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Alexandria, Egypt (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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A. J. B. Wace. British School, Athens. 21.2.03, Notebook 6 (Topography), 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/AJBW/1/5
Scope and Contents Inscribed on the v. of front board, 'A. J. B. Wace. British School. Athens 1003. Notebook 6'. Notes on the topography of Alexandria, summarising Strabo, with 2 hand drawn copies of plans of the city pasted in at f.1r and f.2r. Notes on bibliographical references of comments by authors in antiquity of sites in Skiathos and Skopelos, Towns of Magnetes (Thessalian Magnesia). Also, Wace's own notes on Byzantine ruins, Modern villages of Thessaly, lists of individuals of note...
Dates: 1903
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Book H [views of Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt; Sparta and Olympia museums, Greece], 1902 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/AJBW/3/10
Scope and Contents

Photographs of archaeological sites, each photograph titled in pencil on the cardboard mount by AJBW. Includes images from Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, and Sparta and Olympia musums in Greece.
22 photographic prints. Followed by 26 empty apertures, from the lack of annotation it seems they remained unfilled by AJBW.

Dates: 1902 - 1904
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Flanders-France Diary 1915, 16 Jan.-2 Dec. 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10082/9
Scope and Contents The bound volume contains a transcription of the diary entries found in the exercise books listed at MS Add.10082/6-7 and multiple items pasted into the volume. These include photographs, pencilled sketches by HATF, hand-drawn coloured maps, printed maps, clippings from newspapers and magazines, postcards, pamphlets and circulars, French bank notes. The volume was assembled sometime after the First World War and contains a few non-contemporaneous notes and comments.The diary begins...
Dates: 16 Jan.-2 Dec. 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for researchers using Cambridge University Library.
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, 6th [Bn] East Lancashire Regt, Alexandria, 25 May 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/81
Scope and Contents

Is unaccountably held up in Alexandria en route to Mesopotamia; the city; a useful phrase book; Lowes Dickinson's The European Anarchy

Dates: 25 May 1916
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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Letter to Wilfred Airy from George B. Airy, 7 May 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10452/1/9
Scope and Contents

Concerning Wilfred's visit to Egypt, the Great Pyramid at Giza, and Alexandria.

Dates: 7 May 1886
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Negative Album Innsbruck and Cruise 1, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/AJBW/3/54
Scope and Contents

25 quarter plate negatives, featuring Wace's journey across Europe, from Innsbruck to Athens via Venice, travel in the Peloponnese - in particular the Argolid, Lakonia and Messenia, also a visit to Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt. Indexed at the front. Many of the negatives in very poor condition or completely degraded with no image remaining on the substrate.

Dates: 1902
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Rolled Negatives of images of Alexandria Sculpture, 1902 - 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/AJBW/3/61
Scope and Contents

Labelled on the side of the box 'Alexandria Sculpture', the box also features a printed stamp which reads 'Emulsion No.19044 30 - Sensitometer Notice this film must be developed before Nov. 1st 1903'.

Dates: 1902 - 1903