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West Indies (archipelago)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1045 Collections and/or Records:

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[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/200
Scope and Contents

255 x 200 mm. Showing Prince Philip speaking to a uniformed man. Two others stand in line, one carrying a flag. The Governor, Raynor Arthur, stands behind Prince Philip.

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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[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/201
Scope and Contents

255 x 200 mm. A close view of Prince Philip and an unidentified man, who is gesturing at something they are both looking at and which is not in the photograph. They appear to be standing in front of a network of scaffolding, which would suggest this is a scene of building in progress. The print is annotated, in pencil, on the reverse with '24433.'

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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[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/202
Scope and Contents

255 x 200 mm. Showing Prince Philip sat with the Governor's wife and others. He is speaking to the man on his right, possibly the Governor, Raynor Arthur.

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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[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/204
Scope and Contents

255 x 250 mm. Showing Prince Philip speaking to a seated man. Others are seated in line, most of whom are holding small flags of the United Kingdom. There is a nurse stood beside Prince Philip, and more nurses just visible standing behind the seated men. The Governor, Raynor Arthur, is on the far right of the picture.

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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[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/206
Scope and Contents

255 x 250 mm. Showing Prince Philip inspecting the Guard of Honour at the Nassau International Airstrip. The tail of an airplane with a United Kingdom flag on can be seen at the left of the photograph.

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).
 Sub-Series

[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh, 24-28 April 1959], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/179-209
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of photographs showing Raynor Arthur's official duties (including several images of Government house) and his leisure time, taken during his office as Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas. Sir Raynor Arthur arrived on 1 April 1956 and left on retirement on 14 June 1960. Most of these photographs are by the Bahamas News Bureau and are approximately 255 x 200 mm, unless otherwise stated.

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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Visit to Dominica. Sept. [16] 1909, 1909-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/92
Scope and Contents

100 x 75 mm. Showing a crowd gathered round the decorated coach which Bell is about to board.

Dates: 1909-09
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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Visit to Dominica. Sept. [16] 1909, 1909-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/91
Scope and Contents

99 x 71 mm. Showing an unidentified group standing beneath a banner reading 'Dominica's gratitude to Sir H. Hesketh Bell K.C.M.G.'.

Dates: 1909-09
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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W. [i.e. west] coast, north of Roseau, 1971-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham DD/7
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. The early photographs include scenes during a visit by J.B. Godber, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his Private Secretary; some leading political figures are also shown. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Dates: 1971-02
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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W. [i.e. west] coast village, south of 29, 1971-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham DD/6
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. The early photographs include scenes during a visit by J.B. Godber, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his Private Secretary; some leading political figures are also shown. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Dates: 1971-02
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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Wag Water [River] Castleton, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/20
Scope and Contents

231 x 177 mm. Showing the rocky bed of the Wag Water River running through hilly scrubland. The river runs northward through Castleton to the sea at Annotto Bay.

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).
 Series

Wars and military co-operation, 1959 - 1982

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/24-25
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs relating, as the title suggests, to wars and military co-operation. The title was chosen by the National Library of Jamaica, and is one of those based on the headings used for the sections of the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition.

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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[Watching crowd], 1957-04-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/170
Scope and Contents

255 x 210 mm.

Dates: 1957-04-01
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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Waterfalls, Dominica, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30745A/2
Scope and Contents

158 x 208 mm. A view looking across a valley towards two waterfalls which drop among dense vegetation. Exact location unidentified (?possibly the falls at Trafalgar, now a source of hydro-electric power).

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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[Welcoming Princess Marie Louise to Antigua], 1913-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011E/45
Scope and Contents

126 x 88 mm. Showing groups of European women seated beneath the decorated verandahs of the buildings lining the street leading to the landing stage. Part of the welcoming committee can be seen in the background.

Dates: 1913-03
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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West coast, 1971-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham AA/9
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: 1971-02
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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West coast St Lucia, 1971-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham AA/8
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: 1971-02
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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West coast village, 1971-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham DD/5
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. The early photographs include scenes during a visit by J.B. Godber, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his Private Secretary; some leading political figures are also shown. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Dates: 1971-02
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).
 File

West India Royal Commission, 1938

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 33/5/9
Scope and Contents

Evidence submitted to the Commission with regard to Telephone and General Trust Ltd and telephone communications in the West Indies (22 pages), with two related letters.

Dates: 1938
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).
 Series

West Indian cable companies, 1923 - 1931

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 33/3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the bodies of which Campbell Stuart was a member or with whom he was involved through his work, with two photographs of imperial conferences.

Dates: 1923 - 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

West Indian documents

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 263
Scope and Contents

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: 1820 - 1832
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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[West Indian festival, (?) Jamaica, 1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/309
Scope and Contents

152 x 108 mm. A view showing a crowded street, probably Jamaica, with gaily-decorated floats carried on the shoulders of some of the men. Photograph by Dr Sinclair.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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[West Indian Sugar Estate], 1879 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/40
Scope and Contents

266 x 181 mm. A good view of a sugar estate at an unidentified location. In the fore- and middle-ground are factory and processing buildings with estate workers' huts lining the track beyond and a patchwork of cultivated fields, some partially harvested, on the hills behind.

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).
 Series

West Indies, 1910 - 1950

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC West Indies
Scope and Contents

Postcards showing views in the West Indies.

Dates: 1910 - 1950
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

West Indies, 1960

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/6
Scope and Contents A 16mm, colour cinefilm, without sound. The only clearly identifiable place is Dominica as a sign is pictured at the airport.0 - 17sec. People at beachside locations.17sec - 22sec. Man line fishing on some rocks.22sec - 39sec. Scenes taken from a moving boat, showing other boats, the sea, people snorkelling and swimming, and others on the boat.39sec - 1min 17sec. Group of people in a garden. Two men in uniform. The first is wearing a white pith helmet with a crest,...
Dates: 1960
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: With the exception of RCMS 20/3/1, the cinefilms may be viewed online with the University of Cambridge Streaming Media Service at: http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1532657 For copyright reasons, researchers wishing to view RCMS 20/3/1, (Colonial Cinemagazine 29, Colonial Film Unit, 1950) should make an appointment with the RCS Librarian to view the film in Cambridge University Library. Email: rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk.