Claude Sitwell Collection
The Royal Commonwealth Society Collection is delighted to announce the acquisition of photographs and correspondence relating to the soldier and colonial administrator Lt. Col. Claude […]
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Royal Colonial Institute Photographic Portraits
We are happy to report that a catalogue of the photographic portrait collection of the Royal Colonial Institute has recently been published on Janus, Cambridge […]
Continue reading »‘My dearest Siegfried’: The Egremont Sassoon Papers
Poet and author Siegfried Sassoon was a prolific letter writer and throughout his life maintained a close friendship and correspondence with his mother Georgiana Theresa […]
Continue reading »‘… superb photographs of very great interest’: an album of New Guinea views in the RCS collection
A guest post by Antje Lübcke On a recent research trip to the UK I visited the Cambridge University Library in order to look through […]
Continue reading »The Royal Commonwealth Society Library and the Blitz
We are delighted to announce the publication of a detailed on-line catalogue for the archives of the Royal Commonwealth Society. This collection is composed of […]
Continue reading »Photos from Zimbabwe
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 »Historian’s thoughts turn to Gold: a guest post by Owain Richards
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 […]
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The eruption of Mont Pelée, 1902
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 »A Soviet Design for Life
The University Library is delighted to launch our latest major exhibition, opening to the public today. A Soviet Design for Life: The Catherine Cooke Collection […]
Continue reading »Royal Tour of the Commonwealth 1953-54
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 […]
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