North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Public health training in Jamaica, 1940 - 1959
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/66
Scope and Contents
117 x 147 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'The Manager of the Kingston slaughter house, Dr. G.O. Rushie-Grey, lectures students on meat inspection'.
Dates:
1940 - 1959
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
Public Record Offices searches, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/14/8
Scope and Contents
Contains page and heading references to variety of documents, and includes some notes from colonial papers of the 17th century.
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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Public school, Corner Brook, Newfoundland , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/8
Scope and Contents
Showing the two-storey timber built school at Corner Brook.
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
Fonds
Public Schools Empire Tour to New Zealand. 1929
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs by an unknown tour member consisting of black and white lantern slides most measuring approximately 75 x 55 mm. Most of the slides have been captioned: the titles of those without captions are enclosed in square brackets.The Public Schools Empire Tours came into being through the Church of England Council of Empire Settlement's decision in 1925 to send a party of schoolboys to Australia after the visit to England of a party from the Young Australia...
Dates:
1929-01-04 - 1929-05-18
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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Public Square, Spanish Town, with King’s House and Rodney’s Temple, 1887
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/24
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
Publications, 1893 - 1948
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/6
Scope and Contents
Copies of books published by Bell or given to him, with one pamphlet he used as a source for 'Obeah':Agricultural and Commercial Society, Antigua, ‘Sir. H. Hesketh Bell’A bound address illustrated with photographs and signed by members of the society, presented to Bell on his departure from the colony on 30 Dec. 1915Bell, Hesketh, ‘Glimpses of a governor’s life’ (London, 1946)Bell, Hesketh, ‘Love in black’ (London, 1911)Bell, Hesketh, ‘Obeah: witchcraft in...
Dates:
1893 - 1948
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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Pulp and paper mill, British Columbia , 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/214
Scope and Contents
Showing stocks of logs in the water with factory buildings beyond. Photograph by Canadian Pacific Railways.
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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Pulp Mill at Saint John , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/18
Scope and Contents
A view on the St. John River (New Brunswick, not Newfoundland) showing an expanse of logs covering the surface of the river with the pulp mill buildings 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Canada
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Pulping coffee, Jamaica, 1912
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073C/9
Scope and Contents
100 x 75 mm. Showing two Jamaican women at work with the pulping machinery (which separates the kernel from the outer husk of the bean) at Oxford Estate, Jamaica.
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).
Item
Pump-house, 1952
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071E/3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Photographs contained in a report on a visit to the Colonial Development Corporation Tomato Project, Andros Is. Bahamas May 1952 by F. Hardy and R.E.D. Baker. Thirty copies of the 17 page typescript report were produced.1-6 Photographs taken Tuesday 13th May, 1952 between 9 and 10am after a night of heavy rain (2½ inches in about 8 hours). Each measuring 55 x 55 mm.7-12 Photographs of Andros Tomato Farm taken by Carl F. Warner (Acting Manager of the farm). Each measuring 100...
Dates:
1952
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
Pumper on capped well near Gull Lake, Saskatchewan , 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/151
Scope and Contents
Showing the pump in the foreground with grain elevators 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Canada
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Putting in the main drains, 1952
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071E/8
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Photographs contained in a report on a visit to the Colonial Development Corporation Tomato Project, Andros Is. Bahamas May 1952 by F. Hardy and R.E.D. Baker. Thirty copies of the 17 page typescript report were produced.1-6 Photographs taken Tuesday 13th May, 1952 between 9 and 10am after a night of heavy rain (2½ inches in about 8 hours). Each measuring 55 x 55 mm.7-12 Photographs of Andros Tomato Farm taken by Carl F. Warner (Acting Manager of the farm). Each measuring 100...
Dates:
1952
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
Qu’ Appelle, 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/126
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).
Item
Quarrying coal at Tofield, 1910 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A/8
Scope and Contents
160 x 104 mm. ‘Great machine stripping off surface soil leaving 9 foot seam of coal exposed’. The photograph shows the large armed machine with workers standing at various points on it.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Sub-sub-class
[Quebec], 1928-11-09 - 1928-11-25
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/323-335
Scope and Contents
The final three prints include one of Times Square, New York, and two taken during the voyage from New York to the United Kingdom.
Dates:
1928-11-09 - 1928-11-25
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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Quebec, 1840
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/20
Scope and Contents
185 x 120 mm. This is a black and white print, engraved by H. Griffiths from a drawing by W.H. Bartlett, and published by George Virtue. It shows the city and citadel of Quebec with shipping in the river.
Dates:
1840
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:
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Photographs of Canada
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Quebec : a street car, 1908-07 - 1908-08
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2014F
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2001-2175 (originally there were 172). Added numbers are: 2103A-B, 2124A; spoiled: 2067, 2077 and 2162; not used: 2123, 2167 and 2171; missing: 2017, 2048, 2050, 2075, 2079, 2103, 2106, 2124A, 2129 and 2170. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2129 follows 2161. Subjects covered in this album are:Canada: voyage in 'Empress of Britain', emigrants, Rimouski, St Lawrence;...
Dates:
1908-07 - 1908-08
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).
Sub-Series
Quebec and Ontario, 1900
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Canada/83-88
Scope and Contents
Tinted postcards published by the Montreal Import Co. (82), J.A. Lowery, Petrolea (83-84), and Rumsey and Co. 1528 Queen Street West, Toronto (85-86).
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).
Item
Quebec : At the Tercentenary Pageant, 1908-07 - 1908-08
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2015F
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. On the Plains of Abraham.
Dates:
1908-07 - 1908-08
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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[Quebec Bridge], 1928-11-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/4/56
Scope and Contents
Print at RCMS 353/2/327.
Dates:
1928-11-12
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).
Item
Quebec : bronze statue, 1908-07 - 1908-08
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2013F
Scope and Contents
A Champlain: La Ville de Quebec.
Dates:
1908-07 - 1908-08
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).
Item
Quebec. Champlain's statue, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2862
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). And the St. Lawrence just before navigation opens.
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
Quebec. Champlain's statue, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2863
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). And the St. Lawrence just before navigation opens.
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
Quebec. Champlain's statue, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2864
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). And the St. Lawrence just before navigation opens.
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
Quebec Citadel Winter, 1870
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062B/8
Scope and Contents
227 x 175 mm. A view looking up towards the Citadel ramparts from the frozen banks of the St Lawrence River, with figures on the snow in the foreground facing the camera. Photographer possibly Louis-Prudent Vallée.
Dates:
1870
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).