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...

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68 x 71 mm. Frederick Tymms and a man and a woman on the steps leading up to a building.

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67 x 67 mm. A garden with a house in the background.

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72 x 65. A man and two women standing in a garden.

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75 x 51 mm. Cattle in a field.

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83 x 59 mm.

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72 x 48 mm. A view from a plane of a cloudy sky.

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71 x 50 mm. Major Miller in the cockpit of a plane.

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72 x 50 mm. Major Miller in the cockpit of a plane.

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...

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70 x 48 mm. A view from a plane of a cloudy sky.

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120 x 80 mm.

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72 x 73 mm. Frederick Tymms standing with a horse, possibly at Belvoir, Virginia.

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80 x 60 mm. A view of a large wooden house, with others behind it. Presumably, 'O.P' is Overton Park. The' Memphis Special' referred to in the caption may be a train.

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120 x 80 mm.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Eight exercise books containing copies of letters, which were written by Stanley during a tour of Civil War America in 1864, undertaken in the period between his leaving Oxford and being called to the Bar. Most are addressed to his mother and sister, but were intended to be circulated and read together, providing a single picture. Stanley was very interested in examining the causes and course of the conflict from both the Union and Confederate perspectives, and secured introductions to...