Canada (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2751 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Signal Hill, St John’s, 1907 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/3
Scope and Contents
Seen from South Side, just before Fort Amherst. Fishing stages and shack, ice in water. Cabot Tower visible on Signal Hill.
Dates:
1907 - 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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Signal Hill St John’s, Cabot Tower visible, 1902 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/96
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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Sinking a shaft at Trinity Cobalt mine, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3180
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format).
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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Sinking foundation for piers of steel bridge, 1908-09 - 1908-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2615
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Over False Creek, Vancouver, joining the main city to Mount Pleasant. Notice the air escaping from the surface of the water as fresh air is pumped in from above through the air pipe. Five men are at work beneath the water.
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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Sir A. and Lady Geddes, 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/121
Scope and Contents
130 x 78 mm. Auckland Geddes served as British Ambassador to the United States.
Dates:
1922
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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Sir A. and Lady Geddes, in Victoria, B.C., 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/61
Scope and Contents
140 x 85 mm. Auckland Geddes served as British Ambassador to the United States.
Dates:
1922
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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Sir Austen, Lady Chamberlaine and family, 1928-10-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/74
Scope and Contents
100 x 150 mm.
Dates:
1928-10-29
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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Sir Esme and Lady Howard, at Victoria, B.C., 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/85
Scope and Contents
145 x 95 mm.
Dates:
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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[Sir John Jellicoe], 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/118
Scope and Contents
132 x 80 mm. This photograph may have been taken during the tour Jellicoe undertook in 1919 to advise on the creation of dominion navies.
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).
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[Sir John Jellicoe leaving the Royal Naval College Drawing Office], 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/120
Scope and Contents
130 x 82 mm. This may be The Royal Naval College of Canada, which was relocated to the naval dockyard at Esquimalt, British Columbia, in 1918. The visit may form part of Jellicoe's tour in 1919 to advise on the creation of dominion navies.
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).
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Sir Percy Vincent, Lord Mayor of London, planting tree at Beach Hill Park, 1936-08-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/66-68
Scope and Contents
150 x 75 mm.
Dates:
1936-08-19
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).
File
Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1929-08 - 1929-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/22
Scope and Contents
Letters from Churchill's lecture tour of Canada and the United States, with Randolph Churchill, Jack [John S Churchill] and Jack's son Johnnie [John G Churchill]. Subjects include: the voyage out; articles Churchill was working on; preparatory work for his biography of 1st Duke of Marlborough; Churchill's poor view of the treaty with Egypt and the violence that was likely once British troops were withdrawn; staying in Quebec; Free Trade and protectionism; speeches at Montreal, Ottawa,...
Dates:
1929-08 - 1929-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Skating, Chateau Frontenac Hotel, Quebec , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/51
Scope and Contents
Showing a girl skating on an ice rink in front of the hotel. 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
Sub-Fonds
Sketch of Montreal in Lower Canada, 1806
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/11
Scope and Contents
An account of Montreal in circa 1806 making favourable comparisons with American towns. A note at the end states that the sketch appeared originally in a Boston newspaper and was transcribed into the 'Montreal gazette'.
Dates:
1806
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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Americas miscellanea
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Ski Instructors, 1948-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/31
Scope and Contents
80 x 50 mm.
Dates:
1948-02
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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Ski jump : Mount Royal Park, Montreal, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/3198
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. [Man on skis jumping with spectators behind].
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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Skiers on Mont Tremblant , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/59
Scope and Contents
Showing three skiers among woodland on the south side of Mont Tremblant, Laurentian Mountains, Quebec. Photograph by C.P.R.
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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Skiing country, Ontario , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/99
Scope and Contents
Showing two skiers looking out over snow-covered field and woodland near Huntsville in the Lake of Bays area.
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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Skiing in Alberta, 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/187
Scope and Contents
Showing three skiers in the foreground with Mount Assiniboine beyond.
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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Skiing in Alberta , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/188
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of loose photographs of Canada, mostly measuring 240 x 190 mm. Most prints are mounted on card with typed captions.The collection has been broken down into geographical locations thus:1-18 Newfoundland19-23 Prince Edward Island24-25 Nova Scotia26-45 New Brunswick46-61 Quebec62-110 Ontario111-140 Manitoba141-166 Saskatchewan167-206 Alberta207-230 British Columbia231-236 General...
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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Skiing in Canada, 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/61
Scope and Contents
Crowded ski slopes at Lake Beauport, Quebec.
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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Skiing in Quebec , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/60
Scope and Contents
Two skiers on a snow covered hillside. Photograph by CPR.
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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Skinning seals, a lucrative business, 1899 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/35
Scope and Contents
202 x 151 mm. Showing a worker cutting up seal meat in a wooden cabin.
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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Slave tombstones [historic title], 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3112
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). In the cemetery of Annapolis Royal adjacent to the old fort. 1720 Bathiah Douglass; 1740 Rebecca Douglass.
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
Sleigh outside the Post Office, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2774
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Sault au Recollet.
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).