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Papers of George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (as filmed by the AJCP), 1828-1855

59 items
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Correspondence mostly dated 1841-46, dealing particularly with Anglo-French rivalry in the Pacific, the French annexation of Tahiti, actions of Sir James Brooke in Sarawak, and the Dutch East Indies.
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Records of Curtis Brown Australia, 1962-2002

46.65 metres [305 boxes + 2 folio boxes]
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Corporate records of a literary agency. The bulk of the collection comprises agency files for authors represented by Curtis Brown Australia, and by Hickson Associates prior to acquisition by Curtis Brown in 1999. These files include correspondence between authors and agents, and publishers; accounts and royalty information; and press cuttings. Also contained are files relating to Curtis Brown offices in London and New York, files relating to overseas sub-agents, and submissions from writers seeking representation.
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Collections held by the National Library of Wales (as filmed by the AJCP), 1760-1971

201 items
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Black Books 1785-1830 of Brecon Circuit (Glamorganshire, Breconshire and Radnorshire) of Court of Great Sessions in Wales.
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Records held by the Ministry Foreign Affairs, Germany (as filmed by the AJCP), 1879-1944

425 items
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Contains records from the German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt des Deutschen Reiches), later the German Foreign Ministry, and the German Embassy in London.
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Collections held by the West Sussex Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1815-01 June 1926

55 items
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Papers of the Liberal politician and free trade campaigner Richard Cobden including three letters 1864-1865 from Sir George Bowen in Brisbane, Henry H. Brown on the Maori wars, and Archibald Michie about the Shenandoah; letter 1926 from Stanley V. Larkin; two letters 1903 to Thomas Fisher Unwin (Cobden's son-in-law) from Senator E. Pulsford and Sir Josiah Symon; 'Papers Respecting Sir James Brooke's Policy and Position with Regard to Sarawak' (1863), with related dispatches; copy of a statement 1851 regarding a grant of land in Sarawak by the Sultan of Brunei; pamphlet 'Sir Stamford Raffles and the Spice Islands' (Chambers Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, no. 53).

Papers of Basil Lubbock (as filmed by the AJCP), 24 December 1792-13 March 1936

45 items
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Diary 14 September-27 December 1882 kept by passenger on the Superb between Melbourne and London.

British and Foreign Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society (as filmed by the AJCP), 02 May 1837-1895

66 items
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Letters received by Secretaries of the Aborigines Protection Society: Thomas Hodgkin (1837-1866), F.W. Chesson (1866-1888) and H.R. Fox-Bourne (1888-1909). They deal in particular with: the treatment of Aborigines in Queensland and Western Australia and of Maoris in New Zealand; charges made by Reverend J. Gribble in Western Australia; the visit of Maori chiefs to England in 1882 and 1884; the Pacific labour trade and the treatment of Pacific Islanders in Queensland; the 1875 Pacific Islanders Protection Bill; cases involving Jason, Carl and other labour vessels; the annexation of New Guinea in 1884; and land rights and race relations in Fiji and Tonga.
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Collections of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (as filmed by the AJCP), 1837-1970

248 items
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Records selectively filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes Albums 1840-1869 of Rev. John Barlow including letters of Sir John Franklin and King Kamehameha; Papers 1838-1870 of Michael Faraday; Correspondence 1851-1892 of John Tyndall; Papers 1882-1969 of Sir William Bragg; Papers 1883-1970 of Sir Lawrence Bragg; and Discourse 1960-1961 on 'The Southern Milky Way' by B.J. Bok.
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Papers of John Tranter, 1964-1993

4.59 metres (24 ms boxes + 2 archive boxes + 1 large folio box + 1 folder + 4 sound/av carriers + 1 digital carrier)
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The collection comprises drafts, correspondence, and publishing material (such as galley proofs, typescripts, and publicity material) relating to research for and publication of a number of Tranter's works.