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North and Central America (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5473 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Scenery. New Mex., 1918

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/128
Scope and Contents

67 x 47 mm.

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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Scenery within 35 miles of Missanabie, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2082
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taken from fast moving train with much dust.

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).
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Scenery within 35 miles of Missanabie, 1908-07 - 1908-08

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2083
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taken from fast moving train with much dust.

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).
 Item

Scenery within 35 miles of Missanabie, 1908-07 - 1908-08

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2084
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taken from fast moving train with much dust.

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).
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Scenery within 35 miles of Missanabie, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2085
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taken from fast moving train with much dust.

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).
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Scenery within 35 miles of Missanabie, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2086
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taken from fast moving train with much dust.

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).
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Scenery within 35 miles of Missanabie, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2087
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taken from fast moving train with much dust.

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).
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Scenery within 35 miles of Missanabie, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2088
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taken from fast moving train with much dust.

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).
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Scenery within 35 miles of Missanabie, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2089
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taken from fast moving train with much dust.

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).
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Scenery within 35 miles of Missanabie, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2090
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taken from fast moving train with much dust.

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).
 Fonds

School Empire Tour in Canada

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 237
Scope and Contents

Diaries and photograph albums of the 1933 tour created or collected by Harold Welch. There is a covering letter from Welch to T.A. Barringer, R.C.S. Librarian, 28 March 1997, regarding the collection.

Dates: 1933
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

School Empire Tours Record 1927-1939

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF
Scope and Contents A collection of photographs, by various photographers, relating to School Empire Tours, probably compiled by Miss Margaret Best. All the prints are captioned and some also have dates and places written on the back in Miss Best's hand.It should be noted that most of the images show groups of the participants, either before setting out or in the country concerned, but there is very little to show their activities - the 1932 tour to Canada is the best in this respect. It is clear from...
Dates: 1927 - 1939
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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Schooner, Bequia, 1971-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham EE/15
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. Only a few of these show St Vincent itself; the majority are of the Grenadines including several of Mustique. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Dates: 1971-05
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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Schooners and roofs, May 1970, 1970-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham FF/5
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides in Ektachrome or Kodachrome mounts as indicated. The Ektachromes were processed in the USA. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Dates: 1970-05
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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Schooners landing, fish culling on wharf, 1899 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/30
Scope and Contents

201 x 151 mm. Showing dockside workers sorting dried cod, with moored fishing vessels in the background.

Dates: 1899 - 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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Schulle. N.M. [New Mexico] from Santa Fe, 1/9/18, 1918-09-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/173
Scope and Contents

70 x 50 mm. A view of the railway track and some buildings in the distance.

Dates: 1918-09-01
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

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).
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Scrapbook I, 1912 - 1913

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/17/1/1
Scope and Contents

Press cuttings from Canada, UK branch activities and South Africa.

Dates: 1912 - 1913
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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Scrapbook I, 1912-13 (Canada and South Africa), 1912 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011YY/1-8
Scope and Contents

A scrapbook containing press cuttings, correspondance, photographs, tickets, invitations, menus and programmes.

Dates: 1912 - 1913
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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Scrapbook II, 1914 - 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/17/1/2
Scope and Contents

Press cutting relating to Australia and New Zealand, West Indies, British Guiana, and Lord Milners's visit to Manchester.

Dates: 1914 - 1922
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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Scrapbook II, 1914-1922 (Australia, New Zealand, West Indies), 1914 - 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011YY/9-14
Scope and Contents

A scrapbook containing press cuttings, correspondance, photographs, tickets, invitations, menus and programmes.

Dates: 1914 - 1922
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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Screech owl; mottled owl. Red & gray stages (plate XXI), 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062H/21
Scope and Contents

103 x 140 mm.

Dates: 1876
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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Sea Island Cotton, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30773B/4
Scope and Contents

208 x 152 mm. A scene in a cotton ginnery showing mounds of separated cotton awaiting pressing.

Dates: 1900 - 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).
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Sea Island, Florida, Xmas 1952. Montreal 195[3]. St Laurence. Snowshoe Parade, 1952 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/5
Scope and Contents A 16mm, colour cinefilm, without sound. The writing on the film spool reads 'Sea Island. Florida. St. Lawrence Jan Feb 53. Snowshoe Parade Feb 53’.0 - 16sec. People seated at two long tables outdoors, eating a meal. All are formally dressed in either suits and ties, or dresses.16sec - 23sec. Horse-drawn carriage.23sec - 35sec. Store with signs reading ‘Indian River Fruit Juice Bar’, ‘Branded fruit shippers’, and ‘[illegible word] novelties, gifts, souvenirs’.35sec...
Dates: 1952 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: With the exception of RCMS 20/3/1, the cinefilms may be viewed online with the University of Cambridge Streaming Media Service at: http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1532657 For copyright reasons, researchers wishing to view RCMS 20/3/1, (Colonial Cinemagazine 29, Colonial Film Unit, 1950) should make an appointment with the RCS Librarian to view the film in Cambridge University Library. Email: rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk.
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Sea Island, Georgia, Christmas 1952, 1952-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/294
Scope and Contents

80 x 125 mm. A group of five stood in a garden before a building. Lady Tymms (Millie) is third from the left.

Dates: 1952-12
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).