171 x 120 mm. A mounted print showing the lake in the now quiescent crater of La Soufrière, with lava cliffs in the background. A few palms and other vegetation have been painted into the foreground.

[From the sea].

115 x 140 mm. Showing Lady Arthur and Lady Mountbatten having tea. Lady Mountbatten visited the Bahamas as Superintendent in Chief of St. John's Ambulance Brigade.

255 x 200 mm. A close view of the sailing boat 'Lady M' with her eight occupants. Location unidentified.

80 x 80 mm. Probably amateur snapshot. Lady Harewood was Florence, wife of the 5th Earl of Harewood. Lieutenant the Hon. Edward Lascelles (1887-1935) of the Rifle Brigade was her second son and Lady Margaret her only daughter. As the latter was married in October 1906 the photograph was presumably taken before that date.

Photographs by various photographers and three other items. They relate to the career of James Alexander Swettenham, who, after serving in Ceylon and Cyprus, became Colonial Secretary in Singapore in 1895. He was Governor of British Guyana 1901-1904 and of Jamaica 1904-1907. His period in Singapore coincided with the service in Malaya of his more famous brother, Sir Frank Swettenham. Their father was James Oldham Swettenham, Solicitor of Belper.

160 x 107 mm. A view from the side of the iron girder bridge completed in 1903 and crossing the river near the village of Layou. The ironwork for the bridge had been imported as early as 1888 or 1889, but inadequate funds had prevented its erection.

154 x 110 mm. A view looking along the partially completed bridge.

150 x 200 mm. Photo shows: Sir Alexander Williams, Governor of the Leeward Islands (second left), Sir Colville Deverell, Governor of the Windward Islands and Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

150 x 204 mm. Photo shows: Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd, the Secretary of State for the Colonies with Sir Grantley- Adams, the Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation.

154 x 203 mm. Seen at the opening session of the Constitutional Conference which opened in Lancaster House are delegates from the Federal Government of the West Indies. From right to left are: Sir Grantley Adams, C.M.G., Q.C., Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation; Mr. G.D.G. La Corbiniere, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Industries, and Mr. R.L. Bradshaw, Federal Minister of Finance.

154 x 204 mm. The Secretary of state for the Colonies, Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, (second from right) presides at the opening session of the Leeward and Windward Constitutional Conference. On the Colonial Secretary’s right is Mr. Julian Amery, M.P., Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, with left to right, Mr. W.E. Jacobs, Attorney General, Leeward Islands; Sir Alexander Williams, Governor of the Windward Islands.

154 x 203 mm. The Dominica Minister for trade and Production, Mr. F.A. Baron (left), and Mr. N.A. Berridge, the Dominica Crown Attorney (right), representing Dominica at the Leeward and Windward Islands Constitutional Conference, are seen here during the opening session at Lancaster House.

155 x 202 mm. In this picture the Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation, Sir Grantley Adams (standing left centre) is seen addressing the delegates from the Leeward and Windward Islands and from the Federal Government of the West Indies at the opening session of the conference.

Contains slides covering most of the major islands of the group, both associated states and dependent territories. One relates to Marnham's official duties, the launch given to St Kitts in 1972.

A scrapbook album containing prints of various sizes by various photographers. The majority of the prints are captioned in Bell's hand. They relate to his period as Governor of the Leeward Islands, which ended in 1915; visits to England and South Africa; and, from plate 33 onwards, his Governorship of Mauritius, to which he was appointed in 1915.

Contains slides taken chiefly in Ciceron and its grounds. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Contains slides taken chiefly in Ciceron and its grounds. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

8 sheets.

Includes a Resolution of the Council and Assembly, dated 22 June 1830, offering condolences, numbered RCMS 263/7b.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.