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Alberta (province)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 287 Collections and/or Records:

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1521 Bow River Valley from Hot Springs Road, Banff, Canadian National Park, 1888 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/11
Scope and Contents

240 x 170 mm. Shows the original construction of the Banff Springs Hotel, which opened in 1888. The building was redesigned from 1911. The names of the surrounding mountain peaks are captioned on the reverse.

Dates: 1888 - 1911
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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1549 Lake Agnes Rockies near Laggan, Rocky Mountains, 1890 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/10
Scope and Contents

240 x 170 mm. Shows the lake with mountains behind.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
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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1690 Lake Louise and Chalet, Rocky Mountains CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway], 1890 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/12
Scope and Contents

240 x 180 mm. Shows a man outside a newly constructed chalet looking across the lake to the mountains.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
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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A Central Alberta Beauty, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A/13
Scope and Contents

166 x 115 mm. Showing a prize black cow at the Edmonton Exhibition.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
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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A Central Alberta farmer’s troubles, crops too heavy to pass through binder, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A/19
Scope and Contents

164 x 113 mm. Showing a farmer standing beside a horse drawn binder clogged up with oats.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
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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A Central Alberta Homestead, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A/14
Scope and Contents

166 x 116 mm. Showing a flock of sheep grazing in a field with farm buildings in the background.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
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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A farmers (T. Lindsay) house, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2258
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Clover Bar District, near Edmonton.

Dates: 1908-08 - 1908-09
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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A field of oats in the Edmonton District, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A/20
Scope and Contents

166 x 111 mm. Showing a horse drawn binder in a partially harvested field of oats.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
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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A great country for roots and vegetables, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A/22
Scope and Contents

165 x 113 mm. Showing a worker standing in a large field of turnip plants.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
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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A.H.F. under the ice : Wapta Glacier, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2202
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

Dates: 1908-08 - 1908-09
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

[Alberta], 1928-10-16 - 1928-10-21

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/257-289
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

Dates: 1928-10-16 - 1928-10-21
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).
 Sub-Series

Alberta and British Columbia, 1900

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Canada/139-149
Scope and Contents

Monochrome postcards published by the Novelty Manufacturing and Art Co. Ltd., Montreal (139-142) and the Heliotype Co. Ltd., Ottawa (143-149).

Dates: 1900
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-Series

Alberta and Manitoba, 1900

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Canada/107-133
Scope and Contents

Tinted postcards, published by the Canadian Immigration Authorities.

Dates: 1900
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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Alberta Red : field of winter wheat, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2105
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). 8 miles from Calgary : third year of cultivation. [Wheat growing shoulder high].

Dates: 1908-07 - 1908-08
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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Alberta Red : field of winter wheat, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2107
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). 8 miles from Calgary : third year of cultivation. [Wheat growing shoulder high].

Dates: 1908-07 - 1908-08
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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’Alberta Red’ field of winter wheat 8 miles east of Calgary, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/2105
Scope and Contents

350 x 250 mm.

Dates: 1908-07 - 1908-08
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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Alberta Red : field of winter wheat 8 miles from Calgary : third year of cultivation. [Wheat growing shoulder high], 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2106
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [No print]. Missing.

Dates: 1908-07 - 1908-08
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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Athabasca, an Indian tepee, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/34
Scope and Contents

Coloured.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
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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Athabasca, 'Packing' luggage across portage, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/32
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Canada. The series also contains a few slides of historical events.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
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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Athabasca, young settler and his clergyman, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/33
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Canada. The series also contains a few slides of historical events.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
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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Banff, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/56
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
Dates: 1919
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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Banff Springs Hotel, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/61
Scope and Contents

Coloured, half page, by C.W. Simpson ARCA.

Dates: 1919
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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Banff Springs Hotel, Alberta, with mounted policeman , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/173
Scope and Contents

A view looking across towards the hotel set among fir forest with a mounted policeman on his horse in the foreground. Photograph by Canadian Pacific Railways.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
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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Banner oats, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2252
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Same farm. Note apple tree with good fruit and cabbages.

Dates: 1908-08 - 1908-09
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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Banner oats, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2253
Scope and Contents

Half-plate.

Dates: 1908-08 - 1908-09
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).