North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Hillsboro' Estate, May 1896, cattle going to river down Hillsboro' road, 1896
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/30
Scope and Contents
102x74mm. View looking along the road, with cattle in the distance.
Dates:
1896
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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Hillsboro Works, cement cart, May 1896, 1896
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/50
Scope and Contents
101x75mm. Side-on view of a bullock cart loaded with barrels of cement.
Dates:
1896
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
Hillsboro' Works from house, 1896 - 1897
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/66
Scope and Contents
155x108mm. View looking down onto the estate factory with the Layou River beyond.
Dates:
1896 - 1897
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
Hillsboro' Works, May 1896, 1896
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/22
Scope and Contents
100x77mm. View from the neighbouring hillside looking down onto the estate factory.
Dates:
1896
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
His butler, 'Jeames', 1896 - 1897
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/70
Scope and Contents
77x108mm. Full length portrait of a Dominican man, wearing a white jacket and holding a plate.
Dates:
1896 - 1897
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
His Excellency Earl V.P. Bessborough, Governor-General of Canada [1931-35], 1932-08-30
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/122
Scope and Contents
142 x 95 mm. Bessborough stands aboard the deck of a warship flanked by two other men.
Dates:
1932-08-30
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
Historic Photographs of Alberta c.1875-1935
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30686A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 240 x 190 mm, with modern captions on the backs. Many of the photographs also have contemporary captions on the prints themselves. The collection consists of modern copy prints of photographs in the Provincial Archives of Alberta, from originals by Boorne and May, C.W. Mathers, Ernest Brown, Harry Pollard and others (see below).The collection breaks down into three categories:1-4 Provincial Archives of Alberta general...
Dates:
1875 - 1935
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
Historical notes and extracts relating to legal procedure in Barbados, 1909 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/12/3
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:
1909 - 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).
File
Historical notes relating to Physicians and Surgeons in Barbados, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/7/6
Scope and Contents
Mostly fragments.
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).
Fonds
Historical paintings of the Hudson's Bay Company
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 345
Scope and Contents
A commemorative set of fourteen full colour reproductions of Hudson's Bay Company calendar paintings printed by Bulman Brothers Limited, Winnipeg, for the Company's tercentenary in 1970. The original paintings, which depict events and persons associated with the Company's history, were commissioned by the Company and painted by well-known Canadian and British artists. At the front of the portfolio is a printed description of each of the paintings. The description and captions are given in...
Dates:
1970
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
Sub-Series
Historical photographs of Canada, 1870 - 1901
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Canada/159-167
Scope and Contents
Monochrome postcards, mainly of Quebec, published circa 1980s. Photographs by Alexander Henderson (159), William Notman (160, 163-165), Louis-Prudent Vallee (161), Jules Ernest Livernois (162, 167) and unknown (166).
Dates:
1870 - 1901
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
History of Bermuda libraries, 1975
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/26
Scope and Contents
A draft of the first, historical portion of the thesis 'The development of library services in Bermuda', accepted for the Fellowship of the Library Association in 1975, 60 pages. It comprises Part I: The Bermuda background; Part IIA: Early collections; and Part IIB: History and development.
Dates:
1975
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
Sub-Fonds
History of the Rudolf family of Nova Scotia, 1960 - 1989
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/10
Scope and Contents
An undated photocopy of a manuscript entitled 'History of my Great-Grandfather, written by himself', comprised of handwritten copies of Rudolf family documents, 13 pages. It begins with the autobiography of Leonard Christopher Rudolf, followed by a list of Rudolf's descendants and a family tree. The manuscript was presumably written by one of the children of L.C. Rudolf's grandson William after 1886, the last date to appear.
Dates:
1960 - 1989
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
Item
H.M. Dockyard and Grassy Bay : H.M.S. Dominion in dock, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070B/8
Scope and Contents
245 x 194 mm. A view from a hillside on Ireland Island looking across towards the dockyard and Grassy Bay, with the battleship 'Dominion' in dock near the bay.
Dates:
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).
Item
H.M.A.S. 'Melbourne' - sham attack on St John's [i.e. Saint Johns], Feb. 1915, 1915-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/19
Scope and Contents
139 x 82 mm. Showing a group of unidentified officers gathered round a motor car during the mock attack on St. John's, Antigua.
Dates:
1915-02
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).
Item
HMS Capetown at Esquimalt, 1922-11-19
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/152
Scope and Contents
190 x 150 mm. Group portrait of the officers and crew on deck.
Dates:
1922-11-19
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
HMS 'Cornwall', Bermuda, December 1908, 1908-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070A/34
Scope and Contents
83 x 138 mm. Showing the compiler of the album, Engineer Commander Donald P. Green sitting in a cabin on board HMS 'Cornwall' with a small dog on his lap (named Phyllis, refer to Y3070A/35).
Dates:
1908-12
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).
Item
HMS Hecla's helicopter which took most of the pictures, 1972-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham AA/49
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains slides of St Lucia. The majority are of views of scenery, many from the sea or from the air (two sequences in February 1971 and September 1972). There is not much relating to Marnham's work, though his official house in Castries is shown in February 1971. Among events which are shown are: a youth rally at Vieux Fort on 1 May 1971 and 11 scenes at the Castries Carnival of 1972. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript...
Dates:
1972-05
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).
Item
HMS Hood & HMS Repulse, both in same basin at Ogden Point Docks, 1924-06-22
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/155
Scope and Contents
200 x 135 mm. Both ships formed part of the Special Service Squadron which visited the Dominions during 1923-24 to encourage their support for British sea power.
Dates:
1924-06-22
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).
Item
HMS Hood Special Services Squadron, 1924-06-22
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/156
Scope and Contents
245 x 95 mm. The 'Hood' formed part of the Special Service Squadron which visited the Dominions during 1923-24 to encourage their support for British sea power.
Dates:
1924-06-22
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).
Item
HMS Londonderry, Grenadines, 1971-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham EE/7
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:
1971-05
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).
Item
Hockey match : McGill University, Montreal, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/3200
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). (University buildings in background).
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
Holidaymakers at Britannia Rock , 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/105
Scope and Contents
Showing sunbathers on the pier of the hotel at the Lake of Bays, Muskoka.
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
Item
Holy Trinity Church, Campbell Lake [Vancouver Island], 1910 - 1930
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/46
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Canada. The series also contains a few slides of historical events.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Home Industry, Battery Road, City, 1899 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/28
Scope and Contents
201 x 151 mm. Showing a woman laying out cod to dry on wooden flakes, with the harbour of St John’s in the background.
Dates:
1899 - 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).