Pamphlets of 19th-century New Zealand
The Royal Commonwealth Society Library department’s efforts to discover its collection of rare nineteenth-century pamphlets have turned to New Zealand, and a large number of […]
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Pamphlets of nineteenth-century China
At Cambridge University Library, the Royal Commonwealth Society Department continues to push ahead with the discovery of its collection of rare nineteenth-century pamphlets. Recent work has […]
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Pamphlets of late nineteenth-century British Colonial Africa
The Royal Commonwealth Society department has added more than 600 pamphlets and periodical articles relating to late nineteenth-century British Colonial Africa to the library’s electronic […]
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Pamphlets of nineteenth-century India
Late nineteenth-century British India forms the latest subject of the Royal Commonwealth Society department’s work to discover its collection of rare pamphlets and periodical articles. […]
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Nineteenth-century Australian pamphlets
Work to discover the Royal Commonwealth Society department’s collection of rare nineteenth-century pamphlets has focused recently upon Australia. We are delighted to announce that more […]
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Nineteenth-century Canadian pamphlets
During the University Library’s closure, the Royal Commonwealth Society department has continued cataloguing its collection of rare nineteenth-century pamphlets, most recently concentrating upon Canada. So […]
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Coping with isolation: Ernest Shackleton & the Cambridge University Press publication of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
Given permission to depart in a telegram from the Admiralty with the single word ‘Proceed’, the Endurance sailed from Plymouth on 8 August 1914 to […]
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Rare Caribbean pamphlets
During the University Library’s closure, the Royal Commonwealth Society department has been cataloguing its collection of rare eighteenth and nineteenth-century pamphlets relating to the Caribbean. […]
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A Journey in Isolation: A Postcard Travelogue
“Today’s journey with the Map Department’s postcard collection…” or words to this effect have been a welcome companion as I’ve Tweeted my progress through several […]
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Queen Mary’s South Asian tour scrapbooks, 1905-1906
The Royal Commonwealth Society department has digitised a fascinating series of scrapbooks documenting the Royal Visit to India in 1905-06 by the Prince and Princess […]
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