North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Silk Cotton Tree, 1879 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/5
Scope and Contents
228 x 177 mm. A view showing two Bahamians standing in front of the huge curling roots of a silk cotton tree. Written on the back: 'The Great Silk Cotton Tree in the Public Square, Nassau, Bahamas, about 200 years old'.
Dates:
1879 - 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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Silk Cotton Tree, 1890 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/39
Scope and Contents
228 x 175 mm. Showing a Bahamian standing among the enormous curling roots of the old silk cotton tree which stands behind the Post Office in Nassau.
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).
Item
Silk Cotton Tree, 1890 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/40
Scope and Contents
228 x 176 mm. Duplicate of Y3071A/39.
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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Silk Cotton Tree, full view, 1890 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/41
Scope and Contents
217 x 176 mm. Showing the grassy square and the silk cotton tree behind the Post Office.
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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Silk Cotton tree, full view, 1890 - 1895
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/42
Scope and Contents
225 x 178 mm. Duplicate of Y3071A/41.
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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Sinking a shaft at Trinity Cobalt mine, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3180
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format).
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
Sinking foundation for piers of steel bridge, 1908-09 - 1908-10
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2615
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Over False Creek, Vancouver, joining the main city to Mount Pleasant. Notice the air escaping from the surface of the water as fresh air is pumped in from above through the air pipe. Five men are at work beneath the water.
Dates:
1908-09 - 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).
Item
Sir A. and Lady Geddes, 1922
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/121
Scope and Contents
130 x 78 mm. Auckland Geddes served as British Ambassador to the United States.
Dates:
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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Sir A. and Lady Geddes, in Victoria, B.C., 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/61
Scope and Contents
140 x 85 mm. Auckland Geddes served as British Ambassador to the United States.
Dates:
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).
Item
[Sir Arthur Raynor making presentations], 1957-04-11 - 1957-04-13
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/175
Scope and Contents
255 x 200 mm. Arthur shaking hands with one of the participants of the Fourth Out Island Regatta. (Sir) Roland Symonette, leader of Government in the House of Assembly is in the background. The reverse of the print is stamped by the Bahamas News Bureau, with their reference: '12829', and is annotated in pencil with 'Alfred Bain, Mystery (?) J'. Presumably this is the name of the man pictured shaking Arthur's hand, and the name of his vessel.
Dates:
1957-04-11 - 1957-04-13
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
Sir Austen, Lady Chamberlaine and family, 1928-10-29
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/74
Scope and Contents
100 x 150 mm.
Dates:
1928-10-29
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
Sir Daniel Morris Collection: Views in Jamaica
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D
Scope and Contents
An album containing prints, most measuring approximately 240 x 180 mm, the majority captioned in Morris' hand. The captions have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Photographer(s) unknown.
Dates:
1879 - 1886
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
Fonds
Sir Daniel Morris Collection: West Indian views
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints of various sizes. Not all are captioned. Titles composed for the catalogue are enclosed in square brackets. The collection includes photographs by J.F. Coonley (1-13), Adolphe Duperly (15-19), Norton Brothers (32-33), Tempest Anderson (34-35) and others unknown. The geographical areas represented in the photographs break down thus: 1-13, Nassau; 14, Barbados; 15-20, Jamaica; 21, St Lucia; 22-26, Antigua; 27, St Kitts; 28-31, Dominica; 32-34, St Vincent; 35,...
Dates:
1879 - 1913
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
Item
Sir Esme and Lady Howard, at Victoria, B.C., 1927
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/85
Scope and Contents
145 x 95 mm.
Dates:
1927
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
Sir George Arthur, Superintendent of British Honduras: papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270
Scope and Contents
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:
1803 - 1837
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
File
Sir George Ayscue’s accounts of his expedition against Barbados, 1651-52, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/1/4
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from the 'Argosy', Georgetown. 3 sheets annotated by N.D.D.
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
Sir Harry Brittain Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011AAA
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints and others in an album relating to the career of Sir Harry Brittain (1873-1974).These photoraphs were selected by the Librarian from a large collection and have been chosen for their relevance to Sir Harry's Empire/Commonwealth interests. They are by various photographers, including Sir Harry himself; some of these are noted but it is probably that others were also taken by him. Among them are portraits of individuals, groups, travel scenes and some...
Dates:
1873 - 1974
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
Item
[Sir Henry Hesketh Bell], 1913 - 1914
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011E/59
Scope and Contents
87 x 87 mm. Showing Bell standing in uniform on the steps of Government House, St. John's.
Dates:
1913 - 1914
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
Sir Henry Hesketh Bell Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36
Scope and Contents
Diaries, notebooks, letters, scrapbooks and publications. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation.
Dates:
1889 - 1948
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
Item
Sir Henry Norman and family, 1883 - 1886
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/61
Scope and Contents
237 x 181 mm. A view showing the Governor of Jamaica, Sir Henry Wylie Norman (1826-1904), his wife Lady Alice and their daughter Jessie seated on a bench beneath trees in the gardens of Bishop Lodge. Behind them stand Captain Coxhead, the Governor’s ADC and another daughter of the Norman’s. Sir Henry was Governor of Jamaica 1883-89 and Governor of Queensland 1889-96.
Dates:
1883 - 1886
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
[Sir John Jellicoe], 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/118
Scope and Contents
132 x 80 mm. This photograph may have been taken during the tour Jellicoe undertook in 1919 to advise on the creation of dominion navies.
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
[Sir John Jellicoe leaving the Royal Naval College Drawing Office], 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/120
Scope and Contents
130 x 82 mm. This may be The Royal Naval College of Canada, which was relocated to the naval dockyard at Esquimalt, British Columbia, in 1918. The visit may form part of Jellicoe's tour in 1919 to advise on the creation of dominion navies.
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
Sir Percy Vincent, Lord Mayor of London, planting tree at Beach Hill Park, 1936-08-19
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/66-68
Scope and Contents
150 x 75 mm.
Dates:
1936-08-19
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
[Sir R. Arthur on Quayside], 1957-04-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/168
Scope and Contents
255 x 210 mm. Showing Arthur having just disembarked on the quayside.
Dates:
1957-04-01
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
[Sir R. Arthur walking across the Quay], 1957-04-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/169
Scope and Contents
255 x 210 mm.
Dates:
1957-04-01
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).