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North and Central America (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:

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No. 407. The entrance to Battle Hr., Labrador, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/20
Scope and Contents

203 x 153 mm. Showing part of the town and harbour of Battle with a large iceberg in the foreground.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 418. Off Cape Harrison, Labrador. Fishing schooner, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/6
Scope and Contents

200 x 153 mm. Showing a small sailing vessel among small ice floes, with land in the distance.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 430. A group of Esquimaux [i.e. Innuits], Labrador, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/2
Scope and Contents

205 x 153 mm. Showing a group of Innuits on the deck of a ship.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 454. A typical scene, Little Bay Islands, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/21
Scope and Contents

203 x 153 mm. Showing part of the town and harbour of Battle with a large iceberg in the foreground.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 471. Tilt Cove, Copper mine, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/17
Scope and Contents

199 x 154 mm. Showing the small bay at Tilt Cove with a railway line running uphill to mine workings in the background.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 590. A trouter's shack, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/4
Scope and Contents

200 x 154 mm. Showing four fishermen posed in a forest clearing beside ther small log cabin.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 602. Drying fish, Venison Tickle, Labrador, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/16
Scope and Contents

207 x 154 mm. A view looking across the small harbour at Venison Tickle with vessels at anchor. In the foreground are long rows of wooden stages, the 'flakes' on which the cod are laid to dry with men at work on the flakes nearer the water's edge.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 677. The Boat Run, Pauch [i.e. Pouch] Cove, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/18
Scope and Contents

204 x 151 mm. A view from the cove looking towards the steep wooden slipway at the bottom of which are crowded about 25 rowing boats.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 744. Hauling a cod-trap, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/7
Scope and Contents

203 x 155 mm. Showing four fishermen in a rowing boat hauling in a net.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 831. A typical fishing skipper, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/5
Scope and Contents

146 x 204 mm. A portrait of a white-bearded old fishing captain seated on the deck of a sailing vessel.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 2025. The 'Split' man's team, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/11
Scope and Contents

202 x 152 mm. Showing two Newfoundland dogs hauling a sled loaded with chopped firewood.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 2041. Old time sealers forcing through the Narrows, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/9
Scope and Contents

205 x 151 mm. Showing two steam vessels forcing their way through into the frozen harbour of St. John's.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 2142. A sealing crewing[sic] at work amongst the seals, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/10
Scope and Contents

244 x 193 mm. A rather uninformative photograph showing an expanse of pack-ice with figures scattered here and there.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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Nominal List of the Government Military Pensioners settled at Honduras being men discharged from the 2nd and late 5th West India Regiments and 1st and 2nd Bahama Garrison Companies who are to receive their Pensions from 25th June to 24th Dec 1821, 1821

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/20
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: 1821
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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Norbrook - old works, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/19
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).
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Norseman at Slate Island, north-western Ontario , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/97
Scope and Contents

A view looking out across the water at Slate Island with a small seaplane in the foreground and a large mining ship in the distance.

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).
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North and Central America, Oceania and Europe, 1947 - 1953

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

Photographs taken in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Belgium and England. The same people appear in many of the photographs, and include Lady (Millie) Tymms and Colonel Johnny Verhagen.

Dates: 1947 - 1953
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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North Bay, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/21
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
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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North Coast. View from Nr. Post, 1911 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3075C/2
Scope and Contents

99 x 75 mm. A view looking across a field towards distant cliffs and the sea.

Dates: 1911 - 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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North from above Government House, 1971-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham AA/17
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains slides of St Lucia. The majority are of views of scenery, many from the sea or from the air (two sequences in February 1971 and September 1972). There is not much relating to Marnham's work, though his official house in Castries is shown in February 1971. Among events which are shown are: a youth rally at Vieux Fort on 1 May 1971 and 11 scenes at the Castries Carnival of 1972. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript...
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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North from Morne Rd, 1971-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham AA/12
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains slides of St Lucia. The majority are of views of scenery, many from the sea or from the air (two sequences in February 1971 and September 1972). There is not much relating to Marnham's work, though his official house in Castries is shown in February 1971. Among events which are shown are: a youth rally at Vieux Fort on 1 May 1971 and 11 scenes at the Castries Carnival of 1972. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript...
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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North from near Mojave Point at night, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1918-09-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/147
Scope and Contents 140 x 90 mm. A colour postcard written by Tymms and sent to his wife. It is addressed to: "Mrs F. Tymms, 14 Oxford terrace, Hyde Park, London W2, England."The caption on the postcard reads: "Mojave Point is about four miles from El Tovar. Just opposite Mojave Point the Granite Gorge is deepest. From Mojave to the west, you can se across the river the Tower of Set, Horus Temple, Isis Temple, Cheops Pyramid, Buddha Temple, and on this side Powell Abyss with Copo and...
Dates: 1918-09-04
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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North of Dennery - ? Mamelles Pt, 1971-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham AA/26
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains slides of St Lucia. The majority are of views of scenery, many from the sea or from the air (two sequences in February 1971 and September 1972). There is not much relating to Marnham's work, though his official house in Castries is shown in February 1971. Among events which are shown are: a youth rally at Vieux Fort on 1 May 1971 and 11 scenes at the Castries Carnival of 1972. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript...
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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North West Arm, Halifax, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/5
Scope and Contents

Coloured, half page, by Berthe des Clayes.

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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Northern Manitoba Trappers' Festival , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/140
Scope and Contents

Showing the 'Fur Queen', an Eskimo man and a husky posing for their photograph in the foreground, with crowds of spectators beyond.

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).