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A diary of time spent in Spain and Morocco (1933), the Channel Islands (1934), England (1934), Ireland (1935), Italy via Germany (1937), Lincolnshire and the Cotswolds (1939), Lynmouth (1940), Sussex (1941), Somerset (1942), the north of England and Wales (1943) and the Lake District (1944).

Scope and Contents Lectures and notes on subjects including: the duties, ships and operations of the Navy; India, c 1920; naval history; torpedo development (including letters and notes from Bernard Haigh [Professor of Applied Mechanics, Royal Naval College, Greenwich] and Engineer-Captain Francis Haigh [Superintendent, Royal Naval Torpedo Factory, Greenock],1927); Davis's reflections on China and Japan, 1934-35; the situation in Germany, Oct-Dec 1933.Also includes a letter and poems from Davis's...

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This box contains several drawings of Canada and Mauritius by Frome which formed part of his missing sketchbooks, and engravings by other artists acquired by him. It also includes photographic reproductions of Frome’s five sketches of Kingston, Ontario, which were sold to the Agnes Etherington Art Centre of Queen’s University, Kingston in 1975. These were originally numbers 186, 189-91 and 196 of Album 6 (now RCMS 40/1/6).

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140 x 190 mm souvenir print showing the port, fishing boats and prominent landmarks on the island, created by J. Gray and printed by P.P. Hansen.

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107 x 82 mm.

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100 x 75 mm.

Scope and Contents Pages 1-59 and 68-81: Newscuttings taken predominantly from 'The Argus', 1893-1894, concerning the South Pacific, including Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hebrides and Samoa.Pages 60-67 and 82-87: Newscuttings concerning Stettin and the consulship, 1897-1898, including many articles on trade and industry and Germany.Pages 87-89: Newscuttings concerning Pennsylvania and the United States in general, 1913, including a few loose cuttings.Pages 93-106: A series of...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence on Germany, on subjects including: secret Anglo-German industrial contracts, negotiated in 1911, and the hope that these would help to avoid war; post-war reparations; avoiding another war with Germany through the League of Nations and an alliance with France; MAR's concern about pro-German sympathisers in Britain and the Polish Corridor; MAR's introduction to Edgar Dugdale's edition of German diplomatic documents, 1871-1914.Other correspondents...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...

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Broadcast by Bevin following the third session of the Council of Foreign Ministers in New York [United States] on finalising peace treaties after the war. Subjects include amendments required to the United Nations, particularly the use of the veto, the future of Trieste, Germany and of the Allies, and the direction of British foreign policy.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...

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Frome created a series of sketchbooks of various formats during his travels. Numbers 1 (Canada) and 4-5 (Mauritius) were missing when the collection came to Cambridge. The RCS sold numbers 2-3 (Australia) to the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1970. Numbers 6-7 and 11 had never been presented to the society. The great majority of the contents of the seven sketchbooks listed below had been removed in London, leaving only a few rough pieces.

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An undated report on Heligoland and Sandy Island with reference to a letter of Lord Carnarvon, 27 July 1858. The report is probably a draft.

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Subjects include: NATO's record over 40 years; the Cold War past and present; Anglo-German relations; a story about the Duke of Kent being offered the crown of Poland during the war.

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170 x 105 mm. H.R.H. by the car when visiting troops in Germany.