Canada (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2828 Collections and/or Records:
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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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Dead Mans Island, 1908-09 - 1908-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2631
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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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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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Deepsea fishing, 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/337
Scope and Contents
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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[Demolished trenches], 1915 - 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/18
Scope and Contents
190 x 145 mm.
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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Demonstration Farm, Strathmore, 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/50
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).
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Demonstration in support of Tibet outside Canada's Parliament Building, Ottawa 17 January 1984, 1984-01-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062O/2
Scope and Contents
The Chinese Premier Zhoa Ziyang, with an accompanying delegation, spent 10 days in the United States and 7 in Canada in January 1984. He visited Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, but his visit was the occasion for a number of demonstrations against various aspects of China's policy. In Ottawa, where he was the first Communist leader to address Parliament, one MP remained seated during applause after his speech and the demonstrators in the photograph held the flag of Tibet as well as...
Dates:
1984-01-17
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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Department of Horticulture, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2803
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Demonstration in practice work : hard and soft wood cuttings (vine and geranium).
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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Department of Horticulture, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2804
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Demonstration in practice work : hard and soft wood cuttings (vine and geranium).
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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Desbarats, 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/26
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
Detailed programme for the Governor-General's visit to Canada, 1958-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HAIS 5/48
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Lord Hailes as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of the West Indies, 1958-1962, showing, in fascinating detail, the working out of this experiment in federation. There are numerous papers relating to Lord Hailes's long tenure of office as Assistant, Deputy Chief, and finally Chief, Whip and these include many letters from his fellow Conservatives showing the high esteem in which they held him.Amongst the...
Dates:
1958-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.
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Devil's Head Canyon & Bridge, Banff, 1886 - 1893
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/187
Scope and Contents
225 x 171 mm. View looking along the river gorge towards Devil's Head, with a small wooden bridge crossing the river in the middle distance.
Dates:
1886 - 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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[Diagram of the Rideau Canal], 1826 - 1831
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/4/3
Scope and Contents
A 762 x 610 mm pen and water colour diagram showing the line of the canal with some cross-sections and descriptive captions but no overall title or date.
Dates:
1826 - 1831
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
These items are stored in the RCS Plan Chest.
Fonds
Diaries and papers of Monica Storrs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 246
Scope and Contents
Diary extracts, a photograph and other papers of Monica Storrs and biographical material composed after her death.
Dates:
1938 - 1968
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
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Diary, 1928-06-01 - 1928-11-26
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/1
Scope and Contents
The primary function of the Empire Tour was to impress the party with the prosperity and economic potential of the Dominions. Kelsey reported on many visits to farms, agricultural colleges, research stations, industrial sites and commercial centres. As an engineer, he was particularly interested in mines, factories and power stations. The party also toured many sites of natural beauty as well as museums and galleries. Kelsey recorded his impressions of the people he encountered and their...
Dates:
1928-06-01 - 1928-11-26
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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Empire Settlement Tour
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Diary, 1934, 1934
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 51/3
Scope and Contents
A diary of time spent in Canada and the U.S.A.
Dates:
1934
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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Diary, 1934, 1934
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 51/4
Scope and Contents
A diary of time spent in Canada and the U.S.A.
Dates:
1934
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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Diary letters, 1907 - 1910
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/1
Scope and Contents
Letters written by Fisher to Halford Mackinder describing his travels (circa 2,000 pages).
Dates:
1907 - 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).
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Diary of RSC's visit to Canada and the United States, 1929-08 - 1929-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RDCH 11/25
Scope and Contents
Original manuscript diary of RSC's tour of Canada and the United States with Winston Churchill, his uncle John S Churchill and cousin John G Churchill.
Dates:
1929-08 - 1929-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. The catalogue includes details of some material in the collection which is currently too fragile to be produced and researchers should seek advice from Archives Centre staff about accessing this material.
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Digby, Nova Scotia, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3095
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. Looking towards the pier.
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).