West Indies (archipelago)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1045 Collections and/or Records:
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[R.M.S. Thames], 1902 - 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/20
Scope and Contents
95 x 68 mm. A distant view of a sister ship to 'Clyde'. Her tonnage was 5621 tons; launched a year before Clyde, she survived a year longer but was broken up in 1914. (Bushell 1939).
Dates:
1902 - 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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[?Roaring River Falls], 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/31
Scope and Contents
229 x 179 mm. Showing a waterfall composed of several cascades, possibly the Roaring River Falls.
Dates:
1900 - 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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Rodney Bay 1972, 1972-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham AA/54
Scope and Contents
[From the air].
Dates:
1972-09
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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Roseau, 1972-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham DD/13
Scope and Contents
[View from the sea].
Dates:
1972-10
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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Roseau, 1972-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham DD/14
Scope and Contents
[View from the sea].
Dates:
1972-10
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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Roseau from the sea, Dominica, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30745A/1
Scope and Contents
160 x 116 mm. A view looking towards the waterfront at Roseau and showing the mountains behind the town.
Dates:
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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Rough notes on routes of mail boats, 1832
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 263/31
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Dates:
1832
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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West Indian documents
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Royal Address, 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/185
Scope and Contents
255 x 200 mm. A close view of Prince Philip during his speech. The typescript caption continues: 'Prince Philip speaks to crowd that thronged the public square in Nassau upon his arrival for a four-day visit to the British Bahamas. -30-.' The caption also reads: 'From: Bahamas News Bureau ... by Bill Seward,' and 'Direction of (to): Hill and Knowlton, Inc.' and gives full address details for both.
Dates:
1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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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Royal African Palm, 1879 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/10
Scope and Contents
177 x 230 mm. A view from the street showing a Royal African palm growing in a Nassau garden. The caption on the back of the print reads: 'Royal Palm Nassau Bahamas'.
Dates:
1879 - 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).
Sub-Fonds
Royal grant of West Indian governorship, 1971
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/19
Scope and Contents
A coloured photograph of an illuminated document dated 13 September 1625, 12'' x 8'', granting Sir Thomas Warner the governorship of St Christopher (St Kitts), 'Mevis' (Nevis), Barbados and Montserrat. There is an accompanying photocopy of a typed description of the grant and of the translation given in A. Warner, 'Sir Thomas Warner' (1933), pp. 28-33.
Dates:
1971
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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Royal review in Nassau, 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/180
Scope and Contents
255 x 200 mm. The typescript caption continues: 'Prince Philip inspects Guard of Honor from the Worcestershire Regiment in Nassau on occasion of his four-day visit to the Bahama Islands. A Nassau constable stands in the background. -30-.' The caption also reads: 'From: Bahamas News Bureau ... by Bill Seward', and 'Direction of: Hill and Knowlton, Inc.' and gives full address details for both.
Dates:
1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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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[Royal review in Nassau], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/181
Scope and Contents
255 x 200 mm. A view of Prince Philip inspecting the Guard of Honor.
Dates:
1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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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[Royal review in Nassau], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/182
Scope and Contents
255 x 200 mm. A view of Prince Philip inspecting the Guard of Honor. The print is stamped on the reverse with 'Bahamas News Bureau Photo.'
Dates:
1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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
Royal Tour of the West Indies, 1966
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307C
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs measuring approximately 205 x 155 mm, with captions pasted to the backs of the prints. The photographs show scenes and events during the tour of 1966 which started at Georgetown, British Guiana and following the line of the islands (apart from a detour to Nassau) and ended in Jamaica. This was the first visit of the Queen to most of the islands although she had been to Jamaica and Bermuda during her world tour of the Commonwealth in 1953-4. Photographs by...
Dates:
1966
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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Royal Words for Bahamians, 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/183
Scope and Contents
255 x 200 mm. The typescript caption continues: 'Dignitaries of the British colony of the Bahamas hear Prince Philip reply to official welcome in Nassau. On the Prince's right is Sir Raynor Arthur, the Governor, and to his left in the foreground is Stafford Sands, Chairman of the Development Board.' The caption also reads: 'From: Bahamas News Bureau ... by Bill Seward', and 'Direction of (to): Hill and Knowlton, Inc.' and gives full address details for both. The print itself is stamped...
Dates:
1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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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[Rue Victor Hugo (?)], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/2
Scope and Contents
80 x 55 mm. Two sides of the street with debris piled between the houses.
Dates:
1902-05
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).
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[Rue Victor Hugo (?)], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/4
Scope and Contents
80 x 55 mm. View with bodies in the foreground.
Dates:
1902-05
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).
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[Rue Victor Hugo], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/13
Scope and Contents
80 x 55 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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).
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[Ruined interior of large buildings], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/8
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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).
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[Ruins of Cathedral Tower], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/9
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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).
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[Ruins of Cathedral Tower], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/12
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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).
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[Ruins of Cathedral Tower], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/15
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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).
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Ruins of Spanish Monestery [sic] Jamaica, 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073C/12
Scope and Contents
100 x 76 mm. Showing the crumbling outer walls of the old monastery at Miranda Hill, Montego Bay.
Dates:
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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[Ruins of the Cathedral], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/7
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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).
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[Ruins of the Cathedral], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/16
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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).