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North and Central America (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:

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Darwen Shoots, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2848
Scope and Contents

On the Lac Quarean River, near Rawdon, 8 miles from Montcalm, Quebec Province. Note for colour of any of these views : blue shadows on snow : waters brown gold: with blue sky gleams upon it and dazzling sunlights.

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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Darwen Shoots, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2849
Scope and Contents

On the Lac Quarean River, near Rawdon, 8 miles from Montcalm, Quebec Province.

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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Date of settlement of Barbados, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/6-7
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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Date Palm, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/72
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240 x 185 mm. A view showing a date palm at the left of the print in the foreground with a valley and hills beyond. Sugar estate buildings can be partially seen in the distance.

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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David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, and Lieutenant Governor Robert Bruce, 1926 - 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/153
Scope and Contents

185 x 135 mm. They flank a third man who has not been identified.

Dates: 1926 - 1931
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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David Spencers house, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2684
Scope and Contents

Moss Street, Victoria.

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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D.B. Wilson's Sturgeon Valley Farm, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2241
Scope and Contents

Oats and green feed.

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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De Ruyter’s Expedition to Barbados, 1665, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/13/5
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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Dead Giant, Tuolumne Grove, 4/10/18, 1918-10-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/180
Scope and Contents

70 x 110 mm. A view of an automobile parked in the tunnel cut through the base of a Giant Sequoia, the 'Dead Giant', the first tree to be tunnelled (1878). Two women and a man are stood posing.

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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Dead Mans Island, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2631
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Half-plate (landscape format). Coal Harbour end of Burrard Inlet. The west end of Vancouver is seen beyond. Note the gulls. In the sheds and shacks Indian fishermen live : note nets hanging up to dry.

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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Dead Mans Island, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2632
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Half-plate (landscape format). On left of Island in distance note Wesleyan Methodist Church.

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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[Dead team of Canadian transport mules and cart], 1915 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/11
Scope and Contents

190 x 145 mm. A line of pack mules passes behind.

Dates: 1915 - 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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Dear old Pleasantville, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061D/2
Scope and Contents

Pleasantville, beside Quidi Vidi Lake, and formerly the city cricket ground, was the site of the Newfoundland Regiment Camp.

Dates: 1914
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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Death of General Wolfe, 1880 - 1930

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

Reproduction of Benjamin West's painting.

Dates: 1880 - 1930
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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Deaths: middle 17th century to 18th century - the lists are chronological under each family name with index; names are in rough alphabetical order, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/14/3
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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Debuchi - A Samurai, British Aviation Mission, U.S.A., 1918, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/2/5
Scope and Contents

70 x 120 mm. Exact location unidentified.

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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[Decorations at Roseau, February 5 1903], 1903-02-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011I/13
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167 x 117 mm. Showing street decorations on the roadway between the landing stage and Government House. A banner stretched across the road reads 'A hearty welcome to our Administrator'.

Dates: 1903-02-05
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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[Dedication by the Acting Bishop], 1922-11-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073F/3
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165 x 105 mm. The Bishop, with upraised arms, is either dedicating the memorial or giving the final benediction. The Rt. Rev. David Williams Bentley (d. 1970) was appointed Assistant Bishop of Jamaica in 1919 and was Bishop of Barbados 1927-1945.

Dates: 1922-11-11
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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Dedication of Jamaica War Memorial 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073F
Scope and Contents

Collection of uncaptioned photographs by Cleary and Elliott, Kingston, Jamaica. The Memorial, a cross of island stone in front of the East Block of the Public Buildings in Kingston, was unveiled and dedicated on Armistice Day, 11 November 1922. Details for each photograph are derived from an accompanying Order of Service and the Jamaica Annual Report 1922.

Dates: 1922-11-11
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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Deepsea fishing, 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/337
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80 x 118 mm. A woman holding a fish on a line on a boat in the vicinity of Rustico Harbour.

Dates: 1950
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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Deepsea fishing, 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/338
Scope and Contents

119 x 82 mm. Five people on a boat in the vicinity of Rustico Harbour.

Dates: 1950
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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[Deer], 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/135
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140 x 85 mm.

Dates: 1948
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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Delegates arrive for Belize Conference in London, 1981-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/97
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202 x 149 mm. Mr Nicholas Ridley, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, leads delegates to the Belize Constitutional Conference into the Conference room at Marlborough House for the opening session of talks. The country’s delegation is led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Mr C L B Rogers (nearest the camera).

Dates: 1981-04
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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Delegates from St. Vincent at London Conference, 1962-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/189
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154 x 202 mm. Mr. E.T. Joshua and Mr. C.L. Tannis from St. Vincent pictured at the opening session of the East Caribbean Federation Conference at Marlborough House, London.

Dates: 1962-05
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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Delegation from Grenada at London Conference, 1962-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/186
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153 x 155 mm. Mr. J. Husbands and Mr. E. Gairy of the Grenada Delegation to the East Caribbean Federation Conference in London, pictured at the conference’s opening session at Marlborough House, London.

Dates: 1962-05
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).