North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
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Charlottetown: row of truckmen, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2913
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Or city teamsters waiting employment outside the market building (not seen in view).
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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Chart of the Western or Atlantic Ocean, 1817 - 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/54
Scope and Contents
'A new map or chart of the Western or Atlantic Ocean, with part of Europe, Africa and America: shewing the course of the galleons, flota &c. to and from the West Indies. London. Printed for E. Cave at St Johns Gate 1740'. The map was printed in the 'Gentlemen's magazine', March 1740, but this is probably a later print.
Dates:
1817 - 1866
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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Commonwealth engravings
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Charts in the Public Record Office, 1892
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/12/9
Scope and Contents
Cuttings from 'The Nation', 22 December 1892.
Dates:
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).
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Chateau Frontenac, 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/8
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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[Château Frontenac Hotel], 1928-11-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/4/55
Scope and Contents
Print at RCMS 353/2/323.
Dates:
1928-11-11
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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Chateau Frontenac Hotel, Quebec , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/50
Scope and Contents
A view looking across the St. Lawrence with warehouses and commercial buildings on the waterline and the Chateau Frontenac dominating the skyline on the hill beyond. 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
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Chateau Lake Louise, 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/64
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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Chatham, 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/139
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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Cherry blossom at Vineland, Southern Ontario , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/94
Scope and Contents
A view looking along an avenue of blooming cherry trees in a Vineland orchard.
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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Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore Md, 1918-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/105
Scope and Contents
74 x 51 mm.
Dates:
1918-06
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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Chicago conference, 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/22/4
Scope and Contents
235 x 180 mm.
Dates:
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).
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Chicago conference - Delegation of India, 1944-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/22/3
Scope and Contents
240 x 190 mm.
Dates:
1944-11
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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[Chicken coop, 1940s], 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/543
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia...
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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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Chief Camp of the extinct Caribs, Grenada, 1890 - 1893
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/13
Scope and Contents
317 x 223 mm. A finely detailed view looking over densely vegetated land, with mountains and the sea in the distance. This is presumably the main rebel camp at Morne Quaqua, near the Grand Etang north-east of St George's. The hill is now known as Morne Fédon after the rebel leader Julien Fédon. This rebellion, largely due to the racial tensions engendered by frequent changes of authority between the French and the English in the island, broke out in March 1795, when a body of rebels...
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).
File
Chief Justice Temple’s charges to the jury, October 1850, during trials for murder and piracy, 1890
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 268/3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of extracts from legal records of British Honduras. Some are copies, others appear to be original documents in the writing of Frederick's father, William Alexander Parker, Chief Justice of British Honduras.
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).
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Children among lilies, 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070C/10
Scope and Contents
244 x 170mm. Showing a group of young children standing among growing lilies, one of Bermuda's main seasonal exports.
Dates:
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 Bermuda
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Children listening to a schools broadcast at Highgate Government School, 1955-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/67
Scope and Contents
148 x 116 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'Two classes of children between 8 and 10 years of age are listening together. They particularly enjoy the nature study and music lessons. In this school there are three sets, one given by the Government and the others paid for by the school. At the rear of the class is Mr. R.S. Brooks, the Headmaster'. It also outlines, at length, Government broadcasting in Jamaica.
Dates:
1955-03
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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Children's Parade at Government [House] Belize. On Coronation Day 1911, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078A/2
Scope and Contents
163 x 114 mm. Showing children dressed in white on the lawn of Government House during a parade to celebrate the coronation of George V.
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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Chinese Bell, Beacon Hill Park, 1908-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2668
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Two 13 pounder guns; keel from H.M.S. Amphion, and a totem pole.
Dates:
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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Chinese demonstrators outside Calgary City Hall 13 June 1983, 1983-06-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062O/1
Scope and Contents
The demonstration was caused by an application by Bradley Chapman, President of Continental Plaza Commercial Centre and Business Residence Ltd to turn the 91 unit Continental Plaza building into a hotel. The protesters claimed that the building had been used for low income Chinese housing and that its conversion to a hotel would deprive residents of their homes. Among the placards visible in the photograph are 'Together we will stop the hotel in Chinatown. Please give your support'; 'Site...
Dates:
1983-06-13
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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Chipata Falls, Black Canon, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/88
Scope and Contents
A view of the waterfall from the river below, showing the folded structure of the rockface over which the water drops.
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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Chopping before sawing through standing trees, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3053
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. A tall birch. Note for colour of figures not in sketch : horse chestnut : back man, pale grey jersey with red collar and blue trousers; front man reddish brown jersey and blue trousers.
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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Chopping before sawing through standing trees, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3054
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. A tall birch.
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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Chopping before sawing through standing trees, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3055
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. A tall birch.
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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Chopping before sawing through standing trees, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3056
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. A tall birch.
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).