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Jamaica (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 404 Collections and/or Records:

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Banana women, Morant, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/7
Scope and Contents

218x133mm. View showing a line of female labourers in a plantation with loads of bananas piled on their heads. A group of male field workers and an overseer stand beside further bunches awaiting collection in the foreground. Duplicate of Y307A/25.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Bananas at Golden Vale, Portland, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/17
Scope and Contents

178 x 228 mm.

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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Barrington Falls on Gingen River at Tweeside, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/20
Scope and Contents

178 x 228 mm.

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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Barton's School, St. Matthews, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/8
Scope and Contents

139 x 88 mm. A postcard (original photograph) showing a large group of school children posed together in the open air with trees and the school buildings in the background. Signed on reverse [?] G.H. Deen.

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).
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Bauxite mining in progress, 1959 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/7
Scope and Contents

250 x 200 mm. Jamaica Information Service photograph by Ted Cunningham.

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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Birds-eye view of Kingston, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/21
Scope and Contents

230 x 178 mm. A view looking down on Kingston, the Harbour and the surrounding countryside from the Long Mountain.

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).
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Black River, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/22
Scope and Contents

217 x 135 mm. A view looking along a street in Black River with a bridge in the background. Shops line the road (with ‘The Model Grocery’ in the foreground) with Jamaicans sitting or standing on the verandahs. The town of Black River is on the south west coast of Jamaica where the Black River reaches the coast.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Blue Hole, Port Antonio, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/29
Scope and Contents

228 x 177 mm. A view looking down on an enclosed stretch of water with palm trees in the foreground and two cabins on the small island in the centre of the photograph.

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).
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Blue Mountain Peak (7,335 ft), 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/10
Scope and Contents

178 x 228 mm.

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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Bog Walk, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/18
Scope and Contents

231 x 178 mm. Showing a horse and buggy driving along a country road beside the Rio Cobre, with forest on either side.

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).
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Booklets about Reynolds Mines Limited, Jamaica and Jamaican bauxite deposits, 1956 - 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HAIS 5/2
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Lord Hailes as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of the West Indies, 1958-1962, showing, in fascinating detail, the working out of this experiment in federation. There are numerous papers relating to Lord Hailes's long tenure of office as Assistant, Deputy Chief, and finally Chief, Whip and these include many letters from his fellow Conservatives showing the high esteem in which they held him.Amongst the...
Dates: 1956 - 1957
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.
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Botanic Garden, Castleton, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/22
Scope and Contents

178 x 228 mm.

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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Bridge over Roaring River, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/37
Scope and Contents

217 x 132 mm. A view looking towards the small stone and iron bridge over Roaring River with two Europeans and two Jamaicans posing for the photographer on the road.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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British Caribbean Federation Conference Opens at Lancaster House, 1956-02-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/148
Scope and Contents

192 x 242 mm. Photo shows three delegates from Jamaica at the conference this morning, from left Mr. F.A. Glasspole; Mr. N.W. Manley and Mr. E.L. Allen.

Dates: 1956-02-07
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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British Caribbean Talks Open, 1956-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/149
Scope and Contents

153 x 207 mm. Some of the delegates to the British Caribbean Federation Conference seen at the opening session at Lancaster House, London. They are from left to right, Mr. N.W. Manley and Mr. E.L. Allen from Jamaica, Mr. V.C. Bird, of Antigua, and Mr. R.L. Bradshaw of St. Kitts.

Dates: 1956-02
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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Brown’s Town, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/21
Scope and Contents

216 x 133 mm. A view from a neighbouring hill looking across towards Brown’s Town, and showing houses built among the palm trees.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Brown’s Town, St Ann’s, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/62
Scope and Contents

238 x 181 mm. A view looking over the houses of Brown’s Town, with jungle on all sides. Situated seven miles inland at a height of 1200 feet, this is the largest township in the Parish of St Ann.

Dates: 1879 - 1886
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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Brown's Town, St Ann's Jamaica, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/34
Scope and Contents

215x132mm. View from the neighbouring hills looking down on Brown's Town, situated amongst wooded hills ten miles west-south-west of St Ann's Bay.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Cactus, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/36
Scope and Contents

212 x 130 mm. A view showing clumps of tall cactus with a man standing beside one plant to give an indication of scale.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Captain Farwood's residence, 'The Cottage', St. Andrew's Mountains, Jamaica, 1889 - 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073A/1
Scope and Contents

242 x 195 mm. A view looking across a valley towards a steep wooded hill at the summit of which stands a bungalow and garden. Identity of Captain Farwood unknown.

Dates: 1889 - 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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Careful packaging is essential to ensure that high quality bananas arrive on the export market, 1959 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/18
Scope and Contents

250 x 200 mm. Jamaica Information Service photograph.

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).
 Series

Caribbean tour, 1954 - 1958

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 219/1/3
Scope and Contents

Albums of black and white photographs from the tour of 1954 interleaved with typescript details of the itinerary and inserted press cuttings, postcards, maps and other items.

Dates: 1954 - 1958
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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[Carrying bananas to market], 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/27
Scope and Contents

178 x 229 mm. Showing a Jamaican carrying large bunches of bananas on his back.

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).
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Cement factory in Jamaica, 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/68
Scope and Contents

166 x 115 mm. General exterior view. The caption on the reverse reads 'The new cement factory at Rockfort, at the eastern end of Kingston Harbour, is expected eventually to produce 8000 tons a month for home consumption in addition to a useful amount for export. The clay comes from Kingston Harbour and the limestone and gypsum from nearby mountains'.

Dates: 1940 - 1959
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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Central Avenue, Kingston Flower Show 1882, 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/34
Scope and Contents

225 x 117 mm. A view showing pith-helmeted Europeans standing beside a row of shrubs. Mr Nock, Superintendent of the Government Cinchona Plantations, is on the right of the two men nearest the camera.

Dates: 1882
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).