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Subject Source: Local sources
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Fonds
Modern Commonwealth photograph collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MC
Scope and Contents
This broad heading has been used to cover a substantial collection of loose prints, dating chiefly from the period 1960-1982, but including a few of earlier date. The majority come from the files of the RCS journal known successfully as ‘United Empire,’ ‘Commonwealth Journal,’ and ‘Commonwealth,’ in which some were published, but there are also items obtained for inclusion in the exhibition ‘Commonwealth in Focus’ in 1982 and these are indicated by CIF and the catalogue number in the...
Dates:
1936 - 1980
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
Item
[Mount Watkins and Mirror Lake], 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/75
Scope and Contents
110 x 183 mm. A similar view to Y3089C/74, with the mountain and trees reflected in the lake.
Dates:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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New Zealand and America
Item
Mrs Langtry at Glacier Point, 3300 feet above valley, 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/80
Scope and Contents
191 x 236 mm. A view from a little below Glacier Point, showing Lily Langtry in silhouette standing on the small finger of rock which reaches out over the valley. The picture looks out across the valley, with the Half Dome (8852 feet) at the left of the picture, and snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada in the distance. Lily Langtry’s presence in the photograph would date it to between 1882-3, at which time she went on her tour of America having become a professional actress the year before...
Dates:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
New Zealand and America
Item
Mrs. Terry Parker, 1948
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/175
Scope and Contents
113 x 70 mm. Frederick Tymms seated with Lady Tymms and Mrs Parker, possibly in Honolulu.
Dates:
1948
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
'Narrative on the sources of the Columbia'
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 249
Scope and Contents
'Narrative of the establishment on the sources of the Columbia, addressed to Mr Duncan McGillivray, Director of the N.W. Coy & the gentlemen of Upper Fort des Prairies 1807', 32 pages: (p. 1) title; (p. 2) blank; (pp. 3-29) narrative; (pp. 30-32) blank. The work is headed on p. 3, 'Narrative of the expedition to the Kootanai & Flat Bow Indian Countries, on the sources of the Columbia River, Pacific Ocean by D. Thompson on behalf of the N.W. Company 1807', signed D. Thompson.
Dates:
1807
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
Item
Near Austen. Tex., 1918-08-27
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/111
Scope and Contents
92 x 63 mm. Watts and Lieut. Porch standing next to a parked car, with a third man behind the car.
Dates:
1918-08-27
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
Near Ithaca. N.Y., 1918-07-04
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/101
Scope and Contents
44 x 68 mm. Frederick Tymms, Miss Berment and Miss Pratt seated on steps.
Dates:
1918-07-04
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).
Item
Nevada and Vernal Falls, Yosemite, 6/10, 1918-10-06
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/211
Scope and Contents
50 x 70 mm.
Dates:
1918-10-06
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
Nevada and Vernal Falls, Yosemite Valley, 6/10, 1918-10-06
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/165
Scope and Contents
50 x 70 mm. A view looking down through the trees at Nevada and the Vernal Falls.
Dates:
1918-10-06
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
[Nevada Fall, 700 feet], 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/77
Scope and Contents
A view from one side of the falls, looking at the rush of water beyond the pine trees in the foreground.
Dates:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
New Zealand and America
Item
Nevada Falls. Yosemite, 1918
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/135
Scope and Contents
69 x 49 mm.
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).
Item
Nevada Falls, Yosemite, 6/10/18, 1918-10-06
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/201
Scope and Contents
50 x 70 mm.
Dates:
1918-10-06
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
New Mexico from Santa Fe, 1/9/18, 1918-09-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/126
Scope and Contents
70 x 50 mm. A view of the plains.
Dates:
1918-09-01
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
New Mexico from Santa Fe, 2/9/18, 1918-09-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/128
Scope and Contents
70 x 50 mm. A view of the plains.
Dates:
1918-09-02
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
New Mexico from Santa Fe, 2/9/18, 1918-09-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/130
Scope and Contents
70 x 50 mm. A view of the plains and mountains in the distance.
Dates:
1918-09-02
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).
Series
New York, 1939-02
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1021-1035
Scope and Contents
Photographs mainly of three women and Corner.
Dates:
1939-02
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
New York Skyline, Rockefeller Centre, 1951
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/247
Scope and Contents
125 x 85 mm.
Dates:
1951
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
New Zealand and America
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C
Scope and Contents
An album containing mounted prints of various sizes showing scenic views in New Zealand and America. The prints are either captioned on the photographs, or have brief written captions beneath. Handwritten captions, as opposed to those written on the photographic negative, are enclosed in square brackets. The geographical locations of the prints break down thus:1-2 Sydney3-59 New Zealand60 Honolulu61-105 America and CanadaThe album records the round-the-world...
Dates:
1885
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
Fonds
New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D
Scope and Contents
An album containing mounted prints, most measuring approximately 200 x 140 mm, depicting the landscape and people of New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa. All the prints except for ten are signed and captioned by Burton Brothers. The ten unsigned photographs, mainly of Maori warriors, are the work of American Photo Company, Auckland (Y3089/53-54) and Pulman Studio, Auckland (Y3089D/58-65). The album breaks down into geographical locations thus:65 prints of New Zealand10 prints of...
Dates:
1884 - 1885
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
Fonds
Newscuttings on New Zealand immigration
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 307
Scope and Contents
A newspaper cuttings book originating from New Zealand, containing articles on immigration to New Zealand, 1849 and 1850; letters to newspaper editors, 1852; and articles and letters on the settlement of New Zealand, 1866-1868. There are also a few articles on immigration to Van Diemen's Land, Australia, New Brunswick, California, Natal and Chile. The latter discusses the 1868 South American earthquake. Some of the cuttings are mounted on loose cardboard. Near the back of the book are a...
Dates:
1849 - 1868
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
Unknown
Newspaper cutting from the Wilkes-Barre Record, 03 Apr 1963
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/588B/160
Scope and Contents
Includes a piece entitled "America's Man of the Hour Again- Citizen Churchill" reporting the Senate's vote of approval on the act of Congress to award Honorary American citizenship to WSC "the first foreigner in history". Includes quote from Alfred, 1st Lord Tennyson and a cartoon.Printed.
Dates:
03 Apr 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Item
Niagara, 1908-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2407
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. The American Fall from Victoria Park.
Dates:
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).
Item
Niagara : American Fall in winter, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2400A
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. Showing ice formation.
Dates:
1909
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
Niagara : American Fall in winter, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2400C
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. Showing ice formation.
Dates:
1909
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
Niagara Falls, 1948
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/203
Scope and Contents
81 x 82 mm. A view of the Niagara River, with a hill rising behind it.
Dates:
1948
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).