North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
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Coronation celebrations, Belize [i.e. Belize City] 1911, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/26
Scope and Contents
126 x 101 mm. Showing a procession and band moving along a Belize City street. The spire of the Presbyterian Church can be seen in the background.
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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Coronation celebrations, Belize [i.e. Belize City], 1911, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/27
Scope and Contents
127 x 101 mm. Showing the scene in the square behind the Court House during the coronation celebrations for King George V. A guard of honour stands in the square surrounded by crowds as the Union Jack is raised. On a platform erected at the rear of the Court House stands the Governor, Sir Eric John Eagles Swayne (1863-1929, Governor of British Honduras 1906-13) with other dignitaries.
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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Coronation celebrations, Belize [i.e. Belize City], 1911, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/29
Scope and Contents
127 x 101 mm. A view from further away than the two preceding plates. Showing the crowd in the square and the guard of honour as the Governor, bareheaded, reads an address.
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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Coronation celebrations, Belize [i.e. Belize City], 1911, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/30
Scope and Contents
127 x 101 mm. Showing a march past of the military band at the end of the coronation celebrations.
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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Coronation celebrations, Belize [i.e. Belize City], 1911. Feu-de-joie, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/28
Scope and Contents
127 x 101 mm. A view from the same location as the preceding plate showing the guard of honour firing a feu-de-joie after the flag has been fully raised.
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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Coronation celebrations for George V, June 11 1911, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/53
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm. Showing a platform with an awning and bedecked with flags from which the Prime Minister of Newfoundland, Sir Edward Morris, is giving a speech. On his right stands the Governor, Sir Ralph Champneys Williams, in full uniform with various ecclesiastical, military and civil dignitaries in the background. Behind the Governor stands a guillotine-like apparatus which, at 12.30 in Newfoundland, laid a foundation stone at the push of a button in Buckingham Palace. See Sir Ralph...
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).
Sub-Series
Coronation Festivities in Victoria, 1937-05-12
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/180-191
Scope and Contents
A series of photographs depicting ceremonies celebrating the coronation of George VI.
Dates:
1937-05-12
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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Corporal G.S. Gale, 1st West India Reg., Jamaica Section, 1879 - 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/20
Scope and Contents
78 x 99 mm. A view showing Corporal Gale standing at attention facing the camera and wearing the uniform of the West India Regiment. This print is half of a stereoscopic view card.
Dates:
1879 - 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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Correspondence, 1957 - 1963
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/10/4
Scope and Contents
This file largely contains letters to Smedley. Not all contents have been listed, but items include a letter from Ronald Belcher (diplomat, Capetown) on events in South Africa, 30 June 1958; Major-Gen. Alec Bishop (Deputy High Commissioner, Calcutta, 1957-62), 4 April 1959, 23 January 1961, 13 April 1962; from Office of Deputy High Commissioner, Bombay, 8 February 1962; from W.A. Camps (Senior Tutor, Pembroke College), 18 August 1958; from J. Chaplin (UK Information Service, Ottawa), 23 July...
Dates:
1957 - 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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Correspondence between Sir George Arthur and Major McPherson regarding ‘a very unusual punishment inflicted by order of Major Bradley', 1837
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/39
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...
Dates:
1837
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-Fonds
Correspondence concerning James Carmichael Smith, 1971 - 1972
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/27
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between D.H. Simpson, R.C.S. Librarian, Kathleen Walton Smith, Dr Ian Duffield and others, 1971-1972, regarding the career of James Carmichael Smith; a xerox copy of Smith's pamphlet 'Impressions of Sierra Leone', 1897; a copy of an address to Smith on his retirement as Postmaster-General of Sierra Leone, 1912; a note concerning Smith; miscellaneous related papers.
Dates:
1971 - 1972
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
/
Africa miscellanea
Sub-Fonds
Correspondence regarding the North West Company of Canada, 1929 - 1962
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/9
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between the R.C.S. and the Public Archives of Canada, the Hudson's Bay Company, the British Association for American Studies and Clark, Irwin & Company Ltd regarding documents held by the R.C.S. relating to the North West Company of Canada and individuals connected with the Company. There are also two letters regarding the supply of the publication 'United empire' to the Public Archives of Canada. The letters are accompanied by an undated description of RCMS 249-253,...
Dates:
1929 - 1962
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
/
Americas miscellanea
File
Correspondence relating to the method of trial of offenders at Honduras, 1815-11-30 - 1818-09-23
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/13
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...
Dates:
1815-11-30 - 1818-09-23
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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Correspondence relating to the right of the Superintendent at Honduras, when an officer of rank, to have military command, and the appointment of General Pye to succeed Sir George Arthur, 1817-04-24 - 1822-11-22
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/15
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...
Dates:
1817-04-24 - 1822-11-22
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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Correspondence relating to the right to emancipation of enslaved persons imported to Honduras from the Mosquito Shore, 1821-09-11 - 1822-08-31
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/9
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...
Dates:
1821-09-11 - 1822-08-31
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).
File
'Correspondence Respecting the Charge made against Colonel Arthur, of having, while Commandant at Honduras, caused Corporal Punishment to be inflicted on a soldier of the Royal Artillery, named Ingram, in an unusual manner.’, 1837
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/32
Scope and Contents
5 copies.
Dates:
1837
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
Correspondence with Lord Fitzroy Somerset regarding the Ingram Case, 1836 - 1837
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/38
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...
Dates:
1836 - 1837
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
Correspondence with Major Noel relating to the Ingram Case, 1837
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/37
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...
Dates:
1837
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
Correspondence with the Magistrates, Belize, relating to the execution of criminals Cuffee Cummings and Victoire Largie, 1820-07-07
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/12
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...
Dates:
1820-07-07
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).
Item
Cottage at St Anne de Bellevue, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2793
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Tom Moore, the Irish Poet, is said to have written the Canadian Boat Song here : cottage is now used by the Bank of Montreal as a local branch.
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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Cottage at St Anne de Bellevue, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2794
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Tom Moore, the Irish Poet, is said to have written the Canadian Boat Song here : cottage is now used by the Bank of Montreal as a local branch.
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).
Item
Cottage at St Anne de Bellevue, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2795
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Tom Moore, the Irish Poet, is said to have written the Canadian Boat Song here : cottage is now used by the Bank of Montreal as a local branch.
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).
Item
Cotton House, Mustique : SM [Susan Marnham], Jinty Money-Coutts, Max Heilbert [?]., 1971-10
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham EE/18
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).
File
Cotton planting in the British West Indies, 1904
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/12/11
Scope and Contents
Reprint from 'The Argosy' article by Davis, Dec. 1904.
Dates:
1904
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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Council Chamber, 1912
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011E/23
Scope and Contents
232 x 174 mm. A view looking across the St. John's Legislative Council Chamber towards the coat of arms and the portraits of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra hanging on the far wall.
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).