New Zealand (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1182 Collections and/or Records:
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Cold Water Basins, White Terrace, 1884 - 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/38
Scope and Contents
201 x 146 mm. A close up view of the semi-circular cups of the formation filled with water from the geyser above.
Dates:
1884 - 1885
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 in Focus Slides
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011GGG
Scope and Contents
Collection of 35mm colour slides of countries of the Commonwealth. When the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition was being prepared it was felt that the strong emphasis on the historical aspect, and the fact that the only section on the contemporary Commonwealth dealt with broad issues and organisations rather than individual countries, made some additional material on contemporary developments desirable. Accordingly it was decided to have a continuous slide projection of contemporary...
Dates:
1982
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Commonwealth Review Group and Victoria League, 1981 - 1985
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/9
Scope and Contents
This file contains official reports, notes and correspondence relating to Smedley’s work with the Commonwealth Review Group during 1981-82. It also includes the transcript of a seminar run by the Victoria League 'The Commonwealth Traveller in Britain', 2 July, 1984, and a report of Smedley's visit to its triennial conferences in Australia and New Zealand in September and October, 1985 (circa 150 sheets).
Dates:
1981 - 1985
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 Royal Tour, 1953-1954
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320
Scope and Contents
The principal part of the collection is a set of programmes and guides prepared for the different legs of the Royal Tour. These are supplemented by related correspondence and papers compiled by the Royal Empire Society and others. The collection is in English with the exception of one item in English and Arabic.
Dates:
1953 - 1954
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Commonwealth Tour: Autumn 1955, 1955-08-30 - 1955-11-04
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/2/2
Scope and Contents
Detailed diary written whilst Smedley visited the United States (including Hawaii), Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Bombay, Bangladesh and Pakistan with Lord Home, Commonwealth Secretary, 1955-57 (143 sheets).This file also includes a pamphlet entitled, ‘The Frontier: a miscellany prepared for the RH Earl of Home on the occasion of their visit to Peshawar on 1st November, 1955’, with complimentary note inside; invitation cards to Smedley from Government...
Dates:
1955-08-30 - 1955-11-04
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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Cook Memorial, Ships Cove, NZ, 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/90
Scope and Contents
74 x 57mm. A view showing a large group posed in front of the Cook Memorial.
Dates:
1929
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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Cooking. Hot springs. New Zealand, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089FF/43
Scope and Contents
140 x 200 mm. View of a woman with a pot in the hot springs in the foreground.
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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Copy memorandum on Australian and New Zealand naval defence by Winston Churchill [First Lord of the Admiralty], 1939-11-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HOBE 5/89
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection, though small, is interesting as no other papers appear to have been left by Hore-Belisha. It comprises letters, diaries, some photographs and documents (mainly copies) covering most of Hore-Belisha's career but concentrating on his most important position as War Minister from 1937-1939 and particularly the events surrounding his dismissal by Neville Chamberlain.
Dates:
1939-11-21
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.
File
Correspondence, 1955 - 1977
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/10/1
Scope and Contents
This file contains material mostly relating to Smedley’s early career and the diplomatic service. Not all contents have been listed, but items include an official copy of Smedley’s commission, signed by the Queen, appointing him as an officer of the Diplomatic Service, 21 April 1966; letter from Malcolm J. MacDonald, High Commissioner India, (1955-60), asking Smedley to come to Delhi to take up the post of Counsellor in charge of administration and consular affairs, 29 July 1957; copy of...
Dates:
1955 - 1977
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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Correspondence, 1957 - 1963
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/10/4
Scope and Contents
This file largely contains letters to Smedley. Not all contents have been listed, but items include a letter from Ronald Belcher (diplomat, Capetown) on events in South Africa, 30 June 1958; Major-Gen. Alec Bishop (Deputy High Commissioner, Calcutta, 1957-62), 4 April 1959, 23 January 1961, 13 April 1962; from Office of Deputy High Commissioner, Bombay, 8 February 1962; from W.A. Camps (Senior Tutor, Pembroke College), 18 August 1958; from J. Chaplin (UK Information Service, Ottawa), 23 July...
Dates:
1957 - 1963
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).
File
Correspondence, 1959 - 1980
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/10/3
Scope and Contents
This file largely contains letters to Smedley, mostly dating from the 1970s. Not all contents have been listed, but items include letters from Sir Thomas Williams MP (President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union), 27 Apr. 1977; from Alan Rudwick (Headmaster of Achimoto School), 29 Sep. 1977; from Alec Douglas-Home, July 1973; from Peter Ratcliffe (British Embassy, Laos), 14 Jan. 1975; from Mr Justice Michael Kerr, regarding family issues and law commission of 1978-81, 31 July 1978; from...
Dates:
1959 - 1980
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-Fonds
Correspondence of the Alexander Turnbull Library with the R.C.S., 1976-03-16 - 1982-06-21
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/56
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and memoranda regarding photographs made for the Turnbull Library of New Zealand items in the R.C.S. Library, 1976-1977; the sale of 'Native plants of New Zealand', 1981-1982; and the identification of the work of Martha King (in 'Native plants') and the Revd A.W. Hands.
Dates:
1976-03-16 - 1982-06-21
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Australasia miscellanea
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Croatian Gum Diggers cleaning a new drain through the swamps: some spearing for gum, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 27/7053
Scope and Contents
North Island: New Zealand. [Croatians were digging gum in far north of North Island, at Kauri Gumfields near Dargaville. Gum is alluvial clay].
Dates:
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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Croatian Gum Diggers ready to start on the days work. Kauri Gumfields, near Dargaville: north of Auckland, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 27/7050
Scope and Contents
[No print]. [Missing].
Dates:
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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Crossing the Hooker River by cage, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6823
Scope and Contents
South Island, New Zealand.
Dates:
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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Crossing the Hooker River by cage, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6824
Scope and Contents
South Island, New Zealand.
Dates:
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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Crossing the Kawarau Gorge on a wire rope, 1876
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/66
Scope and Contents
362 x 260 mm. A similar view to Y3089B/65 but taken from further away, with the cable car almost invisible against the rock face.
Dates:
1876
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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[Crossing the Kawarau Gorge on a wire rope: caption torn off], 1876
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/65
Scope and Contents
364 x 265 mm. A view showing a man crossing the gorge in a small cable car with the river below. See also Y3089B/66.
Dates:
1876
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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Crowd waiting to see the Great Wairoa Geyser, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 27/7019
Scope and Contents
Whakarewarewa, near Rotorua. [Three shots of European men and women].
Dates:
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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Crowd waiting to see the Great Wairoa Geyser, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 27/7020
Scope and Contents
Whakarewarewa, near Rotorua. [Three shots of European men and women].
Dates:
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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Crowd waiting to see the Great Wairoa Geyser, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 27/7021
Scope and Contents
Whakarewarewa, near Rotorua. [Three shots of European men and women].
Dates:
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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Crown Range looking to Queenstown, NZ, 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/41
Scope and Contents
75 x 52mm. A view looking over mountainous country towards Lake Wakatipu.
Dates:
1929
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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Crow's Nest, Rotorua, 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/60
Scope and Contents
74 x 46mm. A view showing the mouth of the geyser named the Crow's Nest.
Dates:
1929
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
Cruise of the Yacht St George, 1880s-92
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011P
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose modern prints measuring approximately 245 x 180 mm. This prints were copied from an album containing 53 prints compiled during the voyage. Included with the prints are xeroxes of the original explanatory captions. The R.Y.S. 'St George' was owned by Ernest James Wythes (1868-1949); the compiler and/or photographer has not been identified.
Dates:
1979
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Cutting flax, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6972
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). New Zealand flax fibre,used for manufacture of binder twine and ropes, is exported to Australia, Canada, and England: obtains a better price than mainland hemp. Shannon Mills turn out 1000 bales and 200 tons of finished hemp per month. 140 to 180 men are employed at these mills: wages 162/8d per day: board arranged at 15/6 per week inclusive. In N.Z. different districts have separate awards: this district of Shannon has secured the highest wage award for...
Dates:
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).