Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition
The Award Ceremony for the 2019 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition was held at Buckingham Palace in the presence of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall on […]
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Women in the theatre at Cambridge
Post by Emily Perdue A recently catalogued item in Special Collections sheds some light on the role of women in Cambridge theatre. MS Additional 9610, […]
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The Falkland Islands and South Georgia
The Royal Commonwealth Society department has just released four collections of photographs, artwork and maps relating to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia on Cambridge […]
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Turkish Cypriot political poster
The Royal Commonwealth Society Library department has just been donated a fascinating political poster, a rare survival from a turbulent time in the history of […]
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New Royal Commonwealth Society acquisitions!
The Royal Commonwealth Society Department is thrilled to announce that it has purchased at auction two items which reinforce its existing strengths in the history […]
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Caribbean photographs
The most recent release of Royal Commonwealth Society photographs on Cambridge Digital Library takes us to the Caribbean. We’re delighted that virtually all Commonwealth members […]
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Completion of Royal Commonwealth Society glass plate project!
This blog celebrates the completion of the Royal Commonwealth Society department’s glass plate digitisation project, which over the last three years, has seen the release […]
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Shanghai and the May 30th Movement: guest post by Elena Fulgheri
The Royal Commonwealth Society Department is very grateful to our colleague, Elena Fulgheri, for a guest post inspired by our most recent release on Cambridge […]
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Glass plates of Oceania, South Asia, the Far East and Africa
The Royal Commonwealth Society department is delighted to announce its third release of approximately 700 photographic glass plates and lantern slides on Cambridge Digital Library. […]
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Virtual exhibition: Royal Commonwealth Society’s 150th anniversary
This year the Royal Commonwealth Society collection at Cambridge University Library is celebrating two very significant anniversaries: 150 years since the society’s formation in 1868 […]
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