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115 x 80 mm.

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125 x 85 mm.

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125 x 80 mm.

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50 x 70 mm. A view of the American Falls from Goat Island. In the background can be seen a bridge.

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50 x 75 mm.

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75 x 50 mm.

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70 x 50 mm. A view of Fripp in the foreground with the river and two islands behind him, joined by a bridge in the middle distance.

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70 x 50 mm.

Scope and Contents The primary function of the Empire Tour was to impress the party with the prosperity and economic potential of the Dominions. Kelsey reported on many visits to farms, agricultural colleges, research stations, industrial sites and commercial centres. As an engineer, he was particularly interested in mines, factories and power stations. The party also toured many sites of natural beauty as well as museums and galleries. Kelsey recorded his impressions of the people he encountered and their...

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50 x 72 mm. Three people in a clearing at Carland's.

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70 x 50 mm. A view of Tymms and Fripp stood by a tree with (presumably) the Canadian rapids behind them, although these cannot be seen.

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50 x 75 mm.

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157 x 112 mm. The party returned on this ship from New York to Southampton, 7-12 September 1938.

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44 x 68 mm. Frederick Tymms, Miss Berment and Miss Pratt seated on steps.

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125 x 85 mm.

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Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

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Two undated copies of a photograph, 12'' x 10'', of an early, untitled oil painting of New York, c. 1700. There is an accompanying typescript note containing descriptive references, but no details of the origins of the picture.

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The final three prints include one of Times Square, New York, and two taken during the voyage from New York to the United Kingdom.

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75 x 73 mm. A colour photograph of Johnny Verhagen and a boy and two women outdoors, possibly at the Park Highway Restaurant.

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75 x 75 mm. A colour photograph of Johnny Verhagen, a boy and two women seated outdoors at a table.

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...

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...

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...

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...