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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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United Fruit Coy's plantation, Stann Creek, 1911

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/33
Scope and Contents

136 x 87 mm. A postcard (original photograph) looking along a railway track with plantation workers' huts on either side and the manager's residence on a hill in the background. With mountains in the distance.

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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United Fruit Coy's Plantation, Stann Creek. Manager's House, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/34
Scope and Contents

137 x 88 mm. A close-up view of the house on the hill seen in the preceding plate, a raised two storey wooden building with verandahs on all sides.

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).
 File

United States, Europe and Africa, 1918 - 1924

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3
Scope and Contents

Photographs taken in the United States (1918), S.W. England (1919), Europe (1920), Egypt and Sudan (1920), England and Wales (1920-1), Jersey (1921), Germany (1923), Saundersfoot (1923) and Spitsbergen (1924). Fifteen loose photographs from the album are in plastic sleeves.

Dates: 1918 - 1924
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

University College of the West Indies, Installation of H.R.H. Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, as Chancellor (Colonial Cinemagazine 29), 1950-02

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/1
Scope and Contents A 16mm, black-and-white cinefilm, with sound, showing newsreel footage of the various ceremonies laid on for the installation of the new Chancellor as detailed below (times are approximate). Princess Alice was officially installed as Chancellor on 16 February 1950 after accepting the office on 10 December 1948.0 - 13sec. [Leader].13 - 24sec. Caption reading ‘Colonial Film Unit’.24 - 31sec. Caption reading ‘Colonial Cinemagazine 29’.31 - 37sec. Caption reading...
Dates: 1950-02
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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University of New Brunswick Art Building , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/29
Scope and Contents

Showing one of the oldest university building in use in Canada.

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).
 Sub-sub-class

University of the West Indies: Barbados, 1963 - 1986

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/2 WI/3
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of the University of the West Indies at Barbados. The Barbados campus at Cave Hill was established in 1963.

Dates: 1963 - 1986
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).
 Sub-sub-class

University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 1948 - 1991

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK/322-371
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. The University College of the West Indies was founded at Mona, Jamaica, in 1948 and became a University in 1962.

Dates: 1948 - 1991
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).
 Sub-sub-class

University of the West Indies: Jamaica, 1948 - 1986

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/2 WI/1
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs and a memorandum all related to the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. The University College of the West Indies was founded at Mona, Jamaica, in 1948 and became a University in 1962. Some photographs in this collection link up with others from the same source and this is indicated in the catalogue by references to the IUC set.

Dates: 1948 - 1986
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).
 Sub-sub-class

University of the West Indies, Trinidad, 1960 - 1981

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK/372-375
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of the University of the West Indies at Trinidad. The Trinidad campus at St Augustine was begun in 1960 with the taking over of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture.

Dates: 1960 - 1981
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).
 Sub-sub-class

University of the West Indies: Trinidad, 1960 - 1986

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/2 WI/2
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of the University of the West Indies at Trinidad. The Trinidad campus at St Augustine was begun in 1960 with the taking over of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture.

Dates: 1960 - 1986
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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Unknown red flower, C [Ciceron], 1972-09

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham CC/35
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides taken chiefly in Ciceron and its grounds. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Dates: 1972-09
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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Unloading logs from train, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3044
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Into Mill Lake close to sawmill, Springfield, N.S.

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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Unloading logs from train, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3045
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Into Mill Lake close to sawmill, Springfield, N.S.

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).
 Fonds

Unveiling of the Halifax Memorial Tower, 1912

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3064A
Scope and Contents Print measuring 303 x 252 mm, with handwritten caption and studio stamp on the reverse.A view showing various notables gathered round the entrance to the Halifax Memorial Tower on 14 August 1912, the day of its opening. The foundation stone of the building was laid in 1908 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first General Assembly of Nova Scotia. The tower, set in a 100 acre park on the western shore of the north western arm of Halifax, was opened by the Duke of Connaught,...
Dates: 1912-08-14
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).
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Up Park Camp garrison, near Kingston, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/25
Scope and Contents

244 x 185 mm. A view looking across an open grassed space with the cotton tree seen in Y3073D/24 at the left of the picture and garrison buildings in the background. The West India Regiment was stationed here until its disbandment in 1926.

Dates: 1879 - 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).
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Up Park Camp near Kingston, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/57
Scope and Contents

187 x 120 mm. A view showing the grounds and garrison buildings at Up Park Camp with a soldier of the West India Regiment in the foreground.

Dates: 1879 - 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).
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Up to 1959, the canefields of Portmore in St. Catherine were a major source of sugar cane for two factories, 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/13
Scope and Contents

250 x 200 mm.

Dates: 1959
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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Uploading seal pelts on south side, St John’s Harbour, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/12
Scope and Contents

This is adjacent to Fort Amherst, noted elsewhere.

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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Uploading seal pelts on south side, St John’s Harbour, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/16
Scope and Contents

This is adjacent to Fort Amherst.

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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Upper end of harbour, Lunenburg, N.S, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3026
Scope and Contents

Boys digging clams in the foreground.

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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Upper Island Cove Church (Anglican), Conception Bay, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/53
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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Upper or eastern end of Hillsboro' Estate, Dominica, 1897, 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/74
Scope and Contents

204x145mm. View looking across steeply hilled, heavily wooded land.

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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Upper reaches of the Layou, Dominica, 1897, 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/73
Scope and Contents

148x201mm. View looking along a heavily wooded gorge of the Layou River.

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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U.S. Submarines. Gatun Locks, Colon, 1929

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/10
Scope and Contents

73 x 51mm. A view showing two American submarines, with sailors on deck, in the locks at Colon.

Dates: 1929
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).
 Sub-Series

U.S.A. papers, 1940 - 1944

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 33/5/14
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers regarding cable issues in the U.S.A.

Dates: 1940 - 1944
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).