Single volume diary describing the journey of W R Bevan, mining engineer, to Damaraland (now central Namibia) as part of the South West Africa Expedition. The diary starts on 6 Jun 1900 with Bevan's arrival in Southampton from Swansea where he met the other expedition members, whose names are lis...
Journals of excursions by Edward and Vernon Barnard
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Two journals recording excursions made by brothers Edward and Vernon Barnard around the United Kingdom and in Belgium. Each day's entry begins with a copy of the original notes recorded at the time as a memoranda and then goes on to detail the events in more depth. These volumes include some s...
Journal of Excursions by Edward and Vernon Barnard
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A journal recording excursions made by brothers Edward and Vernon Barnard. This volume describes a journey up to Scotland and tour of the highlands in 1846, a trip to the Isle of White in 1847, and a short account of a visit to Folkestone and Tunbridge Wells in 1848.
A journal recording excursions made by brothers Edward and Vernon Barnard. This volume details a trip around North Wales via Liverpool and Chester in 1849, a trip to the Lake District, Carlisle, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1850 and a holiday through Belgium along the Rhine in 1851.
Journal of Helen Bruce recording a tour of continental spas with her sister
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Journal of Helen Balfour Bruce recording a tour of continental spas and health resorts with her ailing sister, Margaret. The journal describes their tour in detail from Mar to Oct 1840 including friends and local sites visited along the way, including the battlefield of Waterloo and a number of...
Album bound in red leather and labelled "Autographs" containing good wishes, cartoons and drawings from friends and colleagues of a nurse serving during the First World War. The volume was dedicated to Marjory from Phyllis in 1911 and some contributions make reference to Bristol General Hospital...
Ian Duncan Struthers: Personal and Professional Papers
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A collection of material relating to war correspondent Ian Duncan Struthers, who worked for Paramount during the North Africa Campaign. The collection comprises some professional correspondence (including copy letters, telegrams, an inventory of equipment, expense sheets, and comparative aerial...
Ian Duncan Struthers: Portrait Photographs of Struthers and War Office Correspondence
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Personal documentation, comprising: (1). Nine photographs of Struthers (8 black and white, 1 colour) of different sizes, some of which are annotated on the back with dates, spanning 1942-1974. Most include Struthers with camera. (2). Typed account (2 sheets, carbon copy) of World War II campai...
Ian Duncan Struthers: Professional material (including photographs)
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(1). Various communications, including: six telegrams (1942-44) received from Paramount News; typed copy of Struthers's report 'with British troops at Heinsberg'; list of 'camera equipment belonging to the late Mr. F. Bayliss'; a communication addressed to Struthers in Algiers relating to photog...
Autograph letters from war correspondent Ian Duncan Struthers to his mother (addressed as Mrs H. T. P. Simpson), with the following dates: (1) 1942: 16 January; 13 February; November ('Somewhere at Sea'); 5 December; 20 December; 26 December. (2). 1943: 3 January; 23 January; 6 February; 26 Fe...