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Found in 1689 Collections and/or Records:

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Niagara Falls, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/204
Scope and Contents

74 x 75 mm. A view across the Niagara River.

Dates: 1948
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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Niagara Falls, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/208
Scope and Contents

80 x 65 mm. A view looking down on the Niagara River.

Dates: 1948
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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Niagara Falls, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/209
Scope and Contents

83 x 56 mm. A view of the Falls and the Niagara River.

Dates: 1948
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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[Niagara Falls, American], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/99
Scope and Contents

188 x 240 mm. A dramatic and unusual composition, taken from the foot of the falls and showing water swirling around black rocks, with part of the falls in the background.

Dates: 1885
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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[Niagara Falls American Side], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/102
Scope and Contents

241 x 171 mm. A view from the Niagara River looking back towards the falls, with the town of Niagara Falls in the background.

Dates: 1885
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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[Niagara Falls, looking towards American Side], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/101
Scope and Contents

189 x 239 mm. A view from the top of the falls, showing the crescent of water falling into the clouds of mist below. Y3089C/98, 99 and 101 exhibit such similarity in style, as well as in the technical details of the prints, as to be almost certainly by the same photographer.

Dates: 1885
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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[Niagara Rapids, where Capt Webb last seen alive], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/104
Scope and Contents 238 x 187 mm. A view showing the white water of the Whirlpool Rapids, situated below the falls in the Niagara Gorge. The Suspension Bridge below the falls can be seen in the background. Captain Matthew Webb (1848-1883), having been the first man to swim the channel (and, among other displays of endurance, backing himself to remain in the sea longer than a Newfoundland dog) determined to swim the rapids and whirlpool in a desperate attempt to keep the public’s interest. Having negotiated part...
Dates: 1885
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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Niagara River from Goat Island, 30.6.18, 1918-06-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/75
Scope and Contents

70 x 50 mm. A view of the river, with what appear to be four power stations, with smoking chimneys, along the far side.

Dates: 1918-06-30
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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North and Central America, Oceania and Europe, 1947 - 1953

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

Photographs taken in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Belgium and England. The same people appear in many of the photographs, and include Lady (Millie) Tymms and Colonel Johnny Verhagen.

Dates: 1947 - 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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North from near Mojave Point at night, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1918-09-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/147
Scope and Contents 140 x 90 mm. A colour postcard written by Tymms and sent to his wife. It is addressed to: "Mrs F. Tymms, 14 Oxford terrace, Hyde Park, London W2, England."The caption on the postcard reads: "Mojave Point is about four miles from El Tovar. Just opposite Mojave Point the Granite Gorge is deepest. From Mojave to the west, you can se across the river the Tower of Set, Horus Temple, Isis Temple, Cheops Pyramid, Buddha Temple, and on this side Powell Abyss with Copo and...
Dates: 1918-09-04
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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Note on Maurice Thompson, abstracted from 'Proceedings of the Virginia Company 1619- 1624', published by Virginia Hist. Soc., 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/27
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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[Notice of the Exhibition], 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305T/1
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Showing the notice of the exhibition (presumably at the entrance to the Cleveland Public Library) together with a photograph of Rhodes in the Matopo Hills, and various books.

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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[Numalia Hotel], 1948-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/179
Scope and Contents

54 x 52 mm. The front of a building, probably Numalia Hotel, viewed from the side.

Dates: 1948-11
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).
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Numalia Hotel, 1948-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/180
Scope and Contents

56 x 55 mm. The front of the hotel.

Dates: 1948-11
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).
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Numalia Hotel, Honolulu, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/75
Scope and Contents

50 x 55 mm.

Dates: 1948
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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Official: Board of Trade: International Trade; National Revenue: notes and papers., 11 Aug 1904 - 30 Dec 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/22
Scope and Contents Includes: notes by WSC on import duty; a memorandum by Alfred Flux on import duty; a memorandum on the financial aspect of 10% import duty on manufactured goods; note on the establishment of Liverpool as a Free Port, with a parliamentary paper on continental Free Ports; a memorandum on British investments abroad with notes by Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith [Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade]; a copy of the Corn Trade News, with accompanying comments and a letter from Sir Robert Hudson;...
Dates: 11 Aug 1904 - 30 Dec 1909
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 1 - 9., 21 Jan 1929 - 26 Feb 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/236
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Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: foreign affairs in the Soviet Union, Afghanistan, China, Sudan and India; currency in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; the naval construction programme; reparations and affairs in Germany; unemployment; estimates for the fighting services; the Washington Hours convention; safeguarding industries; colonial affairs; Anglo American relations and arbitration treaties with the United States.

Dates: 21 Jan 1929 - 26 Feb 1929
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 10 - 15., 06 Mar 1929 - 10 Apr 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/237
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Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: unemployment and unemployment insurance; immigration from Ireland; petrol prices; foreign affairs in China, Germany, India; the United States and the prohibition treaty; the reduction and limitation of armaments; the proposed Baghdad [Iraq] to Haifa [Israel] railway and pipeline; radium research; the Channel Tunnel; the report of the Commission on East Africa; and the budget.

Dates: 06 Mar 1929 - 10 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 37 - 47., 10 Jul 1928 - 17 Oct 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/212
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Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: measures to combat unemployment including emigration; a multi-lateral treaty with the United States; foreign affairs in Iraq, India, the Soviet Union, China, Egypt and Germany; the reduction and limitation of armaments; issues in Scotland including the slaughter of animals and the influx of emigrants from Ireland and issues in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; and speeches by King George V.

Dates: 10 Jul 1928 - 17 Oct 1928
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 48 - 58., 29 Oct 1928 - 19 Dec 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/213
Scope and Contents Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: the illness of King George V and speeches by the King; reparations and Allied debts; foreign affairs including China, the Persian Gulf, the Soviet Union, Iraq and Germany; measures to combat unemployment including emigration; rating reforms; Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army; issues in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; relations with the United States; the naval...
Dates: 29 Oct 1928 - 19 Dec 1928
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign affairs., 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/27
Scope and Contents Cabinet papers on various subjects including: the declaration of London and its effect on Great Britain's "belligerent rights" and neutral shipping; the Russian fishing zone; Japanese affairs including tariff negotiations, the treaty of commerce and navigation, and an alliance with Great Britain; bulletins from [James] Bryce [British ambassador to the United States] on tariff relations between Canada and the United States; budget arrangements in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and the United...
Dates: 1911
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Maritime Belligerent Rights., [1928]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/222
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Includes: 3 copies of a paper [by WSC] covering British naval supremacy, international relations and the Dardanelles campaign; a reply [?by Sir Maurice Hankey]; copies of letters from WSC to Arthur Balfour [Lord President of the Council] and to Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] with a suggested response to proposals by the United States; and internal Treasury correspondence including notes from James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to WSC].

Dates: [1928]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Maritime Belligerent rights and disarmament., 08 Mar 1929 - 05 Jun 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/244
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Various papers including: a letter from Rupert Howorth; copy letters from Sir Maurice Hankey [Cabinet Secretary]; a committee report on policy regarding disarmament; Cabinet papers by Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, with statements by Hugh Gibson on the position of the United States and [1st Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill]; and a Committee of Imperial Defence paper on maritime belligerent rights.

Dates: 08 Mar 1929 - 05 Jun 1929
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Papers 1 - 19., 14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/227
Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Peel, Secretary of State for India, on Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army and the political situation in India; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord...
Dates: 14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Official: Cabinet: papers 20 - 44., 31 Dec 1928 - 21 Feb 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/228
Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour on unemployment and on a proposed enquiry into the iron and steel industry; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, and Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the enquiry into the iron and steel industry; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, on the functions of Dominion ministers, use of the...
Dates: 31 Dec 1928 - 21 Feb 1929
Conditions Governing Access: Open