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Royal visits

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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Guest Nights and Dinners, 1973-03 - 1992-06

 File
Reference Code: GBR/2511/O/B/15/2/1
Scope and Contents This files contains invites, menus, seating plans and guest lists for the special guest nights (1973-1977 and 1982-1992), fellows guest nights (1973-1977 and 1982-1991), and ordinary guest nights, which happened three times a year (1973-1977 and 1981-1992). Also included are invites, menus, seating plans and guest lists for Commemoration dinners (1983-1987 and 1989-1991), Darwin Dinner 1991, the retirement dinner for Arnold Burgen 1989, Darwin Lecture Dinner 1981, and a dinner for the...
Dates: 1973-03 - 1992-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Newnham College photograph album

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10465
Scope and Contents Album contains a variety of annotated photographs of sporting events (rowing, hockey, lacrosse, tennis), sports teams and college life at Newnham College dating between 1920 and 1923. Contains two postcards, one addressed to Mrs E.H. Green postmarked 19 April 1954. The name of the compiler is uncertain but she was likely an Newnham undergraduate. The names of many individuals appearing in the album are included in full or as initials. Of particular note are two photographs and instructions...
Dates: 1920-1954
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Photographs from Second Darwin Lecture Series, including HRH Prince Philip, 1978-11-07

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/LS/D2/1
Scope and Contents

Photographs taken at the Second Darwin Lecture showing Moses Finley, Mrs de Duve, G. Skelsey, HRH Prince Philip, Christian de Duve, Sir Alan Cottrell, VC.

Dates: 1978-11-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Photographs from the visit of the Chancellor, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, to Darwin College, 1986-02-10

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/O/M3/1/2
Scope and Contents

Two of the photographs show the Chancellor with Arnold Burgen in one of the college buildings (one photograph has MW 10-8 and the other has MW 10-10 written on the back) and the third picture is of the Chancellor and Arnold Burgen walking in the gardens towards the Old Granary with Newnham Grange in the background (has MW 4-10 written on the back)

Dates: 1986-02-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Records related to the Chancellor's Visit to Darwin College, 1985-11 - 1986-02-10

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/O/M3/1/1
Scope and Contents

File includes photographs and a menu from the Chancellor's visit to Darwin College as well as correspondence and records planning for his visit including draft invitations and seating plans.

Dates: 1985-11 - 1986-02-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Royal Observatory Tercentenary Celebration: papers, 1972 - 1976

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 79
Scope and Contents The Tercentenary of the Royal Greenwich Observatory was celebrated in 1975. The Royal Observatory was founded in Greenwich in 1675, but problems with light, magnetic, and atmospheric pollution so close to central London led to the relocation of various departments to other locations. By 1957 the institution had reconsolidated at Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex. Once it left Greenwich it was known as the Royal Greenwich Observatory, while its original site in Greenwich was termed the Old...
Dates: 1972 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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The Queen Mary photograph collection on India

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM
Scope and Contents This collection forms part of the Queen Mary Collection on India. There are 29 albums. The collection falls into several groups:1: Visit of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) to India in 1875-1876; 2 and 3 Malta and Ceylon on the Royal Tour 1901.; 4-19 and 29; Visit to India in 1905-1906. The main record is in albums 6 and 7 where there are 688 photographs with some captions written by the Prince of Wales. This includes scenes of the tour itself and also a...
Dates: 1875 - 1916
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).
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Volume 2 of signatures at admission of Fellows, Masters, and other events, 1983-10-17 - 2001-06-04

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/F10/2
Scope and Contents Events: Dinner to commemorate the Foundation and Benefaction (23 January 1984, 1986); Dinner to commemorate the Darwin Lecture given by Alfred Brendel (20 November 1984); Dinner in honour of the award of the 1984 Nobel Prize for Medicine to Dr Cesar Milstein (5 February 1985); Chancellor of the University Visited the College (10 February 1986); H.R.H. the Princess Royal visited the College (18 January 1993)Fellows admitted: 1983 = Gillian Griffiths, Brian John McMullin,...
Dates: 1983-10-17 - 2001-06-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Group: Access to records may be subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act and the 2000 Freedom of Information Act. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive.