| RCS/RCMS 59 contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 3 |
The Spanish line across the Isthmus of Gibraltar |
| 4 |
Heligoland report |
| 5 |
Letter from Ferdinand von Hompesch |
| 6 |
Malta and the Maltese race |
| 7 |
Christmas cards of Makarios III |
| 8 |
Papers and photographs on John McCrae |
| 9 |
Gibraltar before the British |
| 10 |
Painting of Vimy Bridge |
| 11 |
View of Metz |
| 12 |
Lord Heathfield with the keys of Gibraltar |
| 13 |
House of Lords standing orders |
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Europe miscellanea
| Title |
Gibraltar before the British |
| Reference |
RCMS 59/9 |
| Creator |
Devenish, David Christopher, b 1938 |
| Covering Dates |
2003 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 envelope; paper; Photocopy |
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| Content and context |
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David Christopher Devenish (b. 1938), B.A., A.M.A., was Curator of the Gibraltar Museum, 1967-1970.
A copy of a book describing the archaeology of Gibraltar and its history up to 1704, comprising 68 pages with an 8 page bibliography and acknowledgements. The original book was to have been illustrated. However, the illustrations were lost when the publisher went bankrupt, and the book remained unpublished. There is an accompanying letter by David Devenish, 25 June 2003.
Presented by David Devenish, July 2003.
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| Further information |
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David Devenish's tenure at Curator of the Gibraltar Museum is described in 'Reminiscences of the Gibraltar Museum' in the 'Gibraltar heritage journal', no. 5 (1998), pp. 33-38, and in 'Two galleries of Gibraltar's past' in 'Curator', vol. XIII, no. 4 (1970), pp. 251-262.
MSS Addenda, vol. I. Indexed
Other copies of 'Gibraltar before the British' were offered to the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, Oxford, and to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol.
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| Index Terms |
| Europe |
| Gibraltar |
| Gibraltar |
| United Kingdom |
| Devenish, David Christopher (b 1938) |
| No further on-line information. |
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