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[From the air].

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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.

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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Davis had a life-long interest in the history of the West Indies and more specifically of Barbados, and this collection comprises a vast body of material gathered by him from archives in Britain, the Caribbean and Europe. He contributed many historical articles to newspapers and periodicals in British Guiana [Guyana], Barbados and the United States. His intention to compose a comprehensive history of the West Indies was frustrated by ill health. Titles and captions, including the names of...

Scope and Contents This broad heading has been used to cover a substantial collection of loose prints, dating chiefly from the period 1960-1982, but including a few of earlier date. The majority come from the files of the RCS journal known successfully as ‘United Empire,’ ‘Commonwealth Journal,’ and ‘Commonwealth,’ in which some were published, but there are also items obtained for inclusion in the exhibition ‘Commonwealth in Focus’ in 1982 and these are indicated by CIF and the catalogue number in the...

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205 x 138 mm. View looking across the Essequibo towards the jungle covered hills.

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156 x 200 mm. Mr L.F.S. Burnham, Leader of the People’s National Congress, speaking at the opening session of the British Guiana Independence Conference at Lancaster House, London. Extreme left is Mr. Duncan Sandys, Britain’s Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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From 'The Daily Argosy'.

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150 x 100 mm. By Sir Wilfred Collett, Governor of British Guiana, where the matched were held in October 1922. The captain of the victorious team was Sir Harold Austin (1877 - 1943) whose career in Barbados included membership of the Executive Committee, Presidency of the Board of Education and Speakership of the House of Representatives, brother of A.P.G. Austin who is also in the photograph.

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

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A printed leaflet from 'Official Gazette, British Guiana' 4 Apr. 1908

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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'.

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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.

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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cutting from 'Daily Argosy'.

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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.

Content Description Comprises six travel diaries and a small collection of photographs. The provenance of the collection is unknown. The diaries were in the estate of the late Dr Susan Palmer (died 2022). There is no obvious connection to the Palmer family, and the diaries do not appear to relate to each: - item 1 in this collection is a private journal dating from the mid-19th century; - items 2 and 3 are diaries of travels to Europe by an unidentified married couple; - items 4 to 7 were...

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

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Letters from Davis in ‘The Nation’, 5 Mar. 1896; 3 copies.