North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Item
A.H.F. on the Illecilliwait [i.e. Illecillewaet] Glacier, 1908-08 - 1908-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2212
Scope and Contents
Standing on side of a crevasse : view looking up towards the Serac on the top.
Dates:
1908-08 - 1908-09
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).
Item
A.H.F. on the Illecilliwait [i.e. Illecillewaet] Glacier, 1908-08 - 1908-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2213
Scope and Contents
Standing on side of a crevasse : view looking up towards the Serac on the top.
Dates:
1908-08 - 1908-09
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).
Item
A.H.F. under the ice : Wapta Glacier, 1908-08 - 1908-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2202
Scope and Contents
Landscape format.
Dates:
1908-08 - 1908-09
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).
File
Diary letters, 1907 - 1910
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/1
Scope and Contents
Letters written by Fisher to Halford Mackinder describing his travels (circa 2,000 pages).
Dates:
1907 - 1910
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).
Fonds
Fisher photograph collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher
Scope and Contents
Collection of 29 albums consisting of approximately 3864 photographs taken or collected by A.H. Fisher for the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee 1907-1910. The numbering of the collection is problematic and details are provided for each separate album. Photographers: Some of the names which appear are:Hutchins: donor of some photographs of India, but not otherwise identifiedFirebrace: donor of some photographs of India, but not otherwise identifiedRighi: ...
Dates:
1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
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
Fonds
Papers of the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10
Dates:
1907 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
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
File
Volume IX : Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, July-August 1908, 1908-07 - 1908-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2001-2175 (originally there were 172). Added numbers are: 2103A-B, 2124A; spoiled: 2067, 2077 and 2162; not used: 2123, 2167 and 2171; missing: 2017, 2048, 2050, 2075, 2079, 2103, 2106, 2124A, 2129 and 2170. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2129 follows 2161. Subjects covered in this album are:Canada: voyage in 'Empress of Britain', emigrants, Rimouski, St Lawrence;...
Dates:
1908-07 - 1908-08
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).
File
Volume X : Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, August-September 1908, 1908-08 - 1908-09
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2176-2336 (originally there were 163). Added numbers are: 2214A, 2214B and 2306A; not used: 2242; missing: 2184, 2217 and 2227. Subjects covered in the album are: Canada: mountain scenes in Kootenay district; British Columbia: Saddleback Mountain, Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, Summit Lake, Yoho Valley, Wapta Glacier, Illecilliwaet Glacier; Edmonton: agricultural scenes in area, Clover Bar farms and school; Fort...
Dates:
1908-08 - 1908-09
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).
File
Volume XI : Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland, September 1908, 1908-09
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2337-2499 (originally there were 166). Added numbers are: 2407A, 2436A and 2471B; spoiled 2359 and 2371; not used: 2345, 2431 and 2432; missing: 2430, 2444 and 2459. Subjects covered in this album are:Winnipeg; Fort William: Ogilvie Flour Mills; Port Arthur; Kakabeka Falls; Owen Sound; Horseshoe Falls, Niagara; St Catharine's and Lincoln County: agricultural scenes. Newfoundland: Port aux Basques; coastal and fishing...
Dates:
1908-09
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).
File
Volume XII : Newfoundland, New Brunswick, British Columbia, September-October 1908, 1908-09 - 1908-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2500-2660 (originally there were 157). Numbers not used are: 2532, 2553, 2630 and 2649; missing: 2512, 2527, 2528, 2624 and 2634. Subjects covered in this album are: Newfoundland: Bell Island (Mines) and Portugal Cove; Grand Falls: paper mills, Humber River and Great Rabbit Lake. Canada (general): Esquimaux dog at North Sydney; Truro; Fredericton; train journey west: Hosmer, Fernie, Moyie; Lake Kootenay, B.C.; Nelson:...
Dates:
1908-09 - 1908-10
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).
File
Volume XIII : British Columbia and Quebec, October 1908, March 1909, 1908-10 - 1909-03
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
Dates:
1908-10 - 1909-03
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).
File
Volume XIV : Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, 1909, 1909
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2835-3011 (originally there were 172). Added numbers are: 2801, 2802, 2805-2807, 2400A-G, 2956A, 2962A; not used: 2840, 2855, 2860-2861, 2867, 2872-2873, 2923, 2926-2927, 2935, 2970-2972, 2974-2976, 3000 and 3005; missing 2887. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2962A follows 2931, 2801-2802, 2805-2806, 2400A-G follow 3011. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada:...
Dates:
1909
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).
File
Volume XV : Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 1909, 1909
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 3012-3188 (originally there were 159). Added numbers are: 3164A, 3165A; spoiled: 3143-3149; not used: 3022, 3024, 3046-3048, 3094, 3097, 3129, 3133, 3139, 3140, 3153 and 3182; missing: 3172. Subjects covered in this album are:Canada: Royal Canadian Regiment Halifax; Halifax; Lunenberg; Bridgewater; Springfield; Muscauna Lake; Frog Lake; Shellcamp: lumbering; copy of photographs of natural gas explosion, Sarnie, 1902;...
Dates:
1909
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).
File
Volume XVI : Nova Scotia, Canadian winter, and Great Britain 1909, 1909
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 3189-3224 (originally there were 150). Added numbers are: 5185-5350; spoiled: 5291-5298; not used: 3210-3220, 5192, 5202-5209, 5211, 5231-5233, 5248, 5280-5286, 5320-5322, 5324-5326, 5328-5330, 5332, 5335 and 5348; missing: 3203 and 3204. Subjects covered in the album are: Canada: Cobalt; Montreal and Toronto: winter sports; icebergs off Newfoundland. Great Britain: shipbuilding on the Clyde: Glasgow: iron foundry;...
Dates:
1909
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).