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North and Central America (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5473 Collections and/or Records:

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Maclntyre's back yard, Roseau, May 1896, 1896

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/40
Scope and Contents

76x77mm.

Dates: 1896
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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Maclntyre's front door, Roseau, 1896 - 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/67
Scope and Contents

100x76mm. View looking towards the verandah and louvred doors of Maclntyre's bungalow.

Dates: 1896 - 1897
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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Maclntyre's yard, Roseau, May 1896, 1896

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/31
Scope and Contents

101x76mm. An indistinct view looking across a yard towards a white timber house.

Dates: 1896
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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[Madame Verhagen], Far Hills Inn, 1949-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/161
Scope and Contents

85 x 110 mm.

Dates: 1949-06
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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Maddox Cove, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2454
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format. Near Petty Harbour.

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).
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Madge Lake, Saskatchewan , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/144
Scope and Contents

A view looking along a road towards the lake with tourists on the shore.

Dates: 1950 - 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).
 File

Magazine articles, 1885 - 1946

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/5/9
Scope and Contents This file contains the texts of articles written by Bell, many derived from his diaries. They are listed below:‘The adventures of Futki the white elephant’ (three copies)‘The doom of Saint Pierre’‘Housekeeping in West Africa’‘The improvement of physique in Negroes’‘In a Japanese railway carriage’‘A motor cottage’‘My fishy friends in Nassau’ (three copies)‘My friends the cannibals’ (three copies)‘My friends the cannibals...
Dates: 1885 - 1946
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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Mahogany arch, Belize [i.e. Belize City], Coronation 1911, 1911

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/23
Scope and Contents

101 x 114 mm. Showing a decorated mahogany arch in a Belize Street built in celebration of the coronation of George V. The spire of the Presbyterian Church can be seen in the background.

Dates: 1911
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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Maid of the mist, Niagara Falls, 1949-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/187
Scope and Contents

125 x 80 mm. Showing four people wearing anoraks aboard the tourist boat 'Maid of the Mist'.

Dates: 1949-07
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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[Mail steamer at anchor in Pago Pago harbour, surrounded by small boats and canoes], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/3
Scope and Contents Smithson has pencilled '20/10' next to the following notes: '3. As soon as our steamer is anchored it is surrounded with boats and canoes of all shapes and sizes containing natives anxious to sell all manner of curios etc. The scene is one which is almost as bewildering to the eye as to the ear, for dark skinned natives in the most varied costumes of varying colour chatter with one another endeavouring to drive bargains with the passengers English money or rather English prices being the...
Dates: 1903
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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[Mail steamer at anchor in Pago Pago harbour, surrounded by small boats and canoes], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/4
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '20/11' next to '4. Handkerchief -'.

Dates: 1903
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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[Mail steamer at anchor in Pago Pago harbour, surrounded by small boats and canoes], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/5
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '30/7' next to '5. Umbrellas - universal -'.

Dates: 1903
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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[Mail steamer at anchor in Pago Pago harbour, surrounded by small boats and canoes], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/6
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '20/12' next to '6. Canoes'.

Dates: 1903
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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Main Entrance, University College, London, Ontario , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/81
Scope and Contents

Showing the main entrance and tower of the University buildings.

Dates: 1950 - 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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['Main street' of a timber-built settlement], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/52
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Canada. The series also contains a few slides of historical events.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
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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Main Street, Roseau, May 1896, 1896

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/47
Scope and Contents

76 x 101 mm. View looking along the cobbled street.

Dates: 1896
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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Major Miller, Langley Field, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/44
Scope and Contents

70 x 50 mm. A view of Miller piloting an aeroplane, looking back at the cameraman in the back seat.

Dates: 1918
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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Major Miller. Langley Field, VA, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/48
Scope and Contents

75 x 50 mm. A view of Miller piloting an aeroplane, looking back at the cameraman in the back seat.

Dates: 1918
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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Making hats, Antigua, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011E/28
Scope and Contents

155 x 115 mm. Showing a group of Antiguan women weaving straw hats.

Dates: 1912
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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Making tortillas in an Indian village, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078A/5
Scope and Contents

161 x 119 mm. A view inside an Indian hut showing cooking implements and a small fire. With an Indian woman posing for the camera.

Dates: 1911
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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Malahat Drive, Vancouver Island, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/107
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
Dates: 1919
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

Malcolm MacDonald photograph collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM
Scope and Contents The photographs fall into four groups:1. Those received with the papers temporarily received by the historian of the Royal Commonwealth Society prior to their transfer to the University of Durham, where Malcolm MacDonald was Chancellor 1971-1981. These photographs comprise the bulk of MM 1-13, 24, and 27-30.2. A small number of photographs which had been included in the papers and listed with them. It was agreed by the Trustees of the papers that these should form part of...
Dates: 1930 - 1981
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).
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Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/175
Scope and Contents

A view looking across the lake towards distant mountains.

Dates: 1950 - 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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[Man and woman], 1949-02-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/255
Scope and Contents

50 x 110 mm. Both are dressed formally as if for a dinner party and are holding glasses of wine. This may be the occasion of Commodore Grassi's farewell party.

Dates: 1949-02-10
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).
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[Man chopping wood outside a cabin], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/59
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Canada. The series also contains a few slides of historical events.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
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).