Skip to main content

North and Central America (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

King George VI and President Roosevelt 1939

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062N
Scope and Contents 250 x 122 mm. Framed and glazed photograph. In May-June 1939 H.M. King George VI and H.M. Queen Elizabeth visited Canada, and included a four-day visit to the U.S.A. This photograph, taken after Divine Service at St. James Church, Hyde Park shows Rev. A.R. Smith, Rev. G. Kidd, Queen Elizabeth, King George VI, President Roosevelt (unusually, standing) with his eldest son, his mother, and his wife, and Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, who accompanied the King during his visit to...
Dates: 1939-05 - 1939-06
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).
 Fonds

Mr Menzies and Mr Mackenzie King leaving the War Cabinet Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, 19 May 1941

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011O
Scope and Contents

A loose print measuring 140 x 194 mm, captioned on the reverse. The print shows Menzies and Mackenzie King walking side by side along a pavement after a war cabinet meeting. Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978) was Prime Minister of Australia 1939-41 and 1949-66. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) was Prime Minister of Canada 1921-26, 1926-30 and 1935-48.

Dates: 1941-05-19
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).