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Canada (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2826 Collections and/or Records:

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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).
 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).
 Fonds

Sketches of Ottawa, the Rideau Canal, Upper Canada and St Helena

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062T
Scope and Contents

Reproductions of original artwork by Frome

Dates: 1929 - 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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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Slocan Station, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2566
Scope and Contents

A few miles beyond previous view.

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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[Small boy with gun and moose antlers], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/65
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).
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Small horse-drawn vehicle on country road, with buildings in background, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/81
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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Small iron bridge, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2707
Scope and Contents

On line east of Revelstoke.

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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Smeltery at Nelson, B.C., 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2557
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Seen across Lake Kootenay. Above the smeltery to the left a wide straight road seems to have been cut through the fir trees : this is the track of an aerial tramway going 9 miles to the Silver King Copper Mine, and bringing ore thence to the smeltery.

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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Smeltery at Nelson, B.C., 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2558
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Seen across Lake Kootenay. Above the smeltery to the left a wide straight road seems to have been cut through the fir trees : this is the track of an aerial tramway going 9 miles to the Silver King Copper Mine, and bringing ore thence to the smeltery.

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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Smoke Lake Lumber Hut, Algonquin Park, Ontario, taken at 5 o'clock a.m. in fog, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3067A/1
Scope and Contents

115 x 91 mm. Showing two men standing outside their log cabin beside the lake.

Dates: 1913
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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Smoke Lake Lumber Hut, Algonquin Park, Ontario, taken at 5 o'clock a.m. in fog, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3067A/1A
Scope and Contents

253 x 201 mm. Showing two men standing outside their log cabin beside the lake.

Dates: 1913
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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Smuggled whisky, Fête Jaune B.C [i.e. British Columbia], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/44
Scope and Contents

Showing smuggled whisky bottles in animal skins.

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).
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Snow covered mountain side, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2706
Scope and Contents

From end of moving train.

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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[Snow-covered trees], 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/214
Scope and Contents

83 x 81 mm. Woodland covered with snow, possibly in Montreal.

Dates: 1948
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).