Jamaica (island)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
File
17th century Jamaican Wills at Somerset House, 1908 - 1915
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/7/19
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Davis had a life-long interest in the history of the West Indies and more specifically of Barbados, and this collection comprises a vast body of material gathered by him from archives in Britain, the Caribbean and Europe. He contributed many historical articles to newspapers and periodicals in British Guiana, Barbados and the United States. His intention to compose a comprehensive history of the West Indies was frustrated by ill health.
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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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An expedition from Barbados against Jamaica 1642-43, 1911
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/8/15
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from ‘West India Committee Circular’ 29 August 1911.
Dates:
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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Bog Walk, Sp. Town, 1880 - 1889
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/18
Scope and Contents
217x133mm. View looking along the gorge at Bog Walk in the opposite direction to Y307H/15.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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Bog Walk, Spanish Town, 1880 - 1889
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/15
Scope and Contents
219x133mm. View looking along the wooded gorge of the Rio Cobre, with the road running alongside. Bog Walk is near Spanish Town, the name being a corruption of boca de agua (water's mouth).
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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Botanical Gardens?, 1880 - 1889
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/10
Scope and Contents
218x140mm. View from a slope looking down on a garden laid out with palms and other trees and with a landscaped path at the left. Location unidentified.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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 Heads of Government Meeting, Kingston, Jamaica, 1975: part of print CC/722, 1975
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/723
Scope and Contents
243 x 128 mm. Two copies.
Dates:
1975
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 Heads of Government Meeting, Kingston, Jamaica, 1975: Queen Elizabeth II with five Commonwealth leaders on board the Royal Yacht Britannia, 1975
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/725
Scope and Contents
153 x 202 mm.
Dates:
1975
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 Heads of Government Meeting, Kingston, Jamaica, 1975: Queen Elizabeth II with Mrs Rowling and Mrs Lee Kuan Yew at dinner, 1975
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/726
Scope and Contents
202 x 153 mm. Figures are identified on the back.
Dates:
1975
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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Devon House, Kingston - Jamaica, 1933 - 1971
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/9/2/6
Scope and Contents
110 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1933 - 1971
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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‘Expedition from Barbados against Jamaica 1642 & 43’, 1911
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/14/28
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from the ‘West India Committee Circular' 15, 29 August, 12 September, 10, 24 October 1911.
Dates:
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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Geographical, 1942 - 1980
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MC/E
Scope and Contents
Arranged by area, then by country (including a few which are not members of the Commonwealth):The Mediterranean 30Cyprus 11Gibraltar 3Malta 16Middle East 3Jordan 1Palestine 2Indian Sub-Continent 81General 1Bangladesh 4Bhutan 2India 51Nepal 1Pakistan 16Sri Lanka 6South East Asia 58Brunei 5Indonesia 1Malaysia 43Singapore 9East Asia 33China 3Hong Kong 29Korea ...
Dates:
1942 - 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).
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Jamaica, 1908 - 1915
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/12/21
Scope and Contents
Probably the draft of an historical article or chapter in Davis's projected book.
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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
Jamaica, 1908 - 1915
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/45
Scope and Contents
Probably the draft of an historical article or chapter in Davis's projected book.
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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
Jamaica, 1924
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC West Indies/56-68
Scope and Contents
Monochrome postcards 'specially taken for the British Empire Exhibition, 1924'. The collection includes one extra postcard with the original set of twelve.
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).
Sub-Series
Jamaica, 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC West Indies/69-73
Scope and Contents
Monochrome postcards of Jamaica, including images of the Lignanea Plain, a market on Caymanas Estate, and Thomas River, Clarendon. From an original set of six postcards. Photographed by Algernon E. Aspinall, secretary to the West India Committee and published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Limited.
Dates:
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).
Sub-Series
Jamaica, 1924
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC West Indies/74-76
Scope and Contents
Oilette coloured postcards of Jamaica, showing the Government Botanical Gardens in Castleton, Priestman's River in Portand and the Blue Mountains at St. Andrew. The photographs were 'specially taken for the British Empire Exhibition, 1924'. From an original set of six postcards.
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).
Sub-Series
Jamaica, 1910
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC West Indies/77-81
Scope and Contents
Tinted postcards mainly published by A. Duperly and Son, Kingston, Jamaica. Depicted are: the Blue Hole at Port Antonio, Hope Gardens, the Docks of Kingston, washing day at Port Antonio and a Jamaican climbing a palm tree.
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).
Sub-Series
Jamaica, 1910
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC West Indies/82-84
Scope and Contents
Monochrome postcards published in the 'Jamaica Real Photograph postcard series.' Depicted are a coconut plantation, a logwood plantation, and a peasant's cottage.
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/244
Scope and Contents
152 x 205 mm. Mr. Reginald Maudling, the Colonial Secretary, is pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, London. With him are Lord Perth (left) Minister of State for Colonial Affairs and the Secretary General of the Conference.
Dates:
1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/245
Scope and Contents
155 x 203 mm. Mr. Norman Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica, is pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, with (from left to right) Mr. D.B. Sangster, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Mr. I.S. Lloyd, Minister of Health, and Mr. F.A. Glasspole, Minister of Education. Mr. Reginald Maudling, the Colonial Secretary presided.
Dates:
1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/246
Scope and Contents
155 x 203 mm. Mr. G.A. Brown, Director General of the Planning Unit, and Mr. A.E.T. Henry, Public Relations Officer in the Prime Minister’s Office, are pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.
Dates:
1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/247
Scope and Contents
154 x 206 mm. Pictured from the left are: Dr. I.S. Lloyd, Minister of Health, Mr. F.A. Glasspole, Minister of Education, Mr. V.L. Arnett, Minister of Finance, and Mr. R.C. Lightbourne, Opposition Member of the Jamaican House of Representatives, at the opening of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.
Dates:
1962-02
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).
Item
Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/248
Scope and Contents
151 x 205 mm. Pictured at the opening of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House are, left to right, Mr. E Richardson, Financial Secretary, Mr J.L. Cundall, Attorney General, and Mr. V.H. Mcfarlane, Permanent Secretary in Prime Minister Mr. Manley’s Office.
Dates:
1962-02
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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Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/249
Scope and Contents
155 x 203 mm. Mr. J.A. Peck, Mr. D. Williams, and Mr. Thomas, Assistant Under Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, are pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.
Dates:
1962-02
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).
Item
Jamaica Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1962-02
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/250
Scope and Contents
154 x 202 mm. Mr. A.R. Thomas (left) Assistant Under Secretary of State, Colonial Affairs, and Sir Hilton Poynton, Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, are pictured at the opening session of the Jamaica Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.
Dates:
1962-02
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).