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Pamphlets of nineteenth-century India

Posted on 1 December 2020 by John C.

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. […]

Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

Nineteenth-century Canadian pamphlets

Posted on 30 July 2020 by John C.

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 […]

Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

Rare Caribbean pamphlets

Posted on 29 April 2020 by John C.

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. […]

Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

A Journey in Isolation: A Postcard Travelogue

Posted on 27 April 2020 by Ian Pittock

“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 […]

Architecture, Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Map Department, Maps, Photographs, Special Collections, Travel, Uncategorized

Queensland, Australia

Posted on 14 February 2020 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library is delighted to announce the publication, on Cambridge Digital Library, of three very interesting collections relating to nineteenth-century Queensland, Australia. […]

Digitisation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Queen Mary’s South Asian tour scrapbooks, 1905-1906

Posted on 6 December 2019 by John C.

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 […]

Burma, Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Photographs, Railways, Royal Commonwealth Society

Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition

Posted on 28 November 2019 by John C.

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 […]

Digital Resources, Digitisation, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

The Falkland Islands and South Georgia

Posted on 10 September 2019 by John C.

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 […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

New Royal Commonwealth Society acquisitions!

Posted on 6 June 2019 by John C.

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 […]

Acquisitions, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society, South Asian, women

Caribbean photographs

Posted on 8 May 2019 by John C.

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 […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society