Found 9 collections related to London (England)

This volume served as the logbook of two ships and contain entries made by Edward Roberts (3rd officer) from April 10, 1835-April 1, 1836. From April 10-November 13, 1835, Roberts kept the logbook on board the British convict ship "Mangles," commanded by Captain William Carr. The ship traveled from Deptford (part of London) to Portsmouth, continuing to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), where a company of soldiers, convicts, and some of the passengers disembarked before the ship proceeded to Timor and Lombok, Dutch East India. The logbook lists passengers, crew, and prisoners Bound in the same volume is Roberts' logbook for the bark "Don Manoel," containing entries made from December 6, 1835-April 1, 1836 on a voyage from Lombok, Dutch East India to the vicinity of Lintin, China less

This collection contains correspondence of the firm Cadell & Davies, booksellers and publishers in London, England. Letters date from 1778 through 1831 and are primarily from British individuals, often historians, theologians, and authors of works about travels less

Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) was a Soviet born ballet dancer and choreographer who attained political asylum in France, and spent much of his career performing in Western Europe and the United States. The Nancy Sifton collection on Rudolf Nureyev chronicles the dance career and posthumous acclaim of Nureyev through photographs, clippings, posters, and programs compiled by author, researcher, and dance enthusiast, Nancy Sifton. less

David Robert Plante (born 1940) is an American novelist, memorist, poet, and diarist currently residing in Lucca, Italy. The David Plante papers, dated from 1940 to 2022, chronicle Plante's daily life and creative works. The collection holds address books, correspondence, datebooks, diaries, drawings, ephemera, notes, photographs, poems, and printed matter. less

The Octavia Hill letters to Stella Duckworth and Julia Stephen collection consists of holographic letters written by Hill to Duckworth and Stephen on the topic of housing reform. Duckworth and Stephen were, respectively, the half-sister and mother of the English author Virginia Woolf. The main focus of the collection are letters from Hill to Duckworth, relating to the two's philanthropic efforts. In addition to the letters, there are six checks signed by Hill for specific housing projects. less