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Articles of capitulation of Dominica and St Kitts, 1781 - 1950
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/18
Scope and Contents
The original articles of capitulation of Dominica and St Kitts and a petition from the inhabitants of the latter, with two further copies of each document. The papers are in French, and are accompanied by an undated one-page note describing their contents.
Dates:
1781 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library
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Canadian contributions to the Napoleonic War, 1799 - 1800
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/6
Scope and Contents
Contemporary press editions and a letter concerning Canadian aid to Britain.
Dates:
1799 - 1800
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library
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Confederation gallery of Canadian history, 1967
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/35
Scope and Contents
A booklet of paintings, pictures and photographs from Confederation Life's Gallery and Archives depicting significant events in the history of Canada.
Dates:
1967
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library
File
Letters, 1910-01-10 - 1910-12-27
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/4/4
Scope and Contents
These letters document Bell’s early service as Governor of Northern Nigeria, describing his arrival at Zungeru and official duties, including the encouragement of railway development and tin mining, finance and the planning of new towns, as well as his colleagues, accommodation and social life. Bell embarked upon several tours of inspection, reporting upon local rulers, people, climate, terrain and wildlife (109 sheets).
Dates:
1910-01-10 - 1910-12-27
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library
File
Notes for magazine articles, 1885 - 1948
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/5/10
Scope and Contents
This file contains source material that Bell collected for writing articles. The notes include material on superstition and folklore, tropical sanitation, the encouragement of native arts and crafts, fish, insects and animal behaviour. Among the notes are the published minutes of a joint meeting of the Royal Empire Society and the Royal African Society, held to discuss an address by Elspeth Huxley on the future of East Africa, a brief article on divination from ‘Notes Africaines’, July...
Dates:
1885 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library
File
Scrap Book, 1889 - 1899
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/1
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains cuttings of many reviews of Bell’s publications, including ‘Obeah : witchcraft in the West Indies’ (London, 1889) and ‘A witch's legacy’ (London, 1893) which appeared in British, African and West Indian periodicals, along with copies of:‘The Fetish-mountain of Krobo’, ‘Macmillan’s Magazine’, July 1893, 210-19‘His Highness Prince Kwakoo’, ‘The Idler Magazine’, Dec. 1896, 685-96‘History, trade, resources, and present condition of the Gold Coast...
Dates:
1889 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library