North and Central America (continent)
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Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
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[Suspension Bridge below Falls from American side], 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/100
Scope and Contents
186 x 224 mm. A view looking along the suspension bridge towards the Canadian side of the border. This is possibly the railroad suspension bridge which was built in 1855, and destroyed by ice in 1938.
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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SW [i.e. south-west] coast from air including Gros Pitons, 1971-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham AA/23
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains slides of St Lucia. The majority are of views of scenery, many from the sea or from the air (two sequences in February 1971 and September 1972). There is not much relating to Marnham's work, though his official house in Castries is shown in February 1971. Among events which are shown are: a youth rally at Vieux Fort on 1 May 1971 and 11 scenes at the Castries Carnival of 1972. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript...
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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Swimming Pool at Banff, 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/58
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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Swiss Village near Golden, B.C., 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/83
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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Sylvania. 1909, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/93
Scope and Contents
87 x 88 mm. A view looking down on the experimental agricultural plantation established privately by Bell in 1900 on thirty acres of Crown land about six miles from Roseau. The project is described in Bell (1946), pp 29-31, and its progress mentioned many times in Bell's letters.
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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Sylvania. 1909, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/94
Scope and Contents
80 x 80 mm. A view looking down on the experimental agricultural plantation established privately by Bell in 1900 on thirty acres of Crown land about six miles from Roseau. The project is described in Bell (1946), pp 29-31, and its progress mentioned many times in Bell's letters.
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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Sylvania. 1912, 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011E/18
Scope and Contents
128 x 79 mm. Showing Bell and an unidentified couple standing in front of the verandah of the bungalow of Sylvania, Bell's experimental plantation in Dominica.
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).
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Sylvania, 1915, 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/11
Scope and Contents
85 x 85 mm. A view showing estate houses and the plantation at Sylvania.
Dates:
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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Sylvania, 1915, 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/12
Scope and Contents
85 x 85 mm. A view showing estate houses and the plantation at Sylvania.
Dates:
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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Sylvania, 1915, 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/13
Scope and Contents
85 x 85 mm. A view showing estate houses and the plantation at Sylvania.
Dates:
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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Sylvania, 1915, 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/14
Scope and Contents
85 x 85 mm. A view showing estate houses and the plantation at Sylvania.
Dates:
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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Sylvania, 1915, 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/15
Scope and Contents
85 x 85 mm. A view showing estate houses and the plantation at Sylvania.
Dates:
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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[Sylvania, Dominica], 1899 - 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/48
Scope and Contents
89 x 87 mm.
Dates:
1899 - 1906
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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Synod Building, St John’s, 1880 - 1892
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/52
Scope and Contents
199 x 145 mm. Showing the Synod Hall, a large building with a tower, destroyed in the Great Fire of 1892. Print not signed by Parsons.
Dates:
1880 - 1892
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
Synopsis of diaries, 1890-01-07 - 1899-12-31
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/1
Scope and Contents
Notes from rough diaries Bell kept during his service in the Gold Coast between 1890-94 (initially as Supervisor of Customs), in the Bahamas as Receiver General and Treasurer, and then from 1899 as Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands and Administrator of Dominica. Before destroying these old diaries Bell extracted 'all that appeared to be of interest in regard to my experiences and the development of my character.' Prominent subjects include Bell’s official duties, colleagues, ideas for...
Dates:
1890-01-07 - 1899-12-31
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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Synopsis of diaries, 1899-08-01 - 1925-01-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/2
Scope and Contents
These notes cover Bell’s service as Administrator of Dominica and Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands (1899-1905), Commissioner (Governor) of Uganda (1906-1909), Governor of Northern Nigeria (1909-12), Governor of the Leeward Islands (1912-1916) and Governor of Mauritius (1916-24). Prominent subjects include Bell’s official duties, colleagues, travels, social life and personal affairs (circa 180 sheets).
Dates:
1899-08-01 - 1925-01-01
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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Synopsis of diaries, 1932-01-01 - 1940-12-31
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/17
Scope and Contents
This volume includes notes on Bell’s social life, interests, personal affairs, travel and press publications, including many on international and colonial affairs (circa 100 sheets).
Dates:
1932-01-01 - 1940-12-31
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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Tagore with Michael Ney, 1929-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011T/31
Scope and Contents
194 x 248 mm. Signed half length profile portrait in soft focus of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the Bengali poet, writer and artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Seated on Tagore's lap is Michael Ney (c. 1925-1954), the son of Major Frederick Ney, founder of the Commonwealth Youth Movement. Michael Ney was killed in Kenya while acting as a police officer during the Mau Mau emergency. This photograph was taken during the Conference on Education held at...
Dates:
1929-04
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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Miscellaneous Portraits
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Takakaw Falls, 1908-08 - 1908-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2187
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2176-2336 (originally there were 163). Added numbers are: 2214A, 2214B and 2306A; not used: 2242; missing: 2184, 2217 and 2227. Subjects covered in the album are: Canada: mountain scenes in Kootenay district; British Columbia: Saddleback Mountain, Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, Summit Lake, Yoho Valley, Wapta Glacier, Illecilliwaet Glacier; Edmonton: agricultural scenes in area, Clover Bar farms and school; Fort...
Dates:
1908-08 - 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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Takakkaw Falls, 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/77
Scope and Contents
Coloured, half page, by C.W. Simpson ARCA.
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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Tame rabbits at Stanley Park, 1908-09 - 1908-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2620
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. (Rabbits not typical of Canada at all specially).
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).
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Tame rabbits at Stanley Park, 1908-09 - 1908-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2621
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. (Rabbits not typical of Canada at all specially).
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
Tapion Point, 1972-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham AA/46
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains slides of St Lucia. The majority are of views of scenery, many from the sea or from the air (two sequences in February 1971 and September 1972). There is not much relating to Marnham's work, though his official house in Castries is shown in February 1971. Among events which are shown are: a youth rally at Vieux Fort on 1 May 1971 and 11 scenes at the Castries Carnival of 1972. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript...
Dates:
1972-05
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).
Item
Team of mules carting cotton, Carringtons, St Philip, Barbados, 1905
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3072A/20
Scope and Contents
207 x 149 mm. Showing a team of six mules hitched to a cart loaded with sacks of baled cotton.
Dates:
1905
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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Temple Block, Salt Lake City, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/85
Scope and Contents
280 x 224 mm. An interesting photograph of Temple Square before its completion. At the right can be seen the shell of the Temple, built between 1853 and 1893, with granite walls six feet thick and barred to non-believers in the Mormon faith. To its left is the Tabernacle, completed in 1867, with a roof shaped like the upturned hull of a boat. Beyond this are the spires and turrets of the Assembly House.
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