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...

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238 x 182 mm. A view, looking inland, of a residential area of Kingston probably taken from a tall building. A different section of Harbour Street can be seen in Y307A/5.

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213 x 127 mm. A view from ground level of an unsurfaced street junction in Kingston, with a number of commercial premises discernible. There appear to be ‘channels’ cut into the road surface probably made by the wheels of carts. A number of people can be seen along the sides of the street outside the buildings. A different section of Harbour Street can be seen in Y307A/3.

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218 x 129 mm. A view of a road with tracks presumably for horse-drawn trams, with a number of commercial premises on either side of the street. The photograph was taken looking down from a height above the tops of almost all the visible buildings.

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214 x 138 mm. A view looking down on to a crowded street in Kingston full of people milling around and horse-drawn carriages. Most people seem to be dressed formally, although it is impossible to tell whether this is a specific occasion.

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80 x 80 mm. Probably amateur snapshot

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Slides numbered from 1-65 by John Ewart Marnham (numbers 14, 42 and 43 are missing). There are also 5 slides of Tobago and one of Jamaica not numbered by him, but clearly identifiable by the processing number and probably omitted on account of inferior quality or repetitive subject. They are inserted at appropriate points. Eleven slides (numbers 23-28), 29-31, 33-35) are in Kodak Readymount frames without processing numbers and since several show John Ewart Marnham and Susan Marnham it is...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Slides numbered from 1-65 by John Ewart Marnham (numbers 14, 42 and 43 are missing). There are also 5 slides of Tobago and one of Jamaica not numbered by him, but clearly identifiable by the processing number and probably omitted on account of inferior quality or repetitive subject. They are inserted at appropriate points. Eleven slides (numbers 23-28), 29-31, 33-35) are in Kodak Readymount frames without processing numbers and since several show John Ewart Marnham and Susan Marnham it is...

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[Gardens].

Scope and Contents The document, dated 5 April 1792, deals with the provision to be made for Richard Welch, Junior, and Alice Anne Preston on the occasion of their marriage. It gives particulars of the estate provided in the settlement and its enslaved persons. There is an accompanying letter from Professor Mollie Cottingham to D.H. Simpson, R.C.S. Librarian, 10 January 1970 (6 pages), giving the background to the document and the links between the Cottingham family and the Welch family. Simpson's reply, 19...

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118 x 71 mm. Photographic copy of a watercolour view of morning parade at Up Park Camp, Jamaica. The annotation on the reverse gives details of the uniforms.

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...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Slides numbered from 1-65 by John Ewart Marnham (numbers 14, 42 and 43 are missing). There are also 5 slides of Tobago and one of Jamaica not numbered by him, but clearly identifiable by the processing number and probably omitted on account of inferior quality or repetitive subject. They are inserted at appropriate points. Eleven slides (numbers 23-28), 29-31, 33-35) are in Kodak Readymount frames without processing numbers and since several show John Ewart Marnham and Susan Marnham it is...

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...

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...

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...

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217 x 133 mm. A view looking down on Port Maria with the bay in the background. Port Maria, on the north-eastern coast of Jamaica, was at this time largely used as a port for fruit steamers loading bananas grown in the parish of St Mary’s. See also Y307A/13-14.

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219 x 127 mm. A view looking across the bay at Port Maria showing the town and jetties, with hills in the background. See also Y307A/11 and 14.

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216 x 127 mm. A view looking along an unsurfaced street in Port Maria, with Jamaicans standing in the roadway watching the photographer.

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209 x 119 mm. A view from ground level of an unsurfaced street in Kingston, with a number of commercial premises discernible. Only a handful of people can be seen standing in the distance.

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...

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...

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221 x 158 mm. A view looking along an unidentified river in Jamaica with two children playing in the water and laundry drying on the banks.

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220 x 132 mm. A view of the Royal Mail Steamer ‘Medway’ berthed alongside the dock, with a large number of people carrying woven baskets full of coal from the quayside up a ramp and onto the ship.

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215 x 133 mm. A view in the town of Santa Cruz showing a wooden house in the foreground with Jamaicans sitting on the verandah and smaller thatched houses in the background, one of these being the premises of ‘P.S. Robertson, Dispensary and trade Depot’. Santa Cruz is situated in the South West of Jamaica in St Elizabeth’s Parish.