North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
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Namarjo, 1908-08 - 1908-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2239
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. (Schoolhouse, church, parsonage, and to right, store).
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).
Fonds
'Narrative on the sources of the Columbia'
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 249
Scope and Contents
'Narrative of the establishment on the sources of the Columbia, addressed to Mr Duncan McGillivray, Director of the N.W. Coy & the gentlemen of Upper Fort des Prairies 1807', 32 pages: (p. 1) title; (p. 2) blank; (pp. 3-29) narrative; (pp. 30-32) blank. The work is headed on p. 3, 'Narrative of the expedition to the Kootanai & Flat Bow Indian Countries, on the sources of the Columbia River, Pacific Ocean by D. Thompson on behalf of the N.W. Company 1807', signed D. Thompson.
Dates:
1807
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Narrows in South Channel Georgian Bay, Lake Huron Canada, 1890 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/3
Scope and Contents
204 x 139 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 1920
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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Nassau, 1890 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/1
Scope and Contents
226 x 177 mm. A view of Nassau from the sea showing the waterfront buildings. At the right of the picture, partially obscured by a sailing ship in the harbour, can be seen the government buildings in Rawson Square, and in the centre on the skyline, the Victoria Hotel.
Dates:
1890 - 1895
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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Nassau Fish Market, 1890 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/31
Scope and Contents
223 x 176 mm. A view on the quayside with moored fishing boats in the foreground and the fish market beyond. The Cathedral tower can be seen on the skyline.
Dates:
1890 - 1895
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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Nassau from Fort Fincastle, 1890 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/3
Scope and Contents
226 x 174 mm. A view looking seawards from the ramparts of Fort Fincastle which overlooks the town from Bennet’s Hill and was built around 1793. In the foreground stands a native shepherd with his flock, while in the middle ground in the centre of the picture stands the Victoria Hotel.
Dates:
1890 - 1895
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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Nassau from the Cathedral, 1890 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/4
Scope and Contents
230 x 170 mm. A view looking east from the Cathedral tower showing Trinity Church at the right of the picture and a portion of the harbour at the left.
Dates:
1890 - 1895
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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Nassau Stone Quarry, 1890 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/33
Scope and Contents
228 x 174 mm. Showing two Bahamians at work in the quarry sawing blocks of stone.
Dates:
1890 - 1895
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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Native B.C. Indian in dug-out canoe, 1908-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2664
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Off Brotchi Ledge.
Dates:
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).
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Native boats, on Market Day, 1890 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30773A/4
Scope and Contents
244 x 188 mm. Showing islanders arriving in rowing boats for Market Day. Their boats are drawn up on the beach beside the landing pier and in front of the police barracks in Kingstown.
Dates:
1890 - 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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Native donkey-cart, 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3072D/10
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Packet of '12 Real Photograph Snap-Shots' showing views of Barbados, British West Indies. The matt sepia photos measure 60 x 85mm each, and the captions are printed on the backs. Produced by Raphael Tuck and Sons ltd.
Dates:
1900 - 1920
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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Views of Barbados
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Native Laundry, Grenada, 1890 - 1893
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/11
Scope and Contents
310 x 223 mm. A fine view showing Grenadians washing clothes in an unidentified river. An unsurfaced road runs alongside the stream, with a few huts in the background.
Dates:
1890 - 1893
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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Native street hawker (yams), Barbados, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3072A/10
Scope and Contents
144 x 203 mm. Showing a woman carrying a tray of yams on her head.
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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Native village, 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3072D/9
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Packet of '12 Real Photograph Snap-Shots' showing views of Barbados, British West Indies. The matt sepia photos measure 60 x 85mm each, and the captions are printed on the backs. Produced by Raphael Tuck and Sons ltd.
Dates:
1900 - 1920
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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Views of Barbados
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?Natosape, Blackfoot Indian, 1890 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/50
Scope and Contents
85 x 135 mm. A photograph of a photograph of an older man wearing a fur hat, waistcoat, shirt and leggings. He appears to be holding animal skins.
Dates:
1890 - 1936
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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Natural bridge, Rio d’ Oro, 1887
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/18
Scope and Contents
178 x 228 mm.
Dates:
1887
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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Picturesque Jamaica
File
Natural history of Jamaica, 1725
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 22/10/5
Scope and Contents
A leaf torn from Sloane's 'The natural history of Jamaica'.
Dates:
1725
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
Naval notes from early books on the colonies, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/14/9
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).
Fonds
Naval photographs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011YYY
Scope and Contents
Small album measuring 160 x 135 mm containing photographs 90 x 90 mm loosely inserted into photograph slots, one to a page. There is a handwritten caption (and date) under each photograph, although the information is not always easily discernable. Written on the inside cover in perhaps a different hand is 'Interesting naval photographs.' The album shows views of ships, their crew and harbours. Identified ships are: S.S. Oroya; H.M.S. Penguin; H.M.S. Ringarooma; SS Moravian; ‘SS...
Dates:
1902 - 1903
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Near Austen. Tex., 1918-08-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/111
Scope and Contents
92 x 63 mm. Watts and Lieut. Porch standing next to a parked car, with a third man behind the car.
Dates:
1918-08-27
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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Near Banff, Alberta, 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062D/19
Scope and Contents
138 x 82mm. A view looking along a river towards distant mountains.
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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Near Ithaca. N.Y., 1918-07-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/101
Scope and Contents
44 x 68 mm. Frederick Tymms, Miss Berment and Miss Pratt seated on steps.
Dates:
1918-07-04
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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Near Joliette, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2822
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. [Logging].
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).
Item
Near Kildare Cape, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2931
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. trap on a bad piece of road.
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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Near Stann Creek Railway, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078A/14
Scope and Contents
152 x 111 mm. A view looking across a banana plantation near Stann Creek with mountains in the distance.
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).