World War Two – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Farewell to Changi

Posted on 30 June 2017 by Emma Nichols

(Above image – ‘Air Raids’ by Robert Harper, RCMS 103/3/12) After 21 months I have come to the end of my role as project conservator […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Conservation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Surgeons at war: the Fairbank papers

Posted on 5 July 2016 by Special Collections

Sir (Harold Arthur) Thomas Fairbank (1876-1961) and his son Thomas John Fairbank (1912-1998) were orthopaedic surgeons and each saw service with the Royal Army Medical […]

Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Photographs, Recent acquisitions

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library and the Blitz

Posted on 12 July 2013 by John C.

We are delighted to announce the publication of a detailed on-line catalogue for the archives of the Royal Commonwealth Society. This collection is composed of […]

Archives, In the spotlight, Library history, Manuscripts, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society