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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2826 Collections and/or Records:

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[Visitors disembarking from a warship], 1920 - 1936

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/76
Scope and Contents

130 x 78 mm. The event has not been identified.

Dates: 1920 - 1936
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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Visitors starting for a summers day outing, Banff, 1908-07 - 1908-08

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2134
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

Dates: 1908-07 - 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).
 Sub-Series

Visits of the Prince of Wales and Prince George, 1919 - 1927

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/88-107
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of these images were taken by Chapman in his role as official photographer, chronicling the visits of the British Royal Family and other distinguished individuals to Victoria.

Dates: 1919 - 1927
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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Volume 7, 1864-07-02 - 1864-08-18

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 232/7
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Eight exercise books containing copies of letters, which were written by Stanley during a tour of Civil War America in 1864, undertaken in the period between his leaving Oxford and being called to the Bar. Most are addressed to his mother and sister, but were intended to be circulated and read together, providing a single picture. Stanley was very interested in examining the causes and course of the conflict from both the Union and Confederate perspectives, and secured introductions to...
Dates: 1864-07-02 - 1864-08-18
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For conservation reasons, this collection may only be consulted on microfilm reel MC88.
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Volume IX : Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, July-August 1908, 1908-07 - 1908-08

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9
Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2001-2175 (originally there were 172). Added numbers are: 2103A-B, 2124A; spoiled: 2067, 2077 and 2162; not used: 2123, 2167 and 2171; missing: 2017, 2048, 2050, 2075, 2079, 2103, 2106, 2124A, 2129 and 2170. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2129 follows 2161. Subjects covered in this album are:Canada: voyage in 'Empress of Britain', emigrants, Rimouski, St Lawrence;...
Dates: 1908-07 - 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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Volume X : Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, August-September 1908, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10
Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2176-2336 (originally there were 163). Added numbers are: 2214A, 2214B and 2306A; not used: 2242; missing: 2184, 2217 and 2227. Subjects covered in the album are: Canada: mountain scenes in Kootenay district; British Columbia: Saddleback Mountain, Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, Summit Lake, Yoho Valley, Wapta Glacier, Illecilliwaet Glacier; Edmonton: agricultural scenes in area, Clover Bar farms and school; Fort...
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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Volume XI : Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland, September 1908, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11
Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2337-2499 (originally there were 166). Added numbers are: 2407A, 2436A and 2471B; spoiled 2359 and 2371; not used: 2345, 2431 and 2432; missing: 2430, 2444 and 2459. Subjects covered in this album are:Winnipeg; Fort William: Ogilvie Flour Mills; Port Arthur; Kakabeka Falls; Owen Sound; Horseshoe Falls, Niagara; St Catharine's and Lincoln County: agricultural scenes. Newfoundland: Port aux Basques; coastal and fishing...
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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Volume XII : Newfoundland, New Brunswick, British Columbia, September-October 1908, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12
Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2500-2660 (originally there were 157). Numbers not used are: 2532, 2553, 2630 and 2649; missing: 2512, 2527, 2528, 2624 and 2634. Subjects covered in this album are: Newfoundland: Bell Island (Mines) and Portugal Cove; Grand Falls: paper mills, Humber River and Great Rabbit Lake. Canada (general): Esquimaux dog at North Sydney; Truro; Fredericton; train journey west: Hosmer, Fernie, Moyie; Lake Kootenay, B.C.; Nelson:...
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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Volume XIII : British Columbia and Quebec, October 1908, March 1909, 1908-10 - 1909-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13
Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
Dates: 1908-10 - 1909-03
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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Volume XIV : Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, 1909, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14
Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2835-3011 (originally there were 172). Added numbers are: 2801, 2802, 2805-2807, 2400A-G, 2956A, 2962A; not used: 2840, 2855, 2860-2861, 2867, 2872-2873, 2923, 2926-2927, 2935, 2970-2972, 2974-2976, 3000 and 3005; missing 2887. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2962A follows 2931, 2801-2802, 2805-2806, 2400A-G follow 3011. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada:...
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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Volume XV : Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 1909, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15
Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 3012-3188 (originally there were 159). Added numbers are: 3164A, 3165A; spoiled: 3143-3149; not used: 3022, 3024, 3046-3048, 3094, 3097, 3129, 3133, 3139, 3140, 3153 and 3182; missing: 3172. Subjects covered in this album are:Canada: Royal Canadian Regiment Halifax; Halifax; Lunenberg; Bridgewater; Springfield; Muscauna Lake; Frog Lake; Shellcamp: lumbering; copy of photographs of natural gas explosion, Sarnie, 1902;...
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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Volume XVI : Nova Scotia, Canadian winter, and Great Britain 1909, 1909

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16
Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 3189-3224 (originally there were 150). Added numbers are: 5185-5350; spoiled: 5291-5298; not used: 3210-3220, 5192, 5202-5209, 5211, 5231-5233, 5248, 5280-5286, 5320-5322, 5324-5326, 5328-5330, 5332, 5335 and 5348; missing: 3203 and 3204. Subjects covered in the album are: Canada: Cobalt; Montreal and Toronto: winter sports; icebergs off Newfoundland. Great Britain: shipbuilding on the Clyde: Glasgow: iron foundry;...
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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Wapta, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2191
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. From upper meadow Yoho Valley, looking from under Vice President.

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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Wapta Glacier, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2188
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

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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Wapta Glacier, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2197
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2176-2336 (originally there were 163). Added numbers are: 2214A, 2214B and 2306A; not used: 2242; missing: 2184, 2217 and 2227. Subjects covered in the album are: Canada: mountain scenes in Kootenay district; British Columbia: Saddleback Mountain, Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, Summit Lake, Yoho Valley, Wapta Glacier, Illecilliwaet Glacier; Edmonton: agricultural scenes in area, Clover Bar farms and school; Fort...
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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Wapta Glacier, 1908-08 - 1908-09

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2198
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2176-2336 (originally there were 163). Added numbers are: 2214A, 2214B and 2306A; not used: 2242; missing: 2184, 2217 and 2227. Subjects covered in the album are: Canada: mountain scenes in Kootenay district; British Columbia: Saddleback Mountain, Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, Summit Lake, Yoho Valley, Wapta Glacier, Illecilliwaet Glacier; Edmonton: agricultural scenes in area, Clover Bar farms and school; Fort...
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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Wapta Glacier and ice cave, 1908-08 - 1908-09

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2199
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

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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[Warship], 1920 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/77
Scope and Contents

130 x 78 mm. Probably the same vessel featured in Y3062S/76.

Dates: 1920 - 1936
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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Water Street, main thoroughfare looking east, 1900 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/12
Scope and Contents

202 x 151 mm. A view looking along Water Street, with horses and carts and groups of pedestrians on the road. The tramlines on the cobbled street date the photograph to after 1900 when the first regular tram service came into operation.

Dates: 1900 - 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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Water Street West showing cabstand near G.P.O., 1899 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/16
Scope and Contents

202 x 151 mm. A view looking along Water Street with hansom cabs and pedestrians and the dome of the Post Office visible in the background (opened in 1886 and demolished in the 1950s).

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).
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Water supply for Athabasca, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/35
Scope and Contents

A coloured slide showing a horse-drawn water tank sledge.

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).
 Series

Watercolours and drawings, 1834 - 1871

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...
Dates: 1834 - 1871
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

Watercolours and drawings of Edward Frome

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40
Scope and Contents This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...
Dates: 1827 - 1975
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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Waterford River Valley, near St John’s, 1899 - 1911

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/20
Scope and Contents

202 x 151 mm. A view up this picturesque valley, looking along the small Waterford River.

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).
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Waterskiing at Lac Deschenes, Ottawa, Ontario , 1950 - 1967

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/102
Scope and Contents

Showing a speedboat towing a skier on Lac Deschenes.

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).