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I am delighted to report that further to publication of Owain Richard’s post on the photograph collection of Peter Holmes Canham on 14 November 2012, […]
Continue reading »I am delighted to report that further to publication of Owain Richard’s post on the photograph collection of Peter Holmes Canham on 14 November 2012, […]
Continue reading »Owain Richards reflects on a collection of photographs from Ghana, which form part of the Royal Commonwealth Society’s collections, acquired by the University Library in […]
Continue reading »The Royal Commonwealth Society Library has just published an item level catalogue of a photograph collection, Y307E, which strikingly records one of the great natural […]
Continue reading »Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee offers an excellent opportunity to celebrate her devoted service as Head of the Commonwealth, as reflected in the […]
Continue reading »RCMS 37/5/76 As promised, the restored text of Queen Victoria’s rebuke to Secretary of State for War Hugh Childers has been reproduced, as no cryptanalyst […]
Continue reading »19–30 October 2011 The University of Cambridge Festival of Ideas celebrates the arts, humanities and social sciences, and is the only free festival of its […]
Continue reading »A treasure-trove for historians and teachers Many school teachers will already be familiar with the Royal Commonwealth Society’s essay competition. Held annually, and open to […]
Continue reading »The Royal Commonwealth Society department is completing a detailed online description of the papers of the politician Hugh Childers (1827–1896). One of the most fascinating items […]
Continue reading »Six spectacular photographic panoramas of Hong Kong, taken c. 1900, were recently painstakingly conserved by Nicholas Burnett and colleagues at Museum Conservation Services at Duxford, […]
Continue reading »Hugh Pearson distinguished himself as Director of Surveys in Sudan between 1905 and 1922, mapping huge tracts of little known desert, forest, marsh and waterways. […]
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