North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
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Douglas Bay [North coast] Joe Godber bathing, 1971-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham DD/1
Scope and Contents
Joseph Bradshaw Godber, M.P. [Lord Godber of Willington (1914-1980)] was Minister of State, FCO 1970-1972.
Dates:
1971-02
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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Doyle, 1908-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2441
Scope and Contents
Landscape format.
Dates:
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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Dr John Rae finds Franklin relics, Pelly Bay, 1854, 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 345/10
Scope and Contents
'From the painting by Charles F. Comfort, R.C.A.'
Dates:
1970
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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Dr Pritchard’s Surgery, 1902 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/104
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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Dr Thomas Lecky receiving the Order of Merit in 1978 from the Governor General of Jamaica in recognition of his outstanding work in the field of cattle breeding, 1978
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/22
Scope and Contents
250 x 200 mm. Photograph by Thomas Bryce.
Dates:
1978
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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Draft ‘Case of the Land Owners and Other Inhabitants of His Majesty’s Colony of the Virgin Islands’, 15 September 1808, 1808-09-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 263/2
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Dates:
1808-09-15
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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West Indian documents
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Draft of a memorial to the Treasury, 15 June 1803, by Patrick Colquhoun as Agent for the Virgin Islands, on Tortola’s status as a free port, 1803-06-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 263/1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Dates:
1803-06-15
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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West Indian documents
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Drafts of official despatches, (several to Lord Bathurst), 1814 - 1816
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/19
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:
1814 - 1816
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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Drawing in the nets, Vancouver Harbour, 1908-09 - 1908-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2610
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
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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Drawing in the nets, Vancouver Harbour, 1908-09 - 1908-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2611
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
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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Drawings, 1962 - 1998
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 360/13
Scope and Contents
A volume containing 36 architectural and landscape drawings in pencil and related media.
Subjects are:
The Commonwealth Institute, London, 1961-1962 (4 drawings)
West Africa Tour 1968 (8 drawings)
Canada 1969 (19 drawings)
Jamaica 1969 (2 drawings)
Gibraltar 1985 and 1988 (3 drawings)
Dates:
1962 - 1998
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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Donald Bowen Collection
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Drift wood, 1972-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham BB/48
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains slides showing scenes in the house and gardens of John Ewart Marnham's residence just outside Castries. They include slides of the very attractive views from the garden and a series of aerial views taken at varying heights in May 1972. This section concludes with photographs of members of the domestic staff taken just before Marnham left St Lucia (dated Oct 72 nos 18-25). 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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Drilling for silver, 1908-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3178
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. In an 80 foot level at La Rose mine, Cobalt. These men are drifting, i.e. building a tunnel to other veins from this one. Flashlight photo, Aug, 1908.
Dates:
1908-08
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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Drummond Street, Montreal, 1950/51, 1950 - 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/235
Scope and Contents
80 x 130 mm. Showing a snow covered tree-lined street.
Dates:
1950 - 1951
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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Dry dock at St. John, New Brunswick , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/41
Scope and Contents
Showing part of the dam from down river. Photograph by the Smith Studio, Sackville, N.B.
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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Dry Harbour, St Anns [Parish] Jamaica, 1879 - 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/7
Scope and Contents
230 x 180 mm. A view from the sea looking towards the jetty and houses of Dry Harbour.
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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Dryfish packing at the Atlantic Fish Company, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3032
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Lunenburg (Canadian capital). Dryfish implies codfish. The fish screw is here seen pressing the dried cod into the cask. The fish from Lunenburg are chiefly exported to the West Indies, Porto Rico [sic], Cuba, Panama, Colon and Haiti. This company turns out annually about 70, 000 quintals (cwts) of dried codfish caught by schooners of 99 tons on the Grand Banks. The fish are brought here in salt. The Manager of this company expresses eagerness for...
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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Dryfish packing at the Atlantic Fish Company, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3033
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Lunenburg (Canadian capital). Dryfish implies codfish. The fish screw is here seen pressing the dried cod into the cask. The fish from Lunenburg are chiefly exported to the West Indies, Porto Rico [sic], Cuba, Panama, Colon and Haiti. This company turns out annually about 70, 000 quintals (cwts) of dried codfish caught by schooners of 99 tons on the Grand Banks. The fish are brought here in salt. The Manager of this company expresses eagerness for...
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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Drying the Golden Bean, Grenada, 1890 - 1893
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/27
Scope and Contents
281 x 216 mm. A view showing the cocoa drying racks on a Grenada estate. A group of women pose in front of the racks while workers can be seen spreading the beans uniformly. After the pods are picked the beans are 'sweated' in boxes for several days to remove the surrounding pulp. They are then placed on these racks for sun-drying before being packed and transported.
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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Duck hawk; peregrine falcon (plate I), 1876
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062H/2
Scope and Contents
103 x 140 mm.
Dates:
1876
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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Duck hunter, Saskatchewan , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/164
Scope and Contents
A silhouetted view of a duck hunter standing beside a lake with gun raised.
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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Duck Shooting on the Prairies, 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/127
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).
File
Duke of Courland’s Connection with Tobago, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/8/2
Scope and Contents
MS extracts by N.D.D. from the ‘History of Poland’, by B. Connor, 1698.
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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Dumping Logs, British Columbia , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/210
Scope and Contents
Showing logs being tipped into a river from freight trucks. 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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Dumping on the 'La Rose' Mine, Cobalt, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/3190
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. The mined rock is brought in small cars from the bottom of the shaft; the car is put on what is called a hoist and brought to the surface : then it is run out along rails and emptied as in these views. The rock... [lost by water stain] 'concentrates' the waste removed, and the finer 'silver'... reduced to a size that permits shipment.
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).