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Canada (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2828 Collections and/or Records:

 Sub-Series

Photograph album, 1928-06 - 1928-11

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2
Scope and Contents

Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

Dates: 1928-06 - 1928-11
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

Photographs, 1970

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/7
Scope and Contents Print reproductions of Frome's South Australian watercolours and sketches, with a few works from Canada and Mauritius, and a portrait print of Frome himself. This section also includes copies of works relating to South Australia by other artists that Frome had acquired. A catalogue, 'The Australian collection of General E.C. Frome in the Royal Commonwealth Society' written by RCS Librarian Donald Simpson, is stored with the collection, along with a listing by R.G. Appleyard 'Captain E.C....
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).
 File

Photographs, 1928

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/3
Scope and Contents

A file of loose photographs, several taken aboard the cruise ship ‘Demosthenes’.

Dates: 1928
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

Photographs of Belleville, Ontario. c.1913

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306796A
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 160 x 120 mm with typewritten captions on the reverse.

Dates: 1913
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of Canada

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E
Scope and Contents 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: 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

Photographs of Canada

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R
Scope and Contents

Eighteen loose professional photographs and two engraved prints, mainly showing Canadian landscapes. The collection also includes four photographs of Australia. Several of the images are captioned on the reverse.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of Canada, c.1897-1904

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062C
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints, measuring approximately 240 x 190 mm. Most of the photographs have captions on the prints, a couple have them on the reverse.

Dates: 1897 - 1904
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of Canada circa 1912

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062D
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints, measuring approximately 135 x 80 mm, and captioned and signed in pencil on the reverse. The prints show scenes in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.

Dates: 1912
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of Edmonton and Central Alberta. c.1910-1912

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A
Scope and Contents

A collection of prints, mounted on card, measuring approximately 165 x 115 mm. All prints are captioned on the mounts, most in addition having captions on the prints. Captions used here are from the mounts. The collection contains some good views of Edmonton and farming scenes in the Edmonton area.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of Loreburn 1955

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30685A
Scope and Contents

An album of prints. In 1955 the Saskatchewan Jubilee was celebrated by the encouragement of locally written histories of the communities which made up the province. The Society endeavoured to collect as many as possible of these local publications and among them was the History of Loreburn prepared by the local school of which this album was a supplement. Notes were provided with the photographs and are detailed in the individual catalogue entries.

Dates: 1955
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of North Africa and Asia

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A
Scope and Contents

A large album of albumen prints. The prints are of various sizes and by various photographers. The compiler of the album is not known. Captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

Dates: 1860 - 1920
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of Northern Ontario. c.1913

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3067A
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints (three small snapshots and three enlargements of these) of various sizes, with handwritten captions on the reverse of the prints.

Dates: 1913
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of Quebec and Montreal circa 1930

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3066B
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 150 x 100 mm (1-5) or 78 x 53 mm (6-11). The prints have handwritten captions either on the backs of the prints or on separate sheets: some captions have been amended for brevity's sake.

Dates: 1930
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of Quebec [i.e. Québec]. 1888 and 1897

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3066A
Scope and Contents

Loose photographs measuring approximately 150 x 100 mm and mounted on stiff card. The photographs have handwritten captions on the reverse of the mounts.

Dates: 1888 - 1897
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).
 Series

Photographs of Thailand, 1930 - 1931

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 371/7
Scope and Contents

1-3 Bangkok
4-6 Wat Arun
7-12 Wat Pho
13 Wat Chet Yot
14 temple wall, Chiang Mai
15-16 Singora
17 rest house, Hat Yai
18-23 working elephants
24 waterfall
25 Bras Manao Island

29-30 Ceylon
31 Canadian Pacific Railway train

A small number of unidentified photographs from the entire Le Fleming collection are filed at the end of the box.













Dates: 1930 - 1931
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

Photographs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia c.1912

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30695A
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 250 x 200 mm., with pencilled captions on the reverse of the prints.

Dates: 1912
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).
 Series

Photographs of Victoria and British Columbia, 1890 - 1939

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/39-202
Scope and Contents

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: 1890 - 1939
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

Photographs of Winnipeg fire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30681A
Scope and Contents

Loose photographs, some mounted on card, of various sizes and with handwritten descriptive captions.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
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).
 Item

Piapot, Saskatchewan , 1950 - 1967

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/157
Scope and Contents

Showing an Indigenous Canadian standing in front of a teepee and wearing a headdress and woven blanket.

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).
 Item

Picking peaches, 1908-09

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2423
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. On W.A. Griffin's Farm, Lincoln County, Ontario. Trees 18 years old: a peach orchard requires five years before full bearing. The baskets are bushel baskets.

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).
 Item

Picnic to the Evangalene Gold Mines, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 1908, 1908-05

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070A/11
Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. Showing a party of officers from HMS 'Cornwall' picnicking in the woods in Nova Scotia.

Dates: 1908-05
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

Picnic to the Evangelene Gold Mines, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 1908, 1908-05

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070A/12
Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. A view showing members of the party standing beside a river in the Nova Scotia woods.

Dates: 1908-05
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).
 Fonds

'Pictorial Record of Unveiling the Canadian War Memorial at St. Julien near Ypres 8th July 1923' [cover title]

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062P
Scope and Contents

An album of photographs showing various stages of the ceremony (with blank pages following). All, save 2 and 7, have handwritten captions. Only three of the photographs (1, 6 and 10) have an identified photographer - 'Antony d'Ypres'.

Dates: 1923-07-08
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).
 Item

Piermont, Sidney Pitt Esqs residence, 1908-10

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2679
Scope and Contents

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).
 Item

Pierte et Louis at Sault au Recollet, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2775
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. [House and children on toboggan].

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).