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Jamaica (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 404 Collections and/or Records:

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This familiar sight along the Jamaican countryside shows the effect of the lethal yellowing disease which devastated the coconut industry in the 1970s. The Jamaica Tall as a commercially viable variety of coconut was completely wiped out, 1959 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/20
Scope and Contents

250 x 200 mm. Daily News photograph by Charles Kinkead.

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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Tour of the Jamaican dependencies, the Cayman Islands, and the Turk and Caicos Islands, 1939-05-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/37
Scope and Contents

Letter written by the Governor of Jamaica, Sir Arthur Richards, to the West Indies Department of the Colonial Office reporting upon a tour undertaken during April and May 1939 (24 sheets).

Dates: 1939-05-10
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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Town of Falmouth, North Coast, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/58
Scope and Contents

238 x 186 mm. A view looking out over the town.

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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Train coming into Montpelier Station, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/4
Scope and Contents

153 x 103 mm. Showing Jamaicans standing beside the line, with a train approaching in the distance. Photograph by Dr. Sinclair.

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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Tree Ferns, Fern Walk, Newcastle, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/14
Scope and Contents

189 x 117 mm. A view showing tree ferns and other jungle vegetation. See Y3073D/23 for another print in better condition.

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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Tree-Ferns in Port Royal Mountains, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/4
Scope and Contents

180 x 115 mm. A view showing a tree-fern against a mountain background.

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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Tree Ferns near Newcastle, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/15
Scope and Contents

188 x 117 mm.

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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Tropical vegetables at the Kingston Flower Show 1882, 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/35
Scope and Contents

219 x 110 mm. A view showing a pile of labelled fruits and vegetables.

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).
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[Unidentified Jamaican town], 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/26
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228 x 177 mm. A view looking across fields towards a small town (possibly Mandeville: compare the Court House seen at the left of this picture with plate 12) with mountains in the distance.

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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University College of the West Indies, Installation of H.R.H. Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, as Chancellor (Colonial Cinemagazine 29), 1950-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/1
Scope and Contents A 16mm, black-and-white cinefilm, with sound, showing newsreel footage of the various ceremonies laid on for the installation of the new Chancellor as detailed below (times are approximate). Princess Alice was officially installed as Chancellor on 16 February 1950 after accepting the office on 10 December 1948.0 - 13sec. [Leader].13 - 24sec. Caption reading ‘Colonial Film Unit’.24 - 31sec. Caption reading ‘Colonial Cinemagazine 29’.31 - 37sec. Caption reading...
Dates: 1950-02
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.
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University of the West Indies: Jamaica, 1948 - 1986

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/2 WI/1
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs and a memorandum all related to the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. The University College of the West Indies was founded at Mona, Jamaica, in 1948 and became a University in 1962. Some photographs in this collection link up with others from the same source and this is indicated in the catalogue by references to the IUC set.

Dates: 1948 - 1986
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-sub-class

University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 1948 - 1991

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK/322-371
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. The University College of the West Indies was founded at Mona, Jamaica, in 1948 and became a University in 1962.

Dates: 1948 - 1991
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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Up Park Camp garrison, near Kingston, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/25
Scope and Contents

244 x 185 mm. A view looking across an open grassed space with the cotton tree seen in Y3073D/24 at the left of the picture and garrison buildings in the background. The West India Regiment was stationed here until its disbandment in 1926.

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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Up Park Camp near Kingston, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/57
Scope and Contents

187 x 120 mm. A view showing the grounds and garrison buildings at Up Park Camp with a soldier of the West India Regiment in the foreground.

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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Up to 1959, the canefields of Portmore in St. Catherine were a major source of sugar cane for two factories, 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/13
Scope and Contents

250 x 200 mm.

Dates: 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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View from Llandovery, St Ann’s showing Richmond and Blenheim Estates in the distance, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/76
Scope and Contents

227 x 149 mm. A view looking past dry-stone walls towards cultivated fields with estate buildings and mountains in the distance.

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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View in Garden at Craigton, mountain residence of Sir J.P. Grant, Sir W. Grey and Sir Hy. Norman, Governors of Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/29
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239 x 192 mm. A view looking along a path in the garden lined with plants in barrels with an unidentified figure standing on the lawn beyond the path. According to the caption the barrels contain Jaggery Palm, American Aloe, Arancaria and Asiatic Aloe.

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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View in Kingston, Jamaica, with the Long Mt, Port Royal Hills and a glimpse of the Blue Mts., 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/46
Scope and Contents

229 x 181 mm. A view showing a corner of the Parade Gardens at the left of the print with the churches and houses of Kingston beyond and mountains in the distance.

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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View in the Parade Garden, Kingston, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/18
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240 x 179 mm. A view showing a mixed European and Jamaican band posing for the camera in the Parade Garden Grounds. In the background stands the Coke Methodist Church.

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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View of Buildings at the Government Cinchona Plantations, [Bellevue, Blue Mountains] Jamaica, 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/1
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242 x 182 mm. A view looking across a small valley towards the plantation bungalows. In the foreground are allotments of young plants protected by wooden fencing.

Dates: 1881
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 of Liguanea Plain with city and harbour of Kingston and distant view of Port Royal, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/32
Scope and Contents

240 x 180 mm. An indistinct view taken from Waraka on Long Mountain looking over the Liguanea Plain.

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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View of Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/41
Scope and Contents

211 x 132 mm. A view looking across the green at Mandeville with the Court House towards the left of the print.

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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View of Newcastle Garrison, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/10
Scope and Contents

234 x 180 mm. A view showing the garrison and residential quarters, built on a steep hillside in the mountains behind Kingston.

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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[View of Port Royal, Jamaica], 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/30
Scope and Contents

239 x 178 mm. A view looking over the rooftops of Port Royal, situated on the western extremity of the Palisadoes, with the entrance to Kingston Harbour in the background. In the foreground is an open square with a church at the farther end. ‘Back Yard’ is also in the foreground of the print.

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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View of ravine below Middleton Coffee works on road to the Newcastle garrison, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/9
Scope and Contents

240 x 179 mm. A view looking up a densely vegetated ravine along which a small river runs, with the coffee works set on a ridge above the stream.

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).