North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5320 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Barbados, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/1
Scope and Contents
232 x 179 mm. A view looking over a town square, with a fountain at its centre, towards a dock area. A number of masts of sailing ships are clearly visible as are various horse-drawn carriages and carts. A small crane can also be seen by the dock area indicating this was a trading port. Location unknown although most likely Bridgetown or Speightstown. Photograph by Cooper and Company (stamped in the bottom right-hand corner).
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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Barbados 1805: proclamations respecting invasion and despatch from Colonial Office relative to defensive measures taken by Governor, 1909 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/12/4
Scope and Contents
(State Papers, Colonial, v. 23)
Dates:
1909 - 1915
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).
Sub-Series
Barbados and Australia, 1910
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC West Indies/217-226
Scope and Contents
Monochrome and coloured postcards. Subjects include: Beachmount Hotel, Bathsheba, Barbados, Barbados coast, types of residence in Barbados, and Parramatta River. This collection is housed with the Darnell Davis manuscript collection at RCMS 259.
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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Barbados Constitutional Conference opens in London, 1966-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/43
Scope and Contents
182 x 155 mm. (2 copies) Mr. Fred Lee, Secretary of State for the Colonies (left), greets Mr E.W. Barrow, the Premier of Barbados, on his arrival at the opening session of the Barbados Constitutional Conference which opened at Lancaster House. In his opening speech in which he welcomed the visiting delegates, the Secretary of State for the Colonies said 'Your country has one of the longest traditions of parliamentary government of any country outside the United Kingdom. Yours is a democratic...
Dates:
1966-06
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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Barbados Constitutional Conference opens in London, 1966-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/44
Scope and Contents
157 x 203 mm. Overseas delegates attending the Barbados Constitutional Conference are seen here at the opening session held at Lancaster House in London. They include (left to right) Mr. F.C. Goddard MP, Barbados National Party; Mr. F.L. Cozier OBE, Permanent Secretary to the Premier; and Mr. D.A. Williams, Senior Parliamentary Counsel.
Dates:
1966-06
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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Barbados Constitutional Conference opens in London, 1966-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/45
Scope and Contents
201 x 156 mm. Mr. E.D. Mottley, CBE, Leader of the Opposition in the Barbados delegation, is seen here during the preliminaries, prior to the opening session of the Barbados Constitutional Conference held at Lancaster House, in London, recently.
Dates:
1966-06
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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Barbados Constitutional Conference opens in London, 1966-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/46
Scope and Contents
155 x 202 mm. Mr E.W. Barrow, the premier of Barbados (right), poses for a photographer at the opening session of the Barbados Constitutional Conference held at Lancaster House. Also in the picture are (left to right) Mr. E.S. Burrowes, CMG, Financial Secretary; Senator the Hon. H.A. Vaughan, OBE, QC, the Attorney-General; and Mr. J.C. Tudor, MP, Minister of Education.
Dates:
1966-06
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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Barbados Constitutional Conference opens in London, 1966-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/47
Scope and Contents
152 x 202 mm. Mr. Fred Lee Secretary of State for the Colonies is seen here making the opening speech at the first session of the Barbados Constitutional Conference, held at Lancaster House, in London, recently.
Dates:
1966-06
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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Barbados Constitutional Conference opens in London, 1966-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/48
Scope and Contents
204 x 155 mm. Sir John Stow, KCMG, KCVO, the Governor of Barbados (right), is seen here at the opening session of the Barbados Constitutional Conference held at Lancaster House, in London recently. On the left is Mr. F.L. Walcott, OBE, of the Democratic Labour Party.
Dates:
1966-06
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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Barbados Delegates at London Conference, 1962-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/185
Scope and Contents
155 x 203 mm. Mr. Barrow and Mr. George, members of the Barbados Delegation to the East Caribbean Federation Conference in London, pictured at the conference’s opening session at Marlborough House, London.
Dates:
1962-05
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).
File
Barbados High Court of Admiralty, 1650: case of Joseph Ward and Thomas Ward, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/4
Scope and Contents
14 sheets.
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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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Barbados historical notes and extracts, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/4/33
Scope and Contents
24 envelopes of genealogical and biographical information, much of it fragmentary, in alphabetical order of individual concerned.
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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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Barbados passport, 1918 - 1919
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 22/38/2
Scope and Contents
Issued to Kate Marjorie Hutchinson, teacher, 1918, with endorsements from the Canadian Department of External Affairs, the Japanese and Chinese consulates in Vancouver and the Penang registrar, 1918-1919. The passport has the seal of the Barbados colony.
Dates:
1918 - 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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Barbados Plantations, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/15
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Davis had a life-long interest in the history of the West Indies and more specifically of Barbados, and this collection comprises a vast body of material gathered by him from archives in Britain, the Caribbean and Europe. He contributed many historical articles to newspapers and periodicals in British Guiana [Guyana], Barbados and the United States. His intention to compose a comprehensive history of the West Indies was frustrated by ill health. Titles and captions, including the names of...
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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
Barbados portion of Colonial Office Map Catalogue and covering letter from C. Atchley, 1909
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/43
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Davis had a life-long interest in the history of the West Indies and more specifically of Barbados, and this collection comprises a vast body of material gathered by him from archives in Britain, the Caribbean and Europe. He contributed many historical articles to newspapers and periodicals in British Guiana [Guyana], Barbados and the United States. His intention to compose a comprehensive history of the West Indies was frustrated by ill health. Titles and captions, including the names of...
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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Barbados: printed description for 1903, 1903
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/6/6
Scope and Contents
4 sheets.
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).
File
Barbados shipping, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/23
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Davis had a life-long interest in the history of the West Indies and more specifically of Barbados, and this collection comprises a vast body of material gathered by him from archives in Britain, the Caribbean and Europe. He contributed many historical articles to newspapers and periodicals in British Guiana [Guyana], Barbados and the United States. His intention to compose a comprehensive history of the West Indies was frustrated by ill health. Titles and captions, including the names of...
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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
Barbados: the Condition of honest men there in August, 1651, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/7/10
Scope and Contents
Offprint from newspaper.
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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
Barbados West Indian Band, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/2
Scope and Contents
215 x 133 mm. A posed shot of a 33-piece band together with their instruments. All are wearing military uniform and one man, in what resembles an officer’s uniform, is seated on a chair (others either standing or seated on the ground). He appears to be holding a stick possibly a conductor’s baton. The uniform appears identical to that worn by some of the troops pictured in Y307A/7.
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).
File
Barbados wills at Somerset House, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/6/1
Scope and Contents
29 sheets.
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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
Barbe Rousse, 1948-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/125
Scope and Contents
51 x 46 mm. A building next to a sky slope, photographed in Canada.
Dates:
1948-01
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).
Item
Barbe Rousse, 1948-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/126
Scope and Contents
52 x 47 mm. A group of skiers standing outside in the snow, photographed in Canada.
Dates:
1948-01
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).
Item
Barbe Rousse, 1948-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/127
Scope and Contents
50 x 50 mm. Snow-covered land and trees, photographed in Canada.
Dates:
1948-01
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).
Item
Barbe Rousse, 1948-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/25
Scope and Contents
135 x 85 mm. A buildings and surrounding area, blanketed in snow
Dates:
1948-02
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).
Item
Barbe Rousse, 1948-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/26
Scope and Contents
135 x 85 mm. A view of a river and buildings, blanketed in snow
Dates:
1948-02
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).