London, England
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
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Amos: Diaries and photographs of Anne Elizabeth Fisher (later Pike and Amos)
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/AMO
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries and photograph album, with some loose enclosures. The diaries provide a detailed description of the daily social life of a wealthy young lady during the Victorian era, in London and on visits around the country, including dinners, dances and parties, concerts, galleries, theatre and academic lectures. Many include lists of 'books recommended' or read. From 1864, Anne gave detailed accounts of sermons she had heard and exhibitions in London, also describing first-hand...
Dates:
1852 - 1900
Found in:
Downing College
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Family papers of George Biddell Airy
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10214
Scope and Contents
Contains material relating to family history (MS Add. 10214/1) and letters (MS Add. 10214/2) including:
hints for an excursion letter to Monsieur Verrier, 1864; letters to Professor Sedgwick, 1846-1847; letters to daugther and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Routh 1866-1884; notes written by Hilda Routh 1898; postcard to S.W. Coles 1940.
Dates:
1846-1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Person
Fawkes , Walter Ernest, 1924-2023 (Cartoonist and Jazz Musician)
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Dates:
Existence: 1924 - 2023
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Memoranda and reminisces of Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston (1862-1944)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10179
Scope and Contents
Contains typescripts of memoirs of Sir Humphrey Davy Rolleston, in three parts including: Family Memoranda 1 (42 pp.); Personal Memoranda 2 (109 pp.); and Personal Reminisces 3 (173 pp.). Also included are various draft typescripts for the Personal Memoranda 2 including Schools (5 pp.); 1880-81 (19 pp.); Examinations (5 pp.); General Medical Council (2 pp.). Manuscript drafts of various sections of the memoirs including those commencing 'As children…' (1 p.), 1889 (6 pp.), 1892 (2 pp.) and...
Dates:
c. 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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'Poems on the Underground' archive
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10463
Scope and Contents
Documents relating to 'Poems on the Underground' and related publications and activities, collected by Judith Chernaik, a co-founder of the programme. The papers include correspondence, project files, subject files, and printed items, including copies of a selection of posters.
Dates:
1984-2023
Conditions Governing Access:
With the exception of one file closed until 1 January 2067 under the terms of the Data Protection Act (1998), the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access. Users of the collection are required to complete a Researcher Undertaking Concerning Access under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to Archives Which Would Otherwise Be Closed. 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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