Browse Collections (36 total)

Items digitised from collections in the Morrab Library's archive.

A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance.
References:
CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1:…

A collection of images relating to the Penzance County School for Boys which became Penzance County Grammar School and then Humphry Davy Grammar…

Serena Wadham (1930-2006) was a photojournalist who was based in Islington from the late 1960s until 1987, when she retired to Cornwall, spending her…

Photographs of items from the Morrab Library's Dawson Napoleonic Collection

An album of 'Cartes de Visites' taken in the 1860s, representing a record of the Penzance middle and upper classes of this era.

The Richards Collection represents the work of one Penzance family of professional photographers over several generations - from the early 1850s until…

The Angove Collection consists of over 3000 photographic prints. Collected by Dick Angove (1917-1992), a prolific writer on all aspects of Cornish…

The Newlyn Collection, collected and donated by Dr Eric Richards depicts many aspects of life and work in Newlyn between 1880 and 1930. Many of the…

The Chown Collection is a fascinating portrait of Edwardian family life in the village of Townshend. Beautiful composed photographs of horse-drawn…

The Stanley Opie Archaeology collection (1001 quarter plate glass negatives) covers archaeological sites and excavations from the 1920s to 1950s. It…

Photos which do not fit into other categories