diary
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
File
Transcript of a diary describing a visit to Antwerp in 1859, 1859
File
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 1/4a
Scope and Contents
Transcription of Bessie Parkes' diary of a visit to Antwerp. The diary is written as a letter to Theodosia [Manton], 26 August 1859. The original diary is written in an album containing eighteen photogenic drawing negatives and prints made by Parkes in 1848. The diary takes up forty-one pages of the album.
Dates:
1859
Conditions Governing Access:
The transcript and access is courtesy of Hans P. Kraus Jr., New York. The Gallery is to be notified of all requests for copies. Any requests to publish will be dealt with seperately by the Gallery.
Series
Travel Diaries, 1944 - 1977
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Needham 5/1
Scope and Contents
Notes made by Dorothy Needham on visits abroad. They record, usually in some detail, travel, institutions visited and contacts made, and personal observations on food, social activities etc. The visits were made with Joseph Needham and sometimes with Gwei-Djen Lu also. The postwar visits generally combine holiday activities with visits to research institutions and scientific colleagues and lectures.
Dates:
1944 - 1977
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Dorothy Needham's estate passed to her late husband Joseph. It is now held with his by the Needham Research Institute, 8 Sylvester Road, Cambridge CB3 9AF.