World War Two – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Blackout: war time school life

Posted on 7 May 2022 by Agnieszka Drabek-Prime

On 25th August 1939, the German pre-dreadnought battleship Schleswig-Holstein, under the pretext of making a courtesy visit, sailed into the Port of Gdansk, anchoring 150m from […]

Collectors and collecting, Rare Books, Recent acquisitions, Special Collections, World War Two

Polar exploration

Posted on 23 February 2022 by John C.

Work is continuing in the Royal Commonwealth Society Library department to catalogue its collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century pamphlets and magazine articles. The latest volume to […]

Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society, Special Collections, Travel, World War Two

New voice from women’s internment camps, Singapore, 1943-1945

Posted on 14 September 2021 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library is extremely grateful to our colleagues at The Salvation Army Archives, Canada and Bermuda Territory, for helping to enrich our […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Royal Commonwealth Society, women, World War Two

Grounds for enthusiasm: the University Library outside

Posted on 7 May 2021 by Jacky Cox

The appearance mid-April of foodPark. in front of the UL is only the most recent innovative use of the grounds in a crisis. During World War II, the need to keep people fed and the […]

Archives, Cambridge University Archives, Cambridge University history, Library history, Uncategorized, World War Two