North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
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Schulle. N.M. [New Mexico] from Santa Fe, 1/9/18, 1918-09-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/173
Scope and Contents
70 x 50 mm. A view of the railway track and some buildings in the distance.
Dates:
1918-09-01
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).
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Scrap Book, 1889 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/1
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains cuttings of many reviews of Bell’s publications, including ‘Obeah : witchcraft in the West Indies’ (London, 1889) and ‘A witch's legacy’ (London, 1893) which appeared in British, African and West Indian periodicals, along with copies of:‘The Fetish-mountain of Krobo’, ‘Macmillan’s Magazine’, July 1893, 210-19‘His Highness Prince Kwakoo’, ‘The Idler Magazine’, Dec. 1896, 685-96‘History, trade, resources, and present condition of the Gold Coast...
Dates:
1889 - 1899
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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Scrapbook I, 1912 - 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/17/1/1
Scope and Contents
Press cuttings from Canada, UK branch activities and South Africa.
Dates:
1912 - 1913
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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Scrapbook I, 1912-13 (Canada and South Africa), 1912 - 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011YY/1-8
Scope and Contents
A scrapbook containing press cuttings, correspondance, photographs, tickets, invitations, menus and programmes.
Dates:
1912 - 1913
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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Boosé Scrapbooks
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Scrapbook II, 1914 - 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/17/1/2
Scope and Contents
Press cutting relating to Australia and New Zealand, West Indies, British Guiana, and Lord Milners's visit to Manchester.
Dates:
1914 - 1922
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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Scrapbook II, 1914-1922 (Australia, New Zealand, West Indies), 1914 - 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011YY/9-14
Scope and Contents
A scrapbook containing press cuttings, correspondance, photographs, tickets, invitations, menus and programmes.
Dates:
1914 - 1922
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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Boosé Scrapbooks
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Screech owl; mottled owl. Red & gray stages (plate XXI), 1876
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062H/21
Scope and Contents
103 x 140 mm.
Dates:
1876
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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Sea Island Cotton, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30773B/4
Scope and Contents
208 x 152 mm. A scene in a cotton ginnery showing mounds of separated cotton awaiting pressing.
Dates:
1900 - 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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Sea Island, Florida, Xmas 1952. Montreal 195[3]. St Laurence. Snowshoe Parade, 1952 - 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/5
Scope and Contents
A 16mm, colour cinefilm, without sound. The writing on the film spool reads 'Sea Island. Florida. St. Lawrence Jan Feb 53. Snowshoe Parade Feb 53’.0 - 16sec. People seated at two long tables outdoors, eating a meal. All are formally dressed in either suits and ties, or dresses.16sec - 23sec. Horse-drawn carriage.23sec - 35sec. Store with signs reading ‘Indian River Fruit Juice Bar’, ‘Branded fruit shippers’, and ‘[illegible word] novelties, gifts, souvenirs’.35sec...
Dates:
1952 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
With the exception of RCMS 20/3/1, the cinefilms may be viewed online with the University of Cambridge Streaming Media Service at:
http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1532657
For copyright reasons, researchers wishing to view RCMS 20/3/1, (Colonial Cinemagazine 29, Colonial Film Unit, 1950) should make an appointment with the RCS Librarian to view the film in Cambridge University Library. Email:
rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk.
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Sea Island, Georgia, Christmas 1952, 1952-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/294
Scope and Contents
80 x 125 mm. A group of five stood in a garden before a building. Lady Tymms (Millie) is third from the left.
Dates:
1952-12
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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Seal hunt, 1902 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/9
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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Seal hunt, 1902 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/11
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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Seal Rock, Pacific Ocean, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/61
Scope and Contents
241 x 186 mm. A view of seals basking on two rocks, possibly at Seal Rock, Oregon. Photograph by Taber, San Francisco.
Dates:
1885
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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New Zealand and America
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Sealers and ships at the ice, 1902 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/10
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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Searching the ruins, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/15
Scope and Contents
204 x 152 mm. A view showing searchers among the shattered masonry and buildings of a street in St Pierre, with the hills behind the city rising in the background.
Dates:
1902
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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Second floor warehouse, 1908-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2365
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
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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Secretary of State for the Colonies after opening the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Conference, 1962-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/598
Scope and Contents
06 x 152 mm. Mr Reginald Maudling, Secretary of State for the Colonies, takes his seat at the Conference table in Marlborough House, London, after making the opening speech at the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Conference.
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).
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Secretary of State for the Colonies opening the Trinidad and Tobago Conference, 1962-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/595
Scope and Contents
143 x 203 mm. Mr Reginald Maudling, Secretary of State for the Colonies, is seen welcoming delegates to the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Conference which opened in Marlborough House, London. Premier and Minister for External Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Eric Williams, leads the Delegation from Trinidad and Tobago.
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).
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Section of the Red Lake Road, Northern Ontario , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/72
Scope and Contents
A view looking along the road with woodland on either side.
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
Sedgwick Migration Photographs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011LLL
Scope and Contents
A collection of 3 albums (now disbound) containing a small number of original photographs as well as letters, pamphlets, press cuttings and memoranda. The photographs are spread throughout volumes 1 and 2. Volume 3, 1913- (which was marked vol. IV inside) has no original photographs. Images reproduced in cuttings and articles are not listed.
Dates:
1910 - 1912
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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Seeding oats, grass seed, and bone meal, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3135
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. Lower Canard, Annapolis Valley : the bone meal is a fertiliser. The farmer will get a crop of oats this fall and a crop of hay next summer.
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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Seeing a ship off, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/6
Scope and Contents
135 x 89 mm. A postcard (original photograph) taken from the deck of a ship and looking back towards the jetty where a waving crowd stands.
Dates:
1900 - 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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[Selecting maize seeds, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad, March 1955], 1955-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/70
Scope and Contents
117 x 141 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'A post-graduate student from the Gold Coast and the acting Professor of Botany at the College, Mr. Jacob Wilson, select maize seed for trials on the experimental plot of the College farm. Mar:1955'. It continues, at length, to give an outline of the College and its history.
Dates:
1955-03
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).
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Self-government for British Honduras, 1963-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/88
Scope and Contents
155 x 202 mm. (2 copies) Mr Nigel Fisher, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies (centre), chats with Sir Peter Stallard (left), Governor of British Honduras and (right) Mr. G.C. Price, First Minister and Minister of Finance, British Honduras, after agreement had been reached on full internal self-government for British Honduras.
Dates:
1963-07
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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Self-government for British Honduras, 1963-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/89
Scope and Contents
154 x 203 mm. (2 copies) Watched by a television newsreel cameraman, Mr. G.C. Price, First Minister and Minister of Finance, British Honduras, signs the agreement which will give British Honduras full internal self-government. He is also watched by (left to right) Mr. W.H. Courtenay, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Adviser, and Mr. C.L. Rogers, Minister of Labour, British Honduras.
Dates:
1963-07
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).