Archive Management System update
This is a regular update about the progress of the Archive Management System (AMS) project. Early implementers In line with the overall project plan which […]
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‘This House believes …’: a new catalogue of the Cambridge Union Society archives
In 1866 the Cambridge Union Society condemned the British Raj, some 80 years before Indian independence. In 1929 it approved birth control. In 1933 it […]
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Commonwealth universities
Several fascinating personal memoirs have been donated to the Royal Commonwealth Society Library recently and the latest to be catalogued online was written by the […]
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Piecing Together the Evidence: Cataloguing a Greek Manuscript
Alongside conservation and digitisation, the Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project encompasses the creation of detailed catalogue descriptions for each manuscript, to accompany the images published […]
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Archive Management System update
This is a regular update about the progress of the Archive Management System (AMS) project. We have been working on the project plan: there have […]
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The Installation of Prince Albert at Cambridge
The Map Department contains many views, which offer great insight into the living experiences, events and environment of the time and place shown. While recently […]
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From Cereal Box to Archive Box
In January 1994 Cambridge University Library’s Map Department received a large donation of maps from the estate of Kenneth Guy Messenger (1920-1993). As well as […]
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Imagining Islands: Images of Island Exploration in Early Modern Travel Narratives
A guest post by Lauren Killingsworth, whose exhibition “Imagining Islands” can be viewed in the Library Entrance Hall from Monday 24th June to Saturday 27th […]
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Tales of India written for my grandchildren
The Royal Commonwealth Society Department recently has been donated a fascinating personal memoir, ‘Tales of India written for my grandchildren’ (RCMS 400). Its author was […]
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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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