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Languages

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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Board of Education: committee on the teaching of modern languages, 1903-07 - 1917-07

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 5/2/14
Scope and Contents

Papers relating to the teaching of modern languages in secondary schools, also including some papers on teacher training, English and geography.

Dates: 1903-07 - 1917-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Foreign correspondence (Inwards), 1804 - 1905

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSA/D1/2
Scope and Contents

Letters to the Society from overseas, including some letters from within the U.K. on foreign topics, such as translation matters. The names of the correspondents are included in the separate indexes BSAX.

Dates: 1804 - 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Material less than 50 years old is not available to the public.
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Oriental SC minutes, 1804-06-27 - 1809-01-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSA/C19
Scope and Contents The minutes record discussions about the printing of a Chinese New Testament text in the British Museum, the formation of a corresponding committee in Calcutta, and memoranda on Bible translations in Arabic and modern Greek. Letters and memoranda are included from Antonio Montucci, Sir George Staunton, Robert Nares, William Moseley, Samuel Hollingsworth (on Chinese); Adam Clarke, Henry Ford, G.C. Renouard, Edward Moises, J.F. Usko (on Arabic); Dr Coray (Adhamantios Korais), William Alers (on...
Dates: 1804-06-27 - 1809-01-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Material less than 50 years old is not available to the public.
 Fonds

Sir John Milner Gray: Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7739
Scope and Contents The collection contains a wide range of correspondence and papers relating to the Gambia, Kenya, Kilwa [Kilwa Sultanate] and Pemba, Tanganyika [i.e. Tanzania], Uganda, Zanzibar, West Africa, and other parts of the continent. Some of the topics covered are ethnic groups and Indigenous peoples, languages, the slave trade, the Portuguese colonization in Africa, and archaeology. There are articles by J. Schacht, Emin Pasha, Gervase Mathew, M. Posnansky, and others on Africa, as well as...
Dates: 1950 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
 Fonds

The Papers of Oswald Tuck

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/TUCK
Scope and Contents

Papers mainly comprising diaries, letters to his family, photographs, printed books, pamphlets and lectures notes. The collection also includes a medal awarded to Tuck whilst at the Greenwich Hospital School, 1891.

Dates: 1868 - 2003
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Certain files containing sensitive personal information about living people have been closed for 80 years. All closures are noted in the catalogue.
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Welsh Language Bill, 1990-11 - 1991-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 12/3/12
Scope and Contents

Includes reports, Labour policy papers and minutes of meetings on a bill put forward by the Welsh Language Board.

Dates: 1990-11 - 1991-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Welsh Language Strategy, 1991-2001, 1991-09 - 1991-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 12/3/15
Scope and Contents

Memorandum from the National Language Forum.

Dates: 1991-09 - 1991-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Welsh language teaching, 1990-05 - 1991-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 12/3/8
Scope and Contents

Papers and correspondence on the use of Welsh in schools.

Dates: 1990-05 - 1991-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.