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Chillon (castle)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Chateau de Chillon, 1948

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/59
Scope and Contents

125 x 85 mm.

Dates: 1948
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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Chillon [castle], Lake Geneva, 1948

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/58
Scope and Contents

125 x 85 mm. A view of the Chillon Castle on the far side of Lake Geneva.

Dates: 1948
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

Letters, 1928-10-07 - 1934-07-18

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/1/1
Scope and Contents These letters describe Benson’s life at Chillon College during 1928-30 and include details of climbing expeditions. They recount his experiences as a student at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, during 1930-33, and reflect his passion for rowing. Benson includes a series of sketches of fellow members of the rowing team. This section then discusses his recruitment, preparation and participation in the Oxford University Expedition to the Arctic in 1933. The expedition carried out a topographical and...
Dates: 1928-10-07 - 1934-07-18
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).