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2 photographs of Newfoundland inserted in 'The History of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1754-1783', M.A. Thesis by Gordon O. Rothney (1934)
Photographer unknown. The prints form part of the thesis (RCMS 236) and are stored with it.
A mythology of Nova Scotia
An unpublished collection of typescript prose and poetry fragments, 162 pages, described by the author in a letter to the R.C.S. Librarian, 26 September 1996: 'This resulted out of a year spent in Cambridge in 1979-80 and the literary effort trying to mend the split in my mind between Cambridge and Nova Scotia/Canada'.
A view in Belize
Album of coastal profiles
Americas miscellanea
A wide range of material concerning different countries in North and South America, notably Canada, Belize and the West Indian islands. A number of the collections are comprised of single items, such as legal documents and paintings.
Andros Tomato Farm, Bahamas 1952
A.P.G. Austin photographs of the West Indies 1902-1922
Army uniforms of the Empire and Commonwealth, 1860s-1940s
A collection of loose prints of various sizes, printed reproductions and other ephemera relating to the uniforms of overseas military units. The prints are by various photographers. The file also includes a photocopy copy of Tylden's Royal Commonwealth Society Library Talk - 'The history of the overseas armed forces' (10 April 1960).
Articles from 'The Field'
Asphalt Lakes, Trinidad
A collection of photographs mounted on card, measuring approximately 205 x 155 mm., with brief typed captions pasted to the mounts. The collection shows stages in the extraction, transportation and refining of pitch from the asphalt lake at La Brea, in the south-west corner of the Island. Raleigh used the pitch from this lake to caulk his ships as early as 1585, declaring it to be the best he had ever used.
Barbados and North-West Frontier Province
Boosé Scrapbooks
A collection of scrapbooks containing press cuttings, correspondance, photographs, tickets, invitations, menus and programmes.
'British activities in Yucatan': MA thesis
'British activities in Yucatan and on the Moskito Shore in the eighteenth century', a M.A. thesis for the University of London, 263 pages, with maps.
'British enterprise in the West Indies'
'British enterprise in the West Indies and British Honduras', 85 pages, apparently compiled from various official publications, with several original sketch maps. The document is neatly written and arranged, and is dated and signed 'J.N. Cooper, June 1884'. It may be a paper prepared for an activity of the Royal Colonial Institute. There are some accompanying press cuttings on the West Indies colonies.
British Honduras legal manuscripts
Collection of extracts from legal records of British Honduras. Some are copies, others appear to be original documents in the writing of Frederick's father, William Alexander Parker, Chief Justice of British Honduras.
British Honduras manuscripts collected by F.H. Parker, Keeper of Records
Extracts from the archives, news cuttings and various original documents. They appear to have been compiled by Frederick Hardyman Parker, probably as research for a projected history of British Honduras. Some were likely collected by his father, William Alexander Parker, Chief Justice of British Honduras.
Buildings of Edmonton, Alberta, 1912-13
A collection of prints mounted on heavy card, most measuring approximately 255 x 310 mm, captioned. The prints comprise montages of various groups of Edmonton buildings arranged by type.
Canada, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Aden [Adan] and Galle
Canadian demonstrations 1983-84
Coloured prints, taken by D.H. Simpson, relating to demonstrations in Canada.
Canadian Oil Production. c.1965
A collection of loose prints most measuring approximately 240 x 190 mm, with detailed explanatory captions. The photographs illustrate research, geological surveying and drilling operations. Y3062G/1 and Y3062G/9 are by Ronald Vickers.
Canadian Pacific Railway, British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway, British Columbia
Captain James Cook Memorial, Kealakeakua Bay, Hawaii, circa 1890
A collection of three glass plate negatives measuring 215 x 165 mm, briefly captioned and signed by the photographer, S.H. Davis. Modern prints have been made from the negatives.
CCCS Collection. Canada and Australia: CCCS Activities
Central Office of Information photograph collection
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- Campeau, Fabien René Édouard, fl1875 1
- Champion, Helen Jean, fl1934 - 1939 1
- Chapman, John Howard Arthur, 1861 - 1942 (photographer) 1
- Christy, Cuthbert, 1863 - 1932 (explorer and zoologist) 1
- Clemens, Lewis W, fl. 1900-1909 (photographer) 1
- Colonial and Continental Church Society 1
- Colquhoun, James, 1780 - 1855 (Hanseatic Consul General in Britain) 1
- Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745 - 1820 (Metropolitan Police Magistrate) 1
- Confederation Life Insurance Company 1
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- Cooper, J N, fl1884 1
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- Day, Percy Wilfred, fl1916 1
- Decent, Thomas Fox (d. 1966) 1
- Devlin, John E R, fl1979 - 1996 1
- Dobson, Narda Doreen, fl1958 - 1973 1
- Elizabeth, 1900 - 2002 (née Bowes-Lyon, Queen Consort of George VI) 1
- Elizabeth, II, 1926 (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) 1
- Elsy, R, fl1880 - 1889 1
- Ferguson, George, fl1781 (Governor of Tobago) 1
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- George, VI, 1895 - 1952 (King of Great Britain and Ireland) 1
- Gilmour, Thomas Lennox, 1859 - 1936 (journalist) 1
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- Killoran, R D, fl1987 - 1988 1
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- Lewis, J Newel, fl1959 - 1974 (Trinidad architect) 1
- Longmore, Laura, fl1948 - 1998 1
- MacDonald, Malcolm John, 1901 - 1981 (politician and diplomat) 1
- Martell, James Stuart, 1912 - 1946 (archivist) 1
- Mathers, C W, fl. 1891-1907 (photographer) 1
- Maxwell, Ian, 1991 1
- McLeish, James, fl1926 1
- Menzies, Sir (Robert Gordon, 1894-1978, Knight, Prime Minister of Australia) 1
- National Library of Jamaica 1
- O'Brien, Sir (Charles Richard Mackey, 1859-1935, Knight Lieutenant Colonel Colonial Governor) 1
- O'Malley, Sir (Edward Loughlin, 1842-1932, Knight, lawyer) 1
- Parkhurst, V P, 1893 1
- Paterson, Janet, fl1931 1
- Philip, b, 1921 (Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II) 1
- Phillip, Arthur, 1738 - 1814 (Vice Admiral, colonial governor) 1
- Pollard, Harry, 1880-1968 (photographer) 1
- Raphael Tuck and Sons Limited 1
- Reid, Sir (George Houstoun, 1845-1918, Knight) 1
- Robin, Charles, 1743 - 1824 (trader and shipbuilder) 1
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1884 - 1945 (President of the United States) 1
- Ross, Phyllis Gertrude, 1983 1
- Rothney, Gordon O, fl1934 1
- Royal Colonial Institute 1
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