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Mauritius (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 297 Collections and/or Records:

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Bell Village 1924, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/137
Scope and Contents

150 x 90 mm. General view.

Dates: 1924
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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[Bell Village 1924], 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/140
Scope and Contents

150 x 90 mm.

Dates: 1924
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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[Bell with] Lt. Col. Godfrey [and] Major Walker [? 18 May 1916], 1916-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/38
Scope and Contents

130 x 78 mm. Showing Bell marching with Lt. Col. Austin Charles Godfrey (Inspector General of Police) and Major E.W.N. Walker, Officer commanding troops in Mauritius. Photograph probably taken outside Government House on Bell's arrival.

Dates: 1916-05
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 Bay, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/88
Scope and Contents

182 x 78 mm. View looking towards Bell's bungalow at Blue Bay.

Dates: 1918
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 Bay], 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/90
Scope and Contents

77 x 99 mm. Showing part of Bell's bungalow at Blue Bay.

Dates: 1918
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 Bay, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/51
Scope and Contents

136 x 81 mm. View looking out over Blue Bay at dusk, with a tree silhouetted in the foreground.

Dates: 1919 - 1921
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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Bout du Monde, Reduit, 1854

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/3/16
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...
Dates: 1854
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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Brickdale wedding, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/45
Scope and Contents

118 x 70 mm. Showing bride, groom, pages and George Lightfoot (Governor's A.D.C.) grouped on the verandah of an unidentified house. No biographical information on Brickdale.

Dates: 1919 - 1921
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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Burnside, near Pamplemousse, residence of Captain Ireland, 1853

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/3/10
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...
Dates: 1853
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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Campement Pte. D'Esny, Grand Port, Mauritius, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Mauritius/5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A collection of coloured 'oilette' postcards of Mauritius, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons for the British Empire Exhibition 1924.

Dates: 1924
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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['Carrotting' tobacco at Pamplemousses, April 1917], 1917-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/83
Scope and Contents

224 x 173 mm. Showing tobacco being tied into carrot shaped bundles by a worker seated on a verandah. The photograph demonstrates the way in which the leaves are tightly wrapped in lengths of plaited rope.

Dates: 1917-04
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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Carrotting tobacco at Pamplemousses April 1917, 1917-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/25
Scope and Contents

236 x 178 mm. Showing tobacco being tied into carrot shaped bundles by a worker seated on a verandah. The photograph demonstrates the way in which the leaves are tightly wrapped in lengths of plaited rope.

Dates: 1917-04
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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Cascade, Reduit, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/48
Scope and Contents

79 x 138 mm. Showing a waterfall and pool at Le Reduit, with Bell seated on a rock in the foreground.

Dates: 1916
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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Catching camerons, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/57
Scope and Contents

75 x 100 mm. Showing a figure netting camerons (a giant freshwater shrimp) beside a waterfall.

Dates: 1919 - 1921
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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Catching Gourami, 1919 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/108
Scope and Contents

125 x 90 mm. A lake or river scene with foliage in the background.

Dates: 1919 - 1923
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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Catching Gourami, 1919 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/109
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 mm. A lake or river scene with foliage in the background.

Dates: 1919 - 1923
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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Chamarel Falls, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/71
Scope and Contents

168 x 213 mm. General view of the dramatic Chamarel Falls in the SW end of the island.

Dates: 1916
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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Champ de Mars Race Course, 1921, 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/35
Scope and Contents

172 x 148 mm. View looking across the course towards the grandstand, with race-goers seated on the grass or strolling across the field.

Dates: 1921
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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Chien de Plomb Wharf, Port Louis, Mauritius, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Mauritius/1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A collection of coloured 'oilette' postcards of Mauritius, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons for the British Empire Exhibition 1924.

Dates: 1924
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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Children of Reduit servants, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/47
Scope and Contents

98 x 74 mm. Group portrait of Indian and Mauritian children taken in the grounds of Le Reduit.

Dates: 1919 - 1921
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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Children of the servants at Reduit, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/92
Scope and Contents

133 x 78 mm. Group portrait taken in the garden at Le Reduit.

Dates: 1918
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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Claire de Rochecouste, Mme. de Barbentane, Northcroft, 1921 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/99
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 mm. Showing HHB with the others identified sitting under a tree, possibly at Le Reduit.

Dates: 1921 - 1924
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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Col. Godfrey and Tiny, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/91
Scope and Contents

130 x 78 mm. Showing Colonel Austin Godfrey, Inspector General of Police, seated in an open sports car, with his dog in the back seat and a uniformed chauffeur in the dickey.

Dates: 1918
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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Commonwealth Universities, 1980 - 1990

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 401/1
Scope and Contents This is an unedited draft of a book in which Alexander set out to give 'a personal account of my contacts with universities in the developing countries of the Commonwealth.'It begins with the background of Alexander’s own university education at Auckland, Cambridge and London; describes Raffles College and the University of Malaya; and his work at the University of Ibadan and the contribution of its Physics Department during the International Geophysical Year 1957-58. Considerable...
Dates: 1980 - 1990
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).
 Fonds

Commonwealth Universities

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 401
Dates: 1949 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access: 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).