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Guyana (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:

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Press Cuttings, 1915 - 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/17/1/4
Scope and Contents

From tours of the West Indies and British Guiana, Sir Harry Brittain in Canada and UK branches.

Dates: 1915 - 1919
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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Report on visit to the Konawaruk, Potaro & Holmia by A.W. Bartlett, Govt. Botanist, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/8/3
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A printed leaflet from 'Official Gazette, British Guiana' 4 Apr. 1908

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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Residence and chapel at le Resouvenir, 1824

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/56
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'View of the residence and chapel of the late Revd John Smith at le Resouvenir, in the Colony of Demerara. Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, 1824'.

Dates: 1824
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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River view above Ahara Rapid 16 April, 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3079C/5
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205 x 138 mm. General view looking along the Essequibo River, with a group of porters posed with their boat in the foreground.

Dates: 1872
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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Rupunini : ? near Lethem, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham HH/15
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides recording a visit to Guyana in 1970 though there is no indication whether it was in an official capacity. The earlier slides show aerial views flying inland from the coast, followed by a journey up the Rupununi River to the border with Brazil. The return route was apparently to the north of the outward journey and included a series of aerial photographs of the Kaieteur Falls.

Dates: 1970
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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Rupununi Savannah in flood near Karanambo, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham HH/8
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides recording a visit to Guyana in 1970 though there is no indication whether it was in an official capacity. The earlier slides show aerial views flying inland from the coast, followed by a journey up the Rupununi River to the border with Brazil. The return route was apparently to the north of the outward journey and included a series of aerial photographs of the Kaieteur Falls.

Dates: 1970
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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Rupununi Savannah in flood near Karanambo, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham HH/9
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides recording a visit to Guyana in 1970 though there is no indication whether it was in an official capacity. The earlier slides show aerial views flying inland from the coast, followed by a journey up the Rupununi River to the border with Brazil. The return route was apparently to the north of the outward journey and included a series of aerial photographs of the Kaieteur Falls.

Dates: 1970
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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Studies in Guiana folklore, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/6/28
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Cutting from 'Daily Argosy'.

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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Susan Marnham crossing River Takatu from Guyana to Brazil, Lethem, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham HH/17
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides recording a visit to Guyana in 1970 though there is no indication whether it was in an official capacity. The earlier slides show aerial views flying inland from the coast, followed by a journey up the Rupununi River to the border with Brazil. The return route was apparently to the north of the outward journey and included a series of aerial photographs of the Kaieteur Falls.

Dates: 1970
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 British Guiana Boundary Question, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/12/18
Scope and Contents

Extract from 'The Colonies and India', 16 September 1887 with copy.

Dates: 1887
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 Caribs of Guiana, 1896

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/8/6
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Letters from Davis in ‘The Nation’, 5 Mar. 1896; 3 copies.

Dates: 1896
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 Indian village of Himieng, 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3079C/16
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205 x 139 mm. View from a rise looking across the Potaro River towards the thick jungle on the further bank.

Dates: 1872
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 possibilities of the North-West District of British Guiana, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/30
Scope and Contents

A paper read to the Royal Colonial Institute, 27 November 1894, 14 pages.

Dates: 1894
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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Thessalonika 13 or 14 April, 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3079C/2
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201 x 134 mm. Showing a group posed in a clearing at Thessalonika, a mission station on the Essuequibo. The photographer’s portable dark tent can be seen on a tripod in the foreground.

Dates: 1872
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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To the Kaieteur Fall and Back, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/6/43
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Travel agents’ information booklet.

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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Tumalamari Cataract 20-22 April, 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3079C/11
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204 x 139 mm. General view looking up the rocky cataract, situated a few miles north of the junction between the Essequibo and Potaro Rivers.

Dates: 1872
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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Tumalamari Cataract from above 20-22 April, 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3079C/12
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205 x 139 mm. View looking down the cataract on the Potaro River. Poor condition.

Dates: 1872
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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United Force Party Delegates at London talks, 1962-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/123
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157 x 201 mm. Mr P.S. D’aguiar (left), Mr. Randolph R. Cheeks and Mr. Stephen Campbell (right), United Force Party delegates are pictured at the opening session of the British Guiana Independence Conference at Lancaster House, London.

Dates: 1962-10
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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Valley of the Potaro from the head of the great fall 1 May, 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3079C/17
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203 x 138 mm. View from the top of the Kaieteur Falls looking along the massive gorge of the Potaro River.

Dates: 1872
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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View below Curatoka Rapid ?19 April, 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3079C/8
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205 x 139 mm. View on the Essequibo, with jungle on the further bank of the river.

Dates: 1872
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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View near Moyowa Seeyna Cataract 23 April, 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3079C/13
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205 x 138 mm. View of the Potaro River near the cataract, with jungle in the background.

Dates: 1872
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 and British Guiana Trade Delegation Press Conference, 1950 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/F/1
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150 x 203 mm. From left to right picture shows: - Mr. A.C Hale, Dr. C.G.D. La Corbiniere, Hon H.A. Blaize and Mr. C.P. Stephenson.

Dates: 1950 - 1970
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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