Travel
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Algeria April 1923, album, 1923
A personal photograph album of a family trip to Algeria, starting in Algiers. it is an early indicator of Lord Tayour's abiding, life-long interest in photographing landscapes, gardens, local peoples, his own family memebrs and archaeological sites.
Correspondence regarding the recalculation of observations made on HMS Investigator, 1811 - 1814
Seventeen letters from Captain Matthew Flinders, his brother Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders, the astronomer John Crosley, Captain Thomas Hurd and the Astronomer Royal, John Pond. Also included are copies of relevant minutes of the Board of Longitude, a proposal by Captain Flinders that the whole of the calculations for the voyage should be calculated, and a petition by Samuel Ward Flinders for remuneration for work he had done on the observations.
Dame Edith Lyttelton née Balfour: writings, 1884 - 1943
Political and personal correspondence and other papers.
CHAN 1, contains mainly papers of Hon Alfred Lyttelton and Dame Edith Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of material of Oliver Lyttelton
CHAN II, consist mainly of papers of Oliver Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of papers of Alfred and Edith Lyttelton
Family letters to Hilda Routh (née Airy) on her honeymoon, 1-23 September 1864
A set of letters sent to Hilda Routh, George Airy's eldest daughter, during her honeymoon in September 1864 by George Airy, his wife Richarda, Hilda’s sisters, Christabel and Annot, and brother Hubert. The letters are of a personal nature and are originally tied together with string.
Fieldwork, 1878-1938
The series comprises numbered and un-numbered field notebooks;specimen catalogues; sketchbooks, photograph albums, and maps.
Glass lantern slides taken on expeditions to Asia Minor, 1929 - 1932
Journal of a tour in Germany, 1786-1789
Also includes a memorandum of 'Places worth seeing in Mr. Skynner's Tour with my cousin in June 1783', 90 folios. According to a note by John Lee of Hartwell inside the front cover, the writer was Colonel Sir William Lee, and the cousin William Lee Antonie Esq. of Colworth, Bedfordshire. Pp. 89-180 are blank. Inside the front cover: 'Hartwell Library repaired May 1831', in the hand of J. Lee.
Journal of travel in Spain and France, Late seventeenth century
A journal of a voyage to Spain, and travels through Spain and France, beginning 'Tho' I never set downe anything of my former travailes, yet now this voyage being begun on an extraordinary occasion … Thursday 11 Aug.' [the year may be 1670, 1681, 1687 or 1692]. The author appears to have been Thomas Williams, who also used the volume as an account book around the year 1680.
Lady Betty Balfour, 1919-02-17 - 1919-02-28
Comprising a journal of visit to Arthur Balfour in Paris (12).
Leisure, 1955 - 1967
Leisure: Future, 1961 - 1970
Log book of HMS Adventure, 1772 - 1774
The log book of HMS Adventure compiled by W. Bayly during his passage to the South Seas as part of the expedition led by Captain James Cook in HMS Resolution.
Log book of HMS Resolution, 1772 - 1775
The log book of HMS Resolution compiled by William Wales during the passage to the South Seas under the command of Captain James Cook.
Michael Rice Group, 1970 - 1977
Contents relate to academic visits to the Middle East. Include comments about students.
Observations on voyages of discovery, 1763 - 1805
Astronomical observations and calculations made during voyages of discovery, including the voyages of the Glatton, 1763-1764; the Providence, 1794-1797; the Thetis, 1794-1797; the Pallas, 1805; and on Captain Cook’s third voyage.
Papers relating to academic work and publications, 1933 - 1982
Includes reviews relating to Guthrie's various books etc, including 'In the Beginning', 'The Greeks and their Gods' and his multi-volume 'History of Greek Philosophy'. Also includes drafts and copies of speeches made to Schools etc.
Passport of John R(hodes) Ralph, 1818-04-07
Passport for travel to Netherlands (Le Royaume des Pays-Bas).
Personal Papers of Rosemary Bishop, 1944 - 2004
Photographs - mainly relating to Asia Minor, with some possibly family images, 1916 - 1940
Includes various original photographs, including one of a group in Asia Minor (Turkey), W. H. Buckler, W. M. Calder and Guthrie (front right), and one of Guthrie as a young man, possibly with his parents. Includes photographs of the Acropolis and ?Delphi, Granada, signed 'WKCG Granada 1933', and several published photographs showing various sarcophagi and buildings, including La Porte doree aux Sept-Tours and Entrée principale de Sainte Sophie.
The Voyage of Sr Henrye Colt, Knight, to the Ilands of the Antillas, 1631
Visits, lectures and conference papers, 1970 - 1989
The papers comprise a variety of operational records including governing body minutes and accounts; editorial material; student records; and subject files concerning conferences and relations with interested external bodies.
Volume of photographs re the Labrador Eclipse Expedition of 1905, 1905
W. Turner's account book & diary of a voyage to India, 1764-05-26 - 1765-04-17
A brief account book and diary by W. Turner of a voyage to India, 1764-1765, referring to Nevil Maskelyne and Lord Clive (Turner sailed on board the Prince of Wales Indiaman and met both gentlemen while his ship was anchored in Table Bay). The account book also includes a brief note on the text.