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Belgium (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

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F's old billet. Ypres, 1920

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/209
Scope and Contents

69 x 50 mm.

Dates: 1920
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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Grottes de Han. L'Embarquement, 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/305
Scope and Contents

131 x 83 mm. A postcard depicting a man on a boat inside a cave.

Dates: 1950
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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Hotel de Villes a Bruxelles, 1868 - 1890

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/90
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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).
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La Colome du Congres, Bruxelles, 1868 - 1890

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/88
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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).
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La Place Royale a Bruxelles, 1868 - 1890

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/89
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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).
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'Long Max' at Leugenbloom, 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/150
Scope and Contents

Artillery gun and emplacement.

Dates: 1930
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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Menin Gate, 1928 - 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/147
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates: 1928 - 1930
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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New Casino. Knocke-Sur-Mer, 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/155
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates: 1930
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

New High Commissioner, 1976

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/8/2
Scope and Contents This file includes correspondence regarding Smedley’s appointment, including one section ‘Briefing for High Commissioner’s Arrival’ relating to agriculture, with map attached; list of Smedley’s appointments, 15-23 Jan. 1976; programmes of visits to Brussels, 30 Jan. to 1 Feb. 1976; India, 2-3 Feb. 1976; Hong Kong, 4-5 Feb. 1976; Australia, 6-8 Feb. 1976; material relating to New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon’s visit to the UK (accompanied by Smedley), 11-15 Apr. 1976; list of guests...
Dates: 1976
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

North and Central America, Oceania and Europe, 1947 - 1953

 File
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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Parc Royal et Palais de la Nation, Bruxelles, 1868 - 1890

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/91
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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).
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Peace Conference: Belgian and Danish Commission , 1918-07 - 1919-06

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 6/4/69
Scope and Contents

Minutes and reports of the Commission on Belgian and Danish Affairs, from the Conference on the Preliminaries of Peace.

Dates: 1918-07 - 1919-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

Photographs of Madras, Indonesia, Malaya, Australia and western Europe

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L
Scope and Contents This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates: 1918 - 1934
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Rochehaut - Semois, 1950-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/224
Scope and Contents

130 x 80 mm. An aerial view of Rochehaut. Perhaps the caption refers to a river which can be seen to the right, which may be the Semois River.

Dates: 1950-09
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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[Sepia ink sketch of ? Bruges, 1859], 1859

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011A/42
Scope and Contents

130 x 90 mm. An accomplished sepia ink drawing of a canal linked with houses. The writing in the bottom left corner is not clearly decipherable but appears to read 'Brudges [sic] 59'.

Dates: 1859
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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Sovereignty over Certain Frontier Land (Belgium/Netherlands), 1959-05

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 4/123
Scope and Contents

Series of International Court of Justice notes on the Sovereignty over Certain Frontier Land (Belgium/Netherlands) case, relating to two plots of land on the Belgian-Dutch border, with suggestions from HL on the draft Judgement.

Dates: 1959-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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[Stretcher bearers], 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/19
Scope and Contents

190 x 145 mm. Canadian soldiers evacuate a casualty through the mud near Boesinghe, Belgium.

Dates: 1917
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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Synopsis of diaries, 1890-01-07 - 1899-12-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/1
Scope and Contents Notes from rough diaries Bell kept during his service in the Gold Coast between 1890-94 (initially as Supervisor of Customs), in the Bahamas as Receiver General and Treasurer, and then from 1899 as Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands and Administrator of Dominica. Before destroying these old diaries Bell extracted 'all that appeared to be of interest in regard to my experiences and the development of my character.' Prominent subjects include Bell’s official duties, colleagues, ideas for...
Dates: 1890-01-07 - 1899-12-31
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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Synopsis of diaries, 1932-01-01 - 1940-12-31

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/17
Scope and Contents

This volume includes notes on Bell’s social life, interests, personal affairs, travel and press publications, including many on international and colonial affairs (circa 100 sheets).

Dates: 1932-01-01 - 1940-12-31
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

The First World War, 1914 - 1918

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/1-38
Scope and Contents

This is a series of photographs documenting the fighting on the Western Front and the appalling conditions endured by soldiers during trench warfare. The majority record the contribution of the Canadian Army, while later images illustrate commemoration celebrations in Belgium in 1922. Most are uncaptioned, making dates, places, units and individuals difficult to identify. Brief descriptive captions have been supplied in parenthesis.

Dates: 1914 - 1918
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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The gamblers. Quentin Matys. Antwerp Gallery, 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/39
Scope and Contents

124 x 89 mm. Copy of an engraving.

Dates: 1872
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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[The Halletoren], Bruges, 1950-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/229
Scope and Contents

80 x 130 mm. View from the canal. The Halletoren (the Belfry) can be seen in the background.

Dates: 1950-09
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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The misers. Quentin Matys, 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/37
Scope and Contents

111 x 139 mm. Copy of an engraving.

Dates: 1872
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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The shadow of a great crime, 1914 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/38
Scope and Contents

195 x 152 mm. The caption reads, 'An extraordinary photograph, showing how a body had lain all the winter till found in the spring by a burying party. The grass had grown except where the body lay.'

Dates: 1914 - 1918
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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