 mm. Showing Warner and Tymms.
Dates:
1953-06
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
Britain gets its first Urdu newspaper, 1964, 1964
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011Y/5
Scope and Contents
157 x 154 mm. Showing copies of the Daily Urdu Times.
Dates:
1964
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).
File
British branches, 1922 - 1962
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/IX
Scope and Contents
a. Views
b. Events
Dates:
1922 - 1962
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
[British Cotton Growing Association meeting, Manchester, November 29 1909], 1909-11
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/97
Scope and Contents
208 x 158 mm. Showing Bell standing among a group of the British Cotton Growing Association in a Manchester street. The only other identified figure in the group is James Arthur Hutton (1862-1925), at the left of the photograph. Hutton, a co-founder of the Association, devoted many years work to the development of the cotton trade in the Empire and published a number of books on the subject. Bell's speech at the meeting pointed out that foreign competition was taking a disproportionate...
Dates:
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).
Item
British Guiana [i.e. Guyana] and West Indies, 1924
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC BEE/20
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).
Series
[British Isles, Belgium and Paris], 1868 - 1890
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/75-102
Scope and Contents
A group of stereoscopic halves each measuring approximately 72 x 72 mm, showing general views of the architecture in the British Isles, Belgium and Paris.
Dates:
1868 - 1890
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
British students give immigrant children after-school lessons, Leeds, 1965, 1965
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011Y/11
Scope and Contents
203 x 158 mm. Showing two students from Leeds University, John Urquhart and Hugh Aldous, giving English tuition to two Asian children.
Dates:
1965
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-Series
British Universities, 1946 - 1986
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/1 Brit Uni
Scope and Contents
A series of photographs of various universities in the United Kingdom. Photographer unknown.
Dates:
1946 - 1986
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
Broughton Castle, near Banbury, Oxon, 1890 - 1899
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/377
Scope and Contents
193 x 119 mm. A view looking across the lawns and a moat towards the 14th century fortified manor house. Photograph by Taunt's and Co.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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
Buckland (Surrey), 1922, 1922
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/89
Scope and Contents
65 x 45 mm.
Dates:
1922
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
Building H.M.S. Vanguard, 1909
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5178
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Looking down from top of 150 ton crane.
Dates:
1909
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
Burford Bridge, Aug 1922, 1922-08
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/94
Scope and Contents
65 x 70 mm.
Dates:
1922-08
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).
Item
Burns' Cottage : Alloway, Ayrshire, 1909
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5218
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Birthplace of Robert Burns. [Showing three girls on the right with cottage far left].
Dates:
1909
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
Burns Memorial, 1922
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/121
Scope and Contents
45 x 65 mm. A view of the memorial of Robert Burns, Scotland’s National bard.
Dates:
1922
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
Cairo Cotton Mills : hands leaving, 1909
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5333
Scope and Contents
Half-plate.
Dates:
1909
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
[Cambridge University], 1950 - 1952
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/8/12
Scope and Contents
120 x 80 mm. Postcard.
Dates:
1950 - 1952
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
[Cambridge University], 1950 - 1952
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/8/13
Scope and Contents
120 x 80 mm. Postcard.
Dates:
1950 - 1952
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
[Cambridge University], 1950 - 1952
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/8/14
Scope and Contents
120 x 80 mm. Postcard.
Dates:
1950 - 1952
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
Cambridgeshire, England, 1950 - 1952
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/8
Scope and Contents
Photographs and one negative of the Royal Agricultural Society England show in Trumpington and views of College's at the University of Cambridge.
Dates:
1950 - 1952
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
Canada 1932, 1932
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF/13-20
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of photographs, by various photographers, relating to School Empire Tours, probably compiled by Miss Margaret Best. All the prints are captioned and some also have dates and places written on the back in Miss Best's hand.It should be noted that most of the images show groups of the participants, either before setting out or in the country concerned, but there is very little to show their activities - the 1932 tour to Canada is the best in this respect. It is clear from...
Dates:
1932
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
Canada 1933, 1933
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF/25-27
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of photographs, by various photographers, relating to School Empire Tours, probably compiled by Miss Margaret Best. All the prints are captioned and some also have dates and places written on the back in Miss Best's hand.It should be noted that most of the images show groups of the participants, either before setting out or in the country concerned, but there is very little to show their activities - the 1932 tour to Canada is the best in this respect. It is clear from...
Dates:
1933
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
Canada 1936, 1936
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF/33-34
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of photographs, by various photographers, relating to School Empire Tours, probably compiled by Miss Margaret Best. All the prints are captioned and some also have dates and places written on the back in Miss Best's hand.It should be noted that most of the images show groups of the participants, either before setting out or in the country concerned, but there is very little to show their activities - the 1932 tour to Canada is the best in this respect. It is clear from...
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
Canada 1938, 1938
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF/41-43
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of photographs, by various photographers, relating to School Empire Tours, probably compiled by Miss Margaret Best. All the prints are captioned and some also have dates and places written on the back in Miss Best's hand.It should be noted that most of the images show groups of the participants, either before setting out or in the country concerned, but there is very little to show their activities - the 1932 tour to Canada is the best in this respect. It is clear from...
Dates:
1938
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
Canada 'A' Tour 1937, 1937
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF/36
Scope and Contents
140 x 80 mm. Group on board 'Antonia'. In 1936 the School Empire-Tour Committee took over responsibility for the Canadian tours which had been established by the Cunard White Star Line and led by Major J.M. West, a master at Shrewsbury. Two tours were therefore held in 1937.A menu from the farewell dinner for the tour, held aboard 'Antonia' on 20 Aug. 1937, belonging to one of the participants, Oswald Cook, is filed with the photograph. It is signed by many of the tour members...
Dates:
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).
Series
Canada 'A' Tour 1939, 1939
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF/44-46
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of photographs, by various photographers, relating to School Empire Tours, probably compiled by Miss Margaret Best. All the prints are captioned and some also have dates and places written on the back in Miss Best's hand.It should be noted that most of the images show groups of the participants, either before setting out or in the country concerned, but there is very little to show their activities - the 1932 tour to Canada is the best in this respect. It is clear from...
Dates:
1939
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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