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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?

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?

What is unique about this collection, however, are the day-to-day objects she collected; the metro maps, rationing coupons, bookmarks and envelopes which were used by the Russian people across

on a chain pulled by a horse, enabling people to cross from the city side of the river to Chesterton village.

26 Jun 2024: I want to show what was popular among real people, what they wanted to read. ... They are living objects, parts of people’s lives, and can carry those lives on their pages.

Sir James had written the first few chapters. He was only 3 months old at the time of the Festival so people must have talked about it for years afterwards or

China’s history and the diversity and richness of its geography, languages, people and culture.

The Library’s current exhibition ‘Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books’ chooses to focus not on a particular subject but on the people themselves by whose generosity the

Approximately 1,100 more people were interned at this time. Although Britons comprised the great majority, the final roll call of internees from Aug.

26 Jun 2024: But I long for the physical. The collections of the UL were made by people, and are nothing without people.

wounded: ‘On the grave of Major Tony Fitzwilliam-Hyde [sic] it says, “The people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits”.

As a qualified architect, Court worked firstly in Ghana for a private firm building houses for people displaced as a result of the construction of Tema Harbour.

food and drink medieval people enjoyed during Christmastime?

people and places, and adding information such as the size of the leaves and description of watermarks.

26 Jun 2024: Westerplattes’ defence inspired the Polish Army and people even as German advances continued elsewhere. ... Operation Pied Piper began on 1supst/sup September 1939 and officially relocated more than 3.5 million people.

bySir John Alcock. Almost a hundred years ago, over the night of 14–15 June 1919, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown became the first people to fly

Smedley travelled widely within the countries to which he was posted to familiarise himself with their peoples and support their British communities, considering it an essential part of his job.

There are no lines of derelict and deserted cars. Not very many people about yet but up against the sea wall a crowd of Asians, chiefly Chinese, is gathering looking eastwards

people and their religious traditions.

26 Jun 2024: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (MS Kk.5.16)" width="300" height="202" ... 11022" class="wp-caption-text"One of the earliest known manuscripts of Bede’s emEcclesiastical History of the English People/em (MS Kk.5.16)/p/div pAs a

In addition, using letterpress as performance, I interviewed people about Brexit, typed their answers on spare leaves of the book, shredded the pages, then cut and paste the shredded words onto

I hope this will give the Library the opportunity to expand its digitisation programme so that many more people can access the materials of this world famous Library wherever they are’.

forever the way people thought about the world around them.

26 Jun 2024: Many of these items are uncaptioned, so we would be very grateful for assistance in identifying the people and places shown./p div id="attachment_15600" style="width: 310px" ... this release relate to Samoa during the late nineteenth and early twentieth

3] I found that hundreds of Genizah fragments were produced in the last few decades of the 19th century, even while people like Solomon Schechter were in Cairo purchasing medieval manuscripts. ... 1] For example, see Eleazar Gutwirth, ‘Sephardi Culture

Papyrus for the People. Visit to Fitzwilliam Museum. 15:30-16:45 Julie Dawson, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.

Paul’s Cathedral, Guy’s Hospital, Chelsea Hospital and Christie’s. Casualties were light considering that there were 74 people in the RES building at the time.

11 Jul 2024: I was in hospital, and when I came out all the people I knew had gone. ... I was in hospital, and when I came out all thebr / people I knew had gone.

signed by 450 people:.

1859 and certainly had no role in hanging people in 1889, or in giving prizes.

26 Jun 2024: Westerplattes’ defence inspired the Polish Army and people even as German advances continued elsewhere. ... Operation Pied Piper began on 1supst/sup September 1939 and officially relocated more than 3.5 million people.