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Sir Raynor Arthur Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs and slides, by various photographers, relating to the career of Sir Raynor Arthur. Apart from one photograph of Cyprus, the photograph collection relates to Arthur's last three posts (Bermuda, the Falkland Islands and the Bahamas), and, as well as more general scenes, includes images of several special events and distinguished visitors. Most of the Bermuda and Bahamas material consists of professional photographs; those of the Falkland Islands and Falkland...
Dates:
1937 - 1960
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 Raynor Arthur making presentations], 1957-04-11 - 1957-04-13
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/176
Scope and Contents
255 x 200 mm. Arthur pinning something to the lapel of one of the participants of the Fourth Out Island Regatta. Captain Patrick Cobbold, Private Secretary is in the background. Annotated on the reverse of the print, written in black ink, is :'P. Cobbold, C (centre), Out Island (illegible) R (right)'. The reference '12820' is stamped on the reverse of the print.
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).
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[Sir Raynor Arthur on a beach], 1956-04-01 - 1960-06-14
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/225
Scope and Contents
90 x 110 mm. A group photograph of Sir Raynor Arthur, an unidentified woman and a small boy. Exact location is unidentified. The print is stamped on the reverse with '15 211.'
Dates:
1956-04-01 - 1960-06-14
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
Sir Thomas Modyford, (1620 -79), Governor of Barbados, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/8/8
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).
File
Sir Walter Raleigh’s Search for El Dorado, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/12/14
Scope and Contents
Copies of an article as originally published in 'Blackwood’s Magazine'.
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).
File
Sir Walter Raleigh’s second voyage to the West Indies, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/12/12
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).
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Sisal fibre Plants, Bahamas, 1879 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/9
Scope and Contents
176 x 227 mm. A view showing the two men in Y307G/8 standing on either side of a sisal plant. The title is taken from the note on the back of the print.
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).
Item
Skating, Chateau Frontenac Hotel, Quebec , 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/51
Scope and Contents
Showing a girl skating on an ice rink in front of the hotel. 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
Sub-Fonds
Sketch of Montreal in Lower Canada, 1806
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/11
Scope and Contents
An account of Montreal in circa 1806 making favourable comparisons with American towns. A note at the end states that the sketch appeared originally in a Boston newspaper and was transcribed into the 'Montreal gazette'.
Dates:
1806
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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Americas miscellanea
Fonds
Sketches of Ottawa, the Rideau Canal, Upper Canada and St Helena
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062T
Scope and Contents
Reproductions of original artwork by Frome
Dates:
1929 - 1970
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
Ski Instructors, 1948-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/31
Scope and Contents
80 x 50 mm.
Dates:
1948-02
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).
Item
Ski jump : Mount Royal Park, Montreal, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/3198
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. [Man on skis jumping with spectators behind].
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
Skiers on Mont Tremblant , 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/59
Scope and Contents
Showing three skiers among woodland on the south side of Mont Tremblant, Laurentian Mountains, Quebec. Photograph by C.P.R.
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
Item
Skiing country, Ontario , 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/99
Scope and Contents
Showing two skiers looking out over snow-covered field and woodland near Huntsville in the Lake of Bays area.
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
Item
Skiing in Alberta, 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/187
Scope and Contents
Showing three skiers in the foreground with Mount Assiniboine 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
Item
Skiing in Alberta , 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/188
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of loose photographs of Canada, mostly measuring 240 x 190 mm. Most prints are mounted on card with typed captions.The collection has been broken down into geographical locations thus:1-18 Newfoundland19-23 Prince Edward Island24-25 Nova Scotia26-45 New Brunswick46-61 Quebec62-110 Ontario111-140 Manitoba141-166 Saskatchewan167-206 Alberta207-230 British Columbia231-236 General...
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
Item
Skiing in Canada, 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/61
Scope and Contents
Crowded ski slopes at Lake Beauport, Quebec.
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
Item
Skiing in Quebec , 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/60
Scope and Contents
Two skiers on a snow covered hillside. Photograph by CPR.
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
Item
Skinning seals, a lucrative business, 1899 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/35
Scope and Contents
202 x 151 mm. Showing a worker cutting up seal meat in a wooden cabin.
Dates:
1899 - 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).
Item
Slave tombstones [historic title], 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3112
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). In the cemetery of Annapolis Royal adjacent to the old fort. 1720 Bathiah Douglass; 1740 Rebecca Douglass.
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
Sleigh outside the Post Office, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2774
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Sault au Recollet.
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
Slocan Station, 1908-09 - 1908-10
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2566
Scope and Contents
A few miles beyond previous view.
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
Sloops in suspension, 1957-04-11 - 1957-04-13
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/174
Scope and Contents
255 x 200 mm. A yachting scene. The typescript caption attached to the reverse of the print continues: 'The waters of George Town harbour, Exuma, are so clear that these sloops competing in the Fourth Annual Out Island Regatta seem almost to be suspended in air. That's Stocking Island in the background, which shelters the harbour and makes it one of the best in the Bahamas. Dozens of visiting yachtsmen converged on George Town for the regatta April 11-13. -30-'. The caption is from...
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
SM [Susan Marnham] (? As we left Roseau) Oct 72, 1972-10
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham DD/21
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. The early photographs include scenes during a visit by J.B. Godber, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his Private Secretary; some leading political figures are also shown. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.
Dates:
1972-10
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
[Small boy with gun and moose antlers], 1910 - 1930
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/65
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Canada. The series also contains a few slides of historical events.
Dates:
1910 - 1930
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).