Royal Commonwealth Society – Page 6 – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

A letter of gratitude

Posted on 17 November 2016 by Agnieszka Drabek-Prime

The journey down memory lane through the Rare Books Department’s new collection of school magazines took me from our cool European climate to the much […]

Rare Books, Royal Commonwealth Society, Special Collections

Letters from Civil War America

Posted on 18 August 2016 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society collections have just added an on-line catalogue entry for a fascinating series of letters written from Civil War America by Edward […]

Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

The History and Conservation of the John Weekley Changi Archives

Posted on 11 July 2016 by John C.

The Changi project team have finished a major conservation challenge, the archives of John Weekley. In this post John Cardwell, Project Archivist and Emma Nichols, […]

Conservation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Sir Harold Smedley Collection

Posted on 7 June 2016 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library has just published an on-line catalogue for one of its most significant recent acquisitions, the papers of the diplomat […]

New on Janus, Royal Commonwealth Society

Glimpses of early Siam and Burma [Thailand and Myanmar]

Posted on 6 April 2016 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library has just created an electronic catalogue for one of its largest and most significant manuscript collections: the papers of the […]

New on Janus, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society, Special Collections

Christmas in Changi – The Result!

Posted on 23 February 2016 by Emma Nichols

By Mary French and Emma Nichols Happy New Year from the Changi Conservators! Do you remember the Christmas Quiz from the Changi Guardian that we posed […]

Conservation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Christmas in Changi

Posted on 22 December 2015 by Emma Nichols

by Emma Nichols and Mary French Seasons Greetings from the Changi Archive Conservators! As we prepare to celebrate the holiday season at home with family […]

Christmas, Conservation, Digitisation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Conservation Challenges posed by the Changi Archive

Posted on 16 November 2015 by Special Collections

by Emma Nichols and Mary French The conservation of the WWII Changi civilian internment camp archives is being undertaken by two conservators, Emma Nichols and Mary […]

Archives, Conservation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Y30448U: 19 - Whale shot by a man-of-war at Cape Coast

Cambridge Digital Library – latest update

Posted on 24 July 2015 by Special Collections

This release sees the launch of our new Lewis-Gibson collection with an initial selection of the 1700 medieval Jewish manuscripts jointly purchased by Cambridge University […]

Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Conservation, Digitisation, Lewis-Gibson Collection, Manuscripts, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Sir George Arthur and British Honduras

Posted on 10 December 2014 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library has just published an on-line catalogue for one of its earliest manuscript collections, the archives of the colonial administrator Sir […]

Archives, Manuscripts, Royal Commonwealth Society