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The Archive, which continues to expand, contains minute books, financial records, printing ledgers, art work, author correspondence and photographs, all of which give evidence of the people and changing technologies of

Many of the volumes on display are association copies with important dedications, but it is the books themselves that are evidence of the importance that the French people attached to publishing

in 1684) after seeing too many young people in pubs and coffee houses. ... at this period) its contents were neglected by the local people for whom it had been established in favour of improved opportunities of learning and access to books.

to it in shape; the Xi people like its music; regarding its construction: the two strings are rubbed by a bamboo strip in between them and sounded in this manner; it ... is used amongst the common people to this day; not perhaps a process of employing

1860). Maps.c.18.H.116. Although it didn’t catch on in great numbers, this shows that now increasingly detailed and accurate mapping was more widely available, people were discovering ... It is a process that must have involved thousands of people with

The story of his downfall is soon told; his belief in the Divine Right of Kings and apparent Catholic sympathies led to unpopularity with the people and Parliament, the ultimate result ... Dr Juxon’s comment echoes the sense of martyrdom felt by the

RCMS 371_5_424 Sakai hunters, Malaya, 1929. Hugh was an accomplished amateur photographer and artist, and the collection preserves over 800 photographs and postcards recording their travel and the people

Bowen served in India between 1943 and 1947, travelling widely. One of the treasures of the collection is an album of drawings in pencil and related media depicting India’s people,

Spring again showed his superiority. Some 20,000 people are said to have been present. . ... Such was his fame that his burial at Highgate Cemetery was attended by 10,000 people.

26 Jun 2024: Library Digitisation Exhibitions Broadsides Chapbooks Spain Wrongdoing https://specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=3590 Before the days of the internet, television and widespread daily newspapers, how did people find ... div pBefore the days of the

In the sixteenth century, the Spanish Dominican Bartolomé de Las Casas championed the human rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas: his Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies was

For many people, some of the most interesting, and visually appealing, material in the collection is the Irish language material.

Before the days of the internet, television and widespread daily newspapers, how did people find out about acts of wrongdoing, and before reading for pleasure became a mass occupation how did

26 Jun 2024: Do the emjinn /emconsciously intend to sting people, or does contagion occur through happenstance? ... How is it that people can contract the plague in the month of Ramadan, when the emjinn /emare bound and fettered?

Biographical note by Nigel Grimshaw. Thomas Hobson is Cambridge’s most famous townsperson. Using sturdy wagons pulled by a large team of horses, he was a carrier of goods and people. ... Other people and cases in the court records. Thomas Hobson was

26 Jun 2024: Cambridge University Libraries staff involved in the project include,a href="https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/research-institute/people/maciej-pawlikowski"Maciej Pawlikowski/a(Co-Investigator) anda ... lib.cam.ac.uk/research-institute/people/liam-sims"Liam

Earlier this month we held two briefing sessions about the Archive Management System project which were attended by 60 people from Colleges, Cambridge University Libraries and partner (and potential partner) organisations.

The first, pictured at the left, declares: ‘Christianity, like hypnotism, is used by imperialists on weak peoples, making them lose their souls without knowing it.’.

26 Jun 2024: Popular beliefs, customs and legends that a generation earlier had been despised by virtually all educated people and earmarked for eradication became a matter of intense interest to genteel amateurs during ... Many people were eager to cling to the

But in an effort to understand our constituencies better, exactly what are people asking about?