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Posted on 17 July 2019 by John C.

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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Tales of India written for my grandchildren

Posted on 19 June 2019 by John C.

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 […]

New on Janus, Recent acquisitions, Royal Commonwealth Society, Special Collections

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

Completion of Royal Commonwealth Society glass plate project!

Posted on 2 April 2019 by John C.

This blog celebrates the completion of the Royal Commonwealth Society department’s glass plate digitisation project, which over the last three years, has seen the release […]

Digitisation, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

Shanghai and the May 30th Movement: guest post by Elena Fulgheri

Posted on 11 March 2019 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Department is very grateful to our colleague, Elena Fulgheri, for a guest post inspired by our most recent release on Cambridge […]

Digitisation, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

Glass plates of Oceania, South Asia, the Far East and Africa

Posted on 18 February 2019 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society department is delighted to announce its third release of approximately 700 photographic glass plates and lantern slides on Cambridge Digital Library. […]

Digitisation, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

Watercolours of 19th-century Australia, Canada, Gibraltar, Mauritius and the Channel Islands

Posted on 5 February 2019 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society department has published a detailed on-line catalogue for one of its largest and most historically significant art collections, RCMS 40. It […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Illustration, Royal Commonwealth Society

Virtual exhibition: Royal Commonwealth Society’s 150th anniversary

Posted on 18 October 2018 by John C.

This year the Royal Commonwealth Society collection at Cambridge University Library is celebrating two very significant anniversaries: 150 years since the society’s formation in 1868 […]

Anniversaries, Cambridge Digital Library, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

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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