Royal Commonwealth Society – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Missionary journey to Uganda in 1900

Posted on 6 August 2018 by John C.

One of the Royal Commonwealth Society’s most atmospheric collections of artwork (RCMS 158) was created by Annie Emma Allen (1853-1942), who documented her journey to […]

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Australian birds

Posted on 5 July 2018 by John C.

The beauty and diversity of Australia’s birds are vividly captured in one of the Royal Commonwealth Society department’s most colourful collections of artwork (RCMS 278/7). […]

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Digitisation of Sukkur Bridge photograph album

Posted on 8 June 2018 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library’s recent purchase at auction of a splendid presentation album of photographs (Y30244A), celebrating the opening of the Lansdowne Bridge, Sukkur, […]

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Teaching Geography through Illustrated Lectures and Textbooks

Posted on 12 April 2018 by Sabrina Meneghini

In October 1907 the British artist Alfred Hugh Fisher started his journey around the British empire on behalf of the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee […]

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Most extensive Royal Commonwealth Society photograph release yet

Posted on 9 March 2018 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society department has just published images of approximately 1,500 historic photographs on Cambridge Digital Library. These photographs, our most ambitious release to-date, […]

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The Alfred Hugh Fisher Photographic Collection: Guest post by Sabrina Meneghini

Posted on 19 January 2018 by John C.

I am a PhD student at De Montfort University and last October I started my research The Legacy of Alfred Hugh Fisher and the […]

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Photographs of India

Posted on 19 December 2017 by John C.

The latest release of photographs published on Cambridge Digital Library by the Royal Commonwealth Society department includes a large selection of historic prints of India, […]

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Royal Commonwealth Society glass negatives and lantern slides

Posted on 23 October 2017 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society department is thrilled to publish on Cambridge Digital Library the first release of its photographic glass plates, generously funded by a […]

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‘The Tweed’ in Colombo Harbour, 1888

Posted on 2 October 2017 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library is thrilled to have acquired a beautiful historical painting from John Weatherstone, who has already generously donated much of the […]

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