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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)139
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)11
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)6
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor4
Walton, James4
Hayes, Raymond (1909-2000)3
Mitchell, J3
Sullivan, Keith Frederick3
Voitl, Herbert3
Barker, Lawrence2
Revolutionary Monument in Cluj (Romania)
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Revolutionary Monument in Cluj (Romania)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Monument to three agrarian revolutionaries near the Hotel Napoca, Cluj, Romania. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Ireland's Ancient Monuments

Irish Tourist Board

[1970s]

Photocopy of a leaflet issued by the Irish Tourist Board outlining the range of ancient monuments in Ireland.

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Relics of the Past

1965-1976

This sub-subseries contains items relating to prehistoric and historic sites, chiefly within the United Kingdom.

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Anglo-Saxon Homeland Map
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Anglo-Saxon Homeland Map

[1950s-1960s]

Map from an unidentified publication, titled 'The Home of the English', showing the traditional view (i.e. according to Bede) of the original homelands of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.

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Map of the Viking Raids on England
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Map of the Viking Raids on England

[1950s-1960s]

Map from an unidentified publication, showing the Viking raids on England between 793 and 860.

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Map of 10th Century England
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Map of 10th Century England

[1950s-1960s]

Map, completed in ms. and typescript, with title 'England in the Tenth Century', showing areas of Norse and Danish settlement, and the southern boundary of the kingdom of King Guthram. The map is afte...

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Cephalopod Fossil

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1968

Part of a fossilised cephalopod shell found in a quarry at Leyburn ( Wensleydale). Kissling gave the fossil to Leyburn Grammar School.

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Cephalopod Fossil

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1968

Part of a fossilised cephalopod shell found in a quarry at Leyburn ( Wensleydale), photographed on the bonnet of a car [?Werner Kissling's]. Kissling gave the fossil to Leyburn Grammar School.

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Cephalopod Fossil

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1968

Part of a fossilised cephalopod shell found in a quarry at Leyburn ( Wensleydale). Kissling gave the fossil to Leyburn Grammar School.

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Russekeila

Brunk, Wille

[1967]

This file contains printed maps produced following excavations at a settlement in Russekeila, Spitsbergen Island, Norway. Brunk appears to have been interested in the architectural aspects of the sett...

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Map of England, 450-796 A.D.
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Map of England, 450-796 A.D.

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Copy of a map from p.193 of an unidentified publication, titled "England 450-796 A.D. Under the Bretwealdas". The map shows the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and also maps lines of Anglo-Saxon invasio...

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Map of Anglo-Saxon England
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Map of Anglo-Saxon England

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Copy of map Fig.1, "Kingdoms and Peoples of Anglo-Saxon England", from an unidentified publication. Includes an inset map showing the Continental homelands of the Anglo-Saxons. The slide was probably ...

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