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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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Two heralds announce the arrival of the 'Church' at the pageant, 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070A/40
Scope and Contents

90 x 113 mm. Showing two men dressed as women arriving at the carnival, one carrying a banner which reads 'Church and State and good old Popery forever'.

Dates: 1908 - 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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Two letters testifying to ‘great services’ rendered to the community by Col. Arthur, 1817-03-13 - 1819-11-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/14
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: 1817-03-13 - 1819-11-15
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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[Two men eating by a tent], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/62
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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Two men in trap, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/88
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album of photographs, with some loose insertions, including an annotated map of 'St. John's N.F, 1905', relating to Newfoundland 1902-1912. Most are 100 x 80 mm., but in many cases only part is visible owing to the size and shape of the frame through which they are seen.The collection was studied by Professor Maurice and Mrs Shirley Scarlett in 1985; their information is embodied in the captions to nos. 3, 5-17, 30-51, 53, 55-56, 67, 69, 71, 74-75, 80, 82, 86, 90, 92-93, 95-101,...
Dates: 1902 - 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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Two men in vestry, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/71
Scope and Contents

The man on right might be Rev Dr Pilot. William Pilot (1841-1913) was Vice Principal of Queen’s College from 1867 and Principal from 1878. He was also Superintendent of the Church of England Schools from 1875 to 1908.

Dates: 1902 - 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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Two Mennenites at Rosthern, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2295
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Looking over their crops : one, J.C. Klassen - is a Justice of the Peace.

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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Two Mennenites at Rosthern, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2296
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Looking over their crops : one, J.C. Klassen - is a Justice of the Peace.

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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Two moonflowers, 1971-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham CC/14
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides taken chiefly in Ciceron and its grounds. 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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Two receipts for sales of enslaved persons, and extract from 'Clerical Register of Honduras, Baptisms' in 1803 of Samuel Grant ‘esteemed free’, 1803-07-31 - 1814-08-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/11
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: 1803-07-31 - 1814-08-12
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).
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Two seals in the Humber River, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2528
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Missing.

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).
 Fonds

Two views of Bridgetown, Barbados, circa 1880

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3072C
Scope and Contents

Collection comprising albumen prints mounted on card, measuring approximately 235 x 190mm, with handwritten captions beneath the prints. They originally appear to have been mounted in an album from which they have been extracted. Photographer unknown.

Dates: 1880
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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[Two women sat between pillars], British Aviation Mission, U.S.A., 1918, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/2/7
Scope and Contents

80 x 125 mm. Exact location unidentified, but probably Mephis, Tennessee .

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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[Tymms and a man and woman], 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/254
Scope and Contents

90 x 110 mm. Tymms (right) with two others, all dressed formally, perhaps for dinner.

Dates: 1949
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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[Tymms and horse], 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/273
Scope and Contents

72 x 73 mm. Frederick Tymms standing with a horse, possibly at Belvoir, Virginia.

Dates: 1950
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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[Tymms Fishing], 1951-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/252
Scope and Contents

75 x 75 mm.

Dates: 1951-07
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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[Tymms on horseback], Grand Canyon, British Aviation Mission, U.S.A., September 1918, 1918-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/2/18
Scope and Contents

80 x 110 mm.

Dates: 1918-09
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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Types of West India Regiment, 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/80
Scope and Contents

137 x 88 mm. postcard (apparently the pictorial portion of a postcard with the card backing detached by damp or other cause).

Dates: 1895 - 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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Typical Farm near Royalty, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2941
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Queens County, P.E.I.: note fencing with hedges (trimmed spruce): also Presbytrian Church.

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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Typical Farm near Royalty, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2942
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Queens County, P.E.I.: note fencing with hedges (trimmed spruce): also Presbytrian Church.

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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Typical orchard farmhouse, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3138
Scope and Contents

In Upper Canard, Annapolis Valley.

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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Typical scenery. N. Mex., 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/122
Scope and Contents

68 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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Typical sealers weighing seals, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/31
Scope and Contents

207 x 151 mm. Showing sealers standing on a wharf with seal carcasses in the foreground.

Dates: 1900
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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U. K. Civil Aviation Mission - Honolulu, Numalia Hotel, 1948-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/65
Scope and Contents

90 x 140 mm. Photograph of the beach looking out to sea, taken at night.

Dates: 1948-08
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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U. K. Civil Aviation Mission, New Zealand - Canadian Pacific Railway, British Columbia, 1948-08 - 1948-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/64
Scope and Contents

80 x 55 mm. General view with a river to the left, and the railway track to the right.

Dates: 1948-08 - 1948-12
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).
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Uganda and Northern Nigeria 1908-12, 1908-11 - 1912-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D
Scope and Contents

A scrapbook album containing prints by various photographers, including Alfred Lobo. The prints are of various sizes and the majority are captioned in Bell's hand. Captions composed for this catalogue are enclosed in square brackets. Among the scenes and events depicted in the album are the Kampala Exhibition of 1908, views of Government House, Entebbe, the visit of Winston Churchill to Uganda in 1907, sleeping sickness sufferers in Uganda and durbars in Northern Nigeria.

Dates: 1908-11 - 1912-03
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).