Francis Gerald St John's diary kept when with the Mediterranean training squadron on HMS Arethusa, illustrated throughout with drawings, memorabilia and photographs. The diary contains some items written in French and Greek.
Stratford Allan Gerald St John's journal kept while serving as midshipman on HMS Nelson and Argus, predominantly in the home waters, illustrated throughout with pencil, ink and watercolour views, nautical charts, and technical drawings.
Stratford Allan Gerald St John's journal kept while serving as midshipman on HMS Nelson and Watchman, in the home waters and the Caribbean, illustrated throughout with pencil, ink and watercolour views, nautical charts, technical drawings, and a photograph of Nelson entering Portsmouth Harbour i...
Commonplace book prepared for Hannah Craven and used to collect handwritten recipes for various purposes. The recipes predominantly relate to the curing of ailments in horses, but also include cures for illnesses and conditions in humans, cows and sheep. The book also contains instructions for b...
Letters and photographs sent by the novelist and biographer, Nancy Mitford, to her former governess, Vanda Stern (called "Zella"). The letters, written in French, date from the 1960s and 70s and relate primarily to Mitford's efforts to diagnose and treat the Hodgkin's lymphoma that would event...
Two scrapbooks, compiled by the members of the Calcutta Light Opera Group and Society and its predecessor, the Calcutta Light Opera Group, which produced light operas and musicals for the Anglo Indian community of Calcutta between 1949 and 1965. The scrapbooks detail the activities of the societ...
First Scrapbook of the Calcutta Light Opera Group and Society
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First of two scrapbooks compiled by the Calcutta Light Opera Group and Society (CLOGS) and its predecessor, the Calcutta Light Opera Group (CLOG) relating to its activities producing Gilbert & Sullivan plays and other light operas for the Anglo Indian community of Calcutta. The scrapbook in...
Second Scrapbook of the Calcutta Light Opera Group and Society
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Second of two scrapbooks compiled by the Calcutta Light Opera Group and Society (CLOGS) relating to its activities producing Gilbert & Sullivan plays and other light operas for the Anglo Indian community of Calcutta. The scrapbook includes programmes for the productions, typescript descript...
An exercise book containing transcriptions in two hands of two letters sent from South Africa by an unidentified soldier fighting in the Boer War. The letters are addressed to Si and Ted, dated May and June 1900, and describe troop movements and deployments in detail.
Letters of Florence Robinson sent from Paris during the French Revolution of 1848
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A book containing handwritten copies of letters sent by (Helena Esther) Florence Robinson from Paris during 1848 to her friends Mrs Ashburnham and Lady B in London. This volume was dedicated by Florence to her brother, Sir John Stephen Robinson, 3rd Baronet of Rokeby Hall, Ireland, with a short l...