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North and Central America (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:

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St. Catharines, Ontario, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2417
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Local Horticultural Exhibition: fruit and vegetables and collection of fruit from W.H. Bunting's Farm.

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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St Christopher's Church, Christopher Lake, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/14
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).
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St George [i.e. Saint George's], Grenada, 1890 - 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/16
Scope and Contents 323 x 215 mm. A good view showing the seaward side of St George's taken from the promontory on which Fort St George stands : 'St George's (population, 1819, 4919), the chief town of the colony, is situated on a promontory of the land at the south-western extremity of the island. Viewed from the sea, its appearance is singularly picturesque and interesting, as the steep sides of the promontory, which projects into the sea in a southerly direction, are covered with brick houses, whose...
Dates: 1890 - 1893
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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St. George's Church, Roseau, Dominica, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30745B/3
Scope and Contents

230 x 172mm. Showing St. George's Church, Roseau, set in grounds planted with palms and other trees, with cobbled streets outside the churchyard in the foreground.

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).
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St George's Coronation Ball, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/24/66
Scope and Contents

126 x 100 mm. Colonel Johnny Verhagen, Lady Tymms, Mme Verhagen and Frederick Tymms at the ball in Montreal.

Dates: 1963
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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St. George's, Grenada, 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307J/8
Scope and Contents

229 x 291 mm (overall), 139 x 203 mm (image). Halftone print. Studio name printed as part of image, print inscribed by hand in ink, au recto, below image. Photograph is taken from an elevated location overlooking the coastal town. The view shows several church-tops, Fort George, ships and distant land mass.

Dates: 1897
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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St George's Harbour from behind the town, 1971-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham FF/6
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides in Ektachrome or Kodachrome mounts as indicated. The Ektachromes were processed in the USA. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

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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St George's Harbour from behind the town, 1971-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham FF/7
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides in Ektachrome or Kodachrome mounts as indicated. The Ektachromes were processed in the USA. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

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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St George's Harbour, May 1970, 1970-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham FF/2
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides in Ektachrome or Kodachrome mounts as indicated. The Ektachromes were processed in the USA. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Dates: 1970-05
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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St George's Harbour, May 1970, 1970-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham FF/3
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides in Ektachrome or Kodachrome mounts as indicated. The Ektachromes were processed in the USA. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Dates: 1970-05
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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St George's, May 1970, 1970-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham FF/1
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides in Ektachrome or Kodachrome mounts as indicated. The Ektachromes were processed in the USA. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Dates: 1970-05
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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St. George's van among the wheat, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/47
Scope and Contents

Showing van with 'Sunday School Mission, Anglican Church' written on its side.

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).
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St. Gregoire, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2871
Scope and Contents

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).
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St John, N.B., 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/2
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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St John, New Brunswick, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3157
Scope and Contents

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).
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St John’s Anglican Cathedral, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/30-50
Scope and Contents

Number 36 shows the exterior, the remainder the interior. 30, 34-35, 37, 39 show mourning for the sealing disaster of March 1914, in which 78 sealers from Newfoundland lost their lives when they were cut off on the ice in a blizzard. A pamphlet on this disaster, by the Rev James Bell, is included. The loss of the ship 'Southern Cross' at the same time brought the deaths among the fishing community to over 250. See 'Death on the Ice' (1972) by Cassie Brown.

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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St John’s Anglican Cathedral Clergy House Cathedral Hill, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/66
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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St. John's, Antigua, 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307J/11
Scope and Contents

229 x 291 mm (overall), 133 x 196 mm (image). Halftone print. Studio name printed as part of image, print inscribed by hand in ink, au recto, below image. Photograph shows rooftops and a road looking towards the coast; ships, the sea, and land are visible in the background.

Dates: 1897
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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St. John's Cathedral, Belize, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078A/8
Scope and Contents

101 x 77 mm. Showing the rather squat Cathedral buildings. Consecrated in 1812, and situated behind Government House at the southern end of Belize City, St. John's was the first Protestant Church in Central America. The church has its place in the traditional friendship between the English and the Mosquito Indians, who helped in the struggle against the Spanish. After 1816, several of the Mosquito kings were crowned in the Cathedral.

Dates: 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).
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St John’s fire, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/2
Scope and Contents

Fire engine at work after the fire had been in progress for twelve hours. Published in the ‘Daily Graphic’; see Y3061E/1.

Dates: 1908-11
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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St John’s fire, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/4
Scope and Contents

Façade of gutted building seen in Y3061E/1 with crowd outside. See also Y3061E/2.

Dates: 1908-11
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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St John’s from Signal Hill, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/100
Scope and Contents

Twin towers on horizon are Roman Catholic Basilica.

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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St John's Harbour, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2469
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Fore and After Fishing Schooner.

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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St. John's Harbour, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2482
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Ships and waterfront].

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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St. John's [i.e. Saint Johns] Antigua, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011E/19
Scope and Contents

292 x 228 mm. A view from the hill behind the town looking out over St. John's towards the harbour. In the harbour at the right can be seen Rat Island, connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway and at this period housing a signal station and an asylum for people affected by leprosy. In the foreground of the photograph stands a lighthouse, with a water reservoir beyond and the twin towers of the Cathedral visible on the skyline.

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).