North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5473 Collections and/or Records:
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St Vincent Constitutional Conference At Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, 1969-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/491
Scope and Contents
188 x 240 mm. Picture shows, representing the United Kingdom, Lord Shepherd signing the Constitution papers, watched by Mr Milton Cato.
Dates:
1969-06
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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St Vincent Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1969-06-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/489
Scope and Contents
154 x 203 mm. Mr. Michael Stewart (left), Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, makes the opening address to the St Vincent Constitutional Conference at Marlborough House. From right are St. Vincent representatives Mr. Oliver Sylvester, Mr. Ebenezer Joshua (leader of the Opposition), Mr. Hywel George (the Administrator), Chief Minister Mr. Milton Cato, Mr. J.F. Mitchell (Minister of Trade, Production, Labour and Tourism), and Mr. H.R. Tannis (Minister of...
Dates:
1969-06-24
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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St Vincent from G H, 1971-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham EE/6
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:
1971-02
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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St Vincent Kingstown, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/38
Scope and Contents
205 x 154 mm. A view looking down onto the town from the hills behind and showing the houses running down to the waterfront and the jetties projecting out into the bay.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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St Vincent Kingstown, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/39
Scope and Contents
24 x 150 mm. A view looking down on an unidentified street in Kingstown towards the sea. An official ceremony, the exact nature of which is unknown, is taking place: a group of islanders are watching various colonial officials and a guard of sailors at the side entrance of one of the buildings.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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St Vincent Settlement not Reached, 1969-06-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/490
Scope and Contents
192 x 241 mm. Photo shows: Mr Ebenezer Joshua, of the Opposition People’s Political Party, speaking at the Conference held at Marlborough House.
Dates:
1969-06-27
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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Stairway on Clouds’ Rest, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/79
Scope and Contents
110 x 183 mm. An interestingly composed view showing part of the zigzag path up the mountainside, with cliffs on either side and a horse sanding on the path.
Dates:
1885
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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New Zealand and America
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Stanley Mission, Anglican, Northern Saskatchewan , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/142
Scope and Contents
A view looking across a lake towards the wooden mission church on the far 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Canada
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Stanley Park, Vancouver, 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/102
Scope and Contents
175 x 225 mm.
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).
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Stann Creek [i.e. Dangriga], 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/5
Scope and Contents
126 x 121 mm. Showing Honduran women doing their laundry among the beached boats on the banks of the river at Stann Creek, with a bridge and various buildings in the background. Stann Creek lies on the coast of the island of Belize about 50 miles south of Belize City.
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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Stann Creek [i.e. Dangriga], 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/6
Scope and Contents
126 x 101 mm. A view looking along a grass verged lane with houses on either side in the town of Stann Creek.
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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Stann Creek [i.e. Dangriga], 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/8
Scope and Contents
127 x 101 mm. Showing European and Honduran children on the bank of the river at Stann Creek. With a bridge at the extreme left of the picture.
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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Stann Creek [i.e. Dangriga], 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/9
Scope and Contents
127 x 101 mm. A village scene showing Honduran women and children standing among thatched huts.
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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Starrs Point in the Annapolis Valley, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2986
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. Near Port Williams, King County, N.S. (near Wolfville). Taken from top of barn looking over trees.
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).
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Starting Scramble, 1957-04-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/173
Scope and Contents
255 x 200 mm. A yachting scene. The typescript caption attached to the reverse of the print continues: 'All hands are busy when the starting gun sounds for events in the Out Island Regatta. In a marine version of sports car racing's 'Le Mans' start, boats are anchored with sails down. Then there's a mad rush to up anchor and hoist sail at the same moment. Here the dingy classes get underway, with varying degrees of success. The event was held at George Town, Exuma, April 11-13. ...
Dates:
1957-04-11
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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Statement of case by W. G. Adams of Lincoln’s Inn on customs fees at Antigua, 29 June 1829, 1929-06-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 263/11
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Dates:
1929-06-29
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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West Indian documents
File
Statements of Bills drawn by Lt. Col. Arthur, 1814-12-31 - 1822-08-13
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/4
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...
Dates:
1814-12-31 - 1822-08-13
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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Statue of Joseph Howe, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3023
Scope and Contents
To left of the Provinical Building, Halifax.
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
Statue of the Virgin Mary, 1902
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.7.01
Scope and Contents
This porcelain statue bears the tag, ‘Found in ruins of St. Pierre, miraculously preserved 1902’. It was recovered from the ruins of St. Pierre, Martinique, in June 1902, by Sir Hesketh Bell, Administrator of Dominica, who visited immediately after the eruption of Mt. Pelée, ‘To our intense surprise, we found that this image was almost entirely undamaged, the hands and feet only having been broken off. This was a really an amazing thing, as it lay almost completely covered by big stones and...
Dates:
1902
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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[Steam locomotive, Montreal?], 1928-11-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/4/57
Scope and Contents
Print at RCMS 353/2/332.
Dates:
1928-11-17
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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Steamer 'Bermudian' entering Hamilton Harbour, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070B/1
Scope and Contents
130 x 77 mm. A view looking out over the harbour and showing the twin-funnelled 'Bermudian' in the distance.
Dates:
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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Stockyards, St. Boniface , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/128
Scope and Contents
Showing carcasses in storage in a St. Boniface warehouse.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Canada
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Stonecrushing plant, Edmonton, 1908-08 - 1908-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2243
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Stones dredged from the river bed are here crushed for roadmaking - a side issue, all stuff dredged from river being first washed for gold. View taken from Saskatchewan Bridge.
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).
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Stonecrushing plant, Edmonton, 1908-08 - 1908-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2244
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Stones dredged from the river bed are here crushed for roadmaking - a side issue, all stuff dredged from river being first washed for gold. View taken from Saskatchewan Bridge.
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).
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Stooked Corn at Brantwood, 1908-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2435
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. Ontario: apple orchards in background.
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).