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West Indies (archipelago)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1045 Collections and/or Records:

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The Circus, Basseterre, St Kitts, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/25
Scope and Contents

137 x 90 mm. Coloured postcard.

Dates: 1915
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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[The City from the Bay], 1902-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/5
Scope and Contents

80 x 55 mm. The ruins of the Cathedral are seen above the ruined buildings on the waterfront.

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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[The City from the bay], 1902-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/11
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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The Crater of the Soufrière, St Vincent [i.e. La Soufrière, Saint Vincent], from the south lip, 1907, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/34
Scope and Contents 264 x 206 mm. A photograph taken by Tempest Anderson on his second visit to Saint Vincent to report on the disastrous eruptions of La Soufrière in 1902 and 1903. The image shows a view looking down into the water-filled crater of La Soufrière and showing the interbedded tuffs and lavas on the far side. The type-written caption on the rear of the print reads (in full): 'The Crater of the Soufrière, St Vincent, from the south lip. Tempest Anderson, 1907. The mountain was formerly known as...
Dates: 1907
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

The eruption of Mont Pelée, Martinique, 1902

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E
Scope and Contents A collection of loose gravure prints measuring approximately 190 x 125 mm, captioned in ink on the backs of the prints. The captions have been used as titles and recorded as found.The great tragedy which overtook the island of Martinique and razed St Pierre in May 1902 is made more poignant by what we know of the city and its people before Mont Pelée erupted. Lafcadio Hearn spent some time on the island shortly before the disaster and gives a description which tallies with accounts...
Dates: 1900 - 1902
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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The Fountain at Constant Spring, Jamaica, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073C/4
Scope and Contents

102 x 76 mm. Showing the stone fountain at Constant Spring, a spot about six miles from Kingston at the foot of the Blue Mountains.

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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The French West Indies, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/6/12
Scope and Contents

Review of book by L. Hearn, 'The Nation'; 7 sheets.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
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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The Government House, 1879 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/1
Scope and Contents

210 x 169 mm. A view looking along the drive towards the front façade of the Bahamas Government House at Nassau. The house stands on the range of hills to the south of the town and looks along George Street towards the harbour. Written on the back in pencil: 'The Government House 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).
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[The Governor and Prince Philip], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/209
Scope and Contents

255 x 250 mm. Showing the Governor, Sir Raynor Arthur, and Prince Philip walking as others follow up the stairs behind them. Judging from their attire, they are either on their way to, or coming from, a formal event.

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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The Jamaica Hope, product of many years of research by Dr Lecky, is a cross between the Jersey and the Zebu of India, 1959 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/23
Scope and Contents

250 x 200 mm. The caption continues 'The Indian strain in the Jamaica Hope makes it particularly suited to Tropical climates, while still producing a high quality and quantity of milk'. Jamaica Information Service photograph by Thomas Bryce.

Dates: 1959 - 1982
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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The library of the University College, March 1955, 1955-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/65
Scope and Contents

153 x 116 mm. General view looking along the reading room, with students at work. The caption outlines, at length, the history of the University College of the West Indies in Jamaica.

Dates: 1955-03
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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The Morne from the air : Barracks; Technical College; Teachers College; Sixth Form College, 1972-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham AA/60
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains slides of St Lucia. The majority are of views of scenery, many from the sea or from the air (two sequences in February 1971 and September 1972). There is not much relating to Marnham's work, though his official house in Castries is shown in February 1971. Among events which are shown are: a youth rally at Vieux Fort on 1 May 1971 and 11 scenes at the Castries Carnival of 1972. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript...
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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The Morne from Vigie, 1972-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham AA/52
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains slides of St Lucia. The majority are of views of scenery, many from the sea or from the air (two sequences in February 1971 and September 1972). There is not much relating to Marnham's work, though his official house in Castries is shown in February 1971. Among events which are shown are: a youth rally at Vieux Fort on 1 May 1971 and 11 scenes at the Castries Carnival of 1972. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript...
Dates: 1972-05
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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The Norman Manley International Airport, one of the busiest and most modern in the Caribbean, handles a monthly average of 1,170 commercial flights and an average of 27,000 passengers monthly, 1959 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/4
Scope and Contents

250 x 200 mm. Institute of Jamaica photograph by Keith A. Morrison.

Dates: 1959 - 1982
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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The Officers of the Jamaica Militia, 1960 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011Q/4
Scope and Contents

152 x 67 mm. Group portrait. The ink annotation on the reverse reads 'N. and A. Ill. 1899 Oct. Jamaica Infantry Militia. Scarlet, blue facings[?]'. Photographer unknown.

Dates: 1960 - 1980
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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The Old Mill from which the ranch takes its name Rancho del Molino, 1899 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031C/12
Scope and Contents

80 x 55 mm. Probably amateur snapshot.

Dates: 1899 - 1920
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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The old sugar works, Rose Hall Jamaica, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073C/10
Scope and Contents

101 x 73 mm. 'Here can be seen the stone aqueduct, the wheel and wheelhouse and much of the old time sugar machinery. In the foreground is the fountain where the mules employed get water. This is all disused now in favour of a thoroughly modern equipment recently shipped out from England.' (Clemens).

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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The Parade Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073C/1
Scope and Contents

99 x 76 mm. Showing the centre of the gardens which face the Kingston Government Offices.

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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The Pitons, St. Lucia, 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307J/10
Scope and Contents

229 x 291 mm (overall), 101 x 140 mm (image). Halftone print. Print inscribed by hand in ink, au recto, below image. Photograph shows the Pitons across the sea, with what appears to be a small rowboat in the mid-ground. Assumed to be by W.M.H. Ward & Co.

Dates: 1897
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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The Plaza, Spanish Town, Jamaica, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073C/3
Scope and Contents

74 x 98 mm. Showing two women with baskets on their heads walking across the Plaza. In the background can be seen various Government Offices.

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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The school feeding programme sponsored by the Jamaican Ministry of Education ensures a nutritious lunch for each child attending Primary School, thus making it easier for learning to take place, 1959 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/17
Scope and Contents

250 x 200 mm. Jamaica Information Service photograph by Dennis Richardson.

Dates: 1959 - 1982
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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The Silk Cotton Tree, 1879 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/4
Scope and Contents

231 x 177 mm. A view showing the large silk cotton tree which stands behind the Post Office in the grassy square east of Parliament Street, Nassau.

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).
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The town of Basseterra, St Kitts [i.e. Basseterre, Saint Kitts], 1879 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/27
Scope and Contents

225 x 175 mm. A view looking eastwards across the bay towards the town of Basseterre with hills in the distance. The town was largely rebuilt after a fire in 1867.

Dates: 1879 - 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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The Union Jack being lowered at midnight 5 August, 1962, to make way for the new Jamaican National flag, 1962-08-05 - 1962-08-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/15
Scope and Contents

250 x 200 mm. Daily Gleaner photograph.

Dates: 1962-08-05 - 1962-08-06
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

The unveiling of the statue of Queen Victoria on Empire Day by His Excellency Sir Wm Grey-Wilson

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071B
Scope and Contents Captioned, mounted print. The photograph is accompanied by a newspaper cutting from the 'Nassau Guardian' of May 27 1905 which contains a detailed report of the event. The picture shows the unveiled statue in Rawson Square with crowds of spectators, many carrying umbrellas, in the foreground. The balcony of the government building behind is also crowded and is decked with flags. The statue, 'of the finest Carrara marble' shows Queen Victoria seated in robes of state and carrying the orb...
Dates: 1905
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).