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55 x 74mm. A view from the deck of the 'Ionic' showing a battleship in the locks in the distance.

Scope and Contents Ten volumes of cuttings from 'The field', including a few articles from other publications, and loose cuttings concerning the Malay Peninsula. The volumes concern countries throughout the world, but in particular Australia, British East Africa (Kenya), Canada, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rhodesia, South Africa, Uganda, United States and the West Indies. The articles cover a wide range of subjects, including administration, agriculture, the British Empire, climate, colonisation,...

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58 x 74mm. A view showing a worker, presumably a stevedore on the canal.

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75 x 57mm. A view showing a party of boys sightseeing at Colon.

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The principal part of the collection is a set of programmes and guides prepared for the different legs of the Royal Tour. These are supplemented by related correspondence and papers compiled by the Royal Empire Society and others. The collection is in English with the exception of one item in English and Arabic.

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58 x 71mm. A view showing the metal superstructure of the locks.

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75 x 50mm. A view showing the locks at Colon which lies at the northern end of the canal, on the Caribbean.

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75 x 51mm. A view showing a steamship moving along the canal.

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Political papers relating to Childers' public career and private papers concerning his family, first wife Emily (nee Walker, 1827-1875) and their eight children.

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75 x 55mm. A view showing three boys relaxing on a lifeboat.

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77 x 74mm. A hand-drawn map showing the route of the Panama Canal.

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...

Scope and Contents A collection of photographs by an unknown tour member consisting of black and white lantern slides most measuring approximately 75 x 55 mm. Most of the slides have been captioned: the titles of those without captions are enclosed in square brackets.The Public Schools Empire Tours came into being through the Church of England Council of Empire Settlement's decision in 1925 to send a party of schoolboys to Australia after the visit to England of a party from the Young Australia...

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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73 x 51mm. A view showing two American submarines, with sailors on deck, in the locks at Colon.

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365 x 265 mm watercolour.