North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
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Bread Fruit Tree, 1879 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/7
Scope and Contents
210 x 169 mm. A view showing a breadfruit tree growing beside a path, with thatched huts in the background.
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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Breadfruit, 1971-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham EE/22
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. Only a few of these show St Vincent itself; the majority are of the Grenadines including several of Mustique. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.
Dates:
1971-10
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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Breaking camp, 1908-08 - 1908-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2192
Scope and Contents
Early morning : above the Yoho Valley
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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Breaking Cocoa, Trinidad natives, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3075A/8
Scope and Contents
211 x 167 mm. Showing a group of plantation workers sitting around a large pile of cocoa pods. Most of the group are Indian immigrants rather than Trinidadians.
Dates:
1890
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
Breaking up of the Spanish monopoly of the New World, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/18
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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Breaking virgin soil, 1908-08 - 1908-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2261
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Clover Bar District. [Shadow print of 2226 - packing plant].
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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Breakneck Steps at head of Little Champlain Street, Quebec City, 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/53
Scope and Contents
A view looking along part of Little Champlain Street towards a steep flight of steps. Photograph by Canadian Pacific Railway.
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
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Brick Plant, Estevan, Saskatchewan , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/155
Scope and Contents
Showing stacks of bricks awaiting transport beside a railway track.
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
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Bridal Veil Falls [i.e. Bridalveil Fall], 4/10/18, 1918-10-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/209
Scope and Contents
70 x 110 mm.
Dates:
1918-10-04
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).
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Bridge at Carland's, Yosemite Road, 4/10/18, 1918-10-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/170
Scope and Contents
70 x 50 mm.
Dates:
1918-10-04
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).
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Bridge over Roaring River, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/37
Scope and Contents
217 x 132 mm. A view looking towards the small stone and iron bridge over Roaring River with two Europeans and two Jamaicans posing for the photographer on the road.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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Bridge over the St John's River, Grenada, 1890 - 1893
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/10
Scope and Contents
316 x 244 mm. A view looking along an unsurfaced road north of St George's with the bridge over the St John's River in the background. In the foreground, two Grenadians pose for the photographer beside their wagon and bullock team. The steep hill in the distance lies just north of St George's.
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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Bridgetown from the Railway Station, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3072C/2
Scope and Contents
235 x 191 mm. View from the Railway Station looking NNW across the Careenage towards Trafalgar Square. The statue of Nelson in the square can just be seen in front of the premises of H.D. Shepherd and Co., Ship Chandlers, which stands at the junction of Broad Street and High Street. Taking up most of the central and right-hand portion of the print are the Public Buildings, built from local coral rock to the designs of J.F. Bourne, Superintendent of Public Works, and opened in 1874. Built...
Dates:
1880
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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Bridgewater, N.S, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3034
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. From the bridge over the La Have river.
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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Bridgewater, N.S, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3035
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. Unloading planks from the sawmill.
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).
File
Brief description of the island of Barbados, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/6/24
Scope and Contents
Extracts from MS. G.4. 15, Library of Trinity College, Dublin.
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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Bright Angel Trail, 5/9/18, 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/157
Scope and Contents
40 x 60 mm.
Dates:
1918
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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Bright Angel Trail from Indian Gardens, 5/9/18, 1918-09-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/152
Scope and Contents
50 x 70 mm.
Dates:
1918-09-05
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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Bright Angel Trail. Grande Canon, 1918-09-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/52
Scope and Contents
48 x 69 mm.
Dates:
1918-09-05
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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Britain’s Foreign Secretary opens Bahamas Independence Conference in London, 1972-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/36
Scope and Contents
152 x 206 mm. The Bahamas Government Delegation was led by the Premier, The Hon. Lynden Pindling, while the Delegation representing the Bahamas Opposition was led by Mr Kendal G.L. Isaacs, Leader of the Opposition. The British Delegation was headed by Lord Balniel, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Sir John Paul, Governor of the Bahamas, also attended the Conference. Seen here is a general view of the conference chamber shortly before the official opening ceremony by Sir...
Dates:
1972-12
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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Britain’s Foreign Secretary opens Bahamas Independence Conference in London, 1972-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/37
Scope and Contents
205 x 153 mm. Here Sir Alec Douglas-Home welcomes The Hon. Lynden Pindling, the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, to Marlborough House for the opening of the Conference.
Dates:
1972-12
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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Britain’s Foreign Secretary opens Bahamas Independence Conference in London, 1972-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/38
Scope and Contents
155 x 203 mm. Here Mr Kendal G.L. Isaacs, (right) Leader of the Bahamas Opposition, and Mr. George Smith, Parliamentary Secretary of the ruling Bahamas Party, discuss the Conference prior to the official opening in Marlborough House.
Dates:
1972-12
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
'British activities in Yucatan': MA thesis
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 272
Scope and Contents
'British activities in Yucatan and on the Moskito Shore in the eighteenth century', a M.A. thesis for the University of London, 263 pages, with maps.
Dates:
1926
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
British Aviation Mission and London to Cape Town Flight, 1918 - 1920
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/2
Scope and Contents
Photographs of the British Aviation Mission, U.S.A., 1918, and the London to Cape Town Flight, 1920, including the crash in Shereik. A separate envelope of 12 photographs is kept with the album.
Dates:
1918 - 1920
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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British Caribbean Federation Conference Opens, 1956-02-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/147
Scope and Contents
194 x 242 mm. Photo shows: Mr. R.L. Bradshaw of St. Kitts (Leeward Islands) when he arrived for the conference this morning.
Dates:
1956-02-07
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).