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Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1689 Collections and/or Records:
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Water found in foreground that in which Cook was held till he died, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309992A/3
Scope and Contents
148 x 197 mm. A view from the water showing the beach in the foreground, a small white hut and the memorial with cliffs in the background.
Dates:
1890
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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[Waterfall at Yosemite Valley], 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/112
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of glass lantern slides, 82 x 82 mm, mostly of Samoa, taken by John Snowden Smithson. Smithson visited Samoa on holiday and presumably the remaining slides (5 of them unidentified, 13 of Yosemite National Park and 10 of Ceylon), together with a map, date from the same period. None of the slides are captioned, but the first 91 slides have numbers on their left hand corners, running from 20/10 to 30/9, with a few gaps, and presumably represent the sequence in which the...
Dates:
1903
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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Wawona, 9/10, 1918-10-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/234
Scope and Contents
70 x 110 mm. Showing Tymms stood beside a water feature.
Dates:
1918-10-09
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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Wawona, 9/10/18, 1918-10-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/210
Scope and Contents
40 x 60 mm. A view of an automobile passing through a tunnel cut out of Yosemite's famous Wawona Tree, which was cut in 1881 as a tourist attraction. It was the second standing sequoia to be tunnelled (the first, a dead tree, the 'Dead Giant', still stands in the Tuolumne Grove in Yosemite). It stood for 88 summers before it fell during the severe winter of 1968-69. When it fell, the Wawona Tree was approximately 2100 years 234 feet high (71.3 meters), and 26 feet in diameter at the base...
Dates:
1918-10-09
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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Wawona - Signal Peak Camp, 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/47
Scope and Contents
64 x 42 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).
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Wawona. Yosemite, 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/24
Scope and Contents
41 x 64 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).
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[We Globe Trotters], 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/83
Scope and Contents
214 x 157 mm. A group portrait of six men and one woman, on horseback in the Yosemite Valley. Behind this is a photograph of the group of travellers with A. Elsy among them, but since no key is given identification is impossible. A slightly murky print, due to under-exposure and probably taken by an amateur photographer.
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
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Whirlpool Rapids, 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/212
Scope and Contents
82 x 80 mm. A river, probably the Niagara, viewed from above.
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).
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Wichita Mts, 5/5/18, 1918-05-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/30
Scope and Contents
60 x 40 mm. Three men standing on top of the Wichita Mountains.
Dates:
1918-05-05
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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Wichita Mts, 6/5/18, 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/26
Scope and Contents
60 x 40 mm. Showing three men in uniform sat on a rocky outcrop. A mountain is faintly visible in the far background. Perhaps the caption refers to 'Wichita Mountains'.
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).
Unknown
Writ and Claim for libel issued by WSC against the Daily Mirror, 25 Oct 1951
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/221/64
Scope and Contents
Includes transcript of published articles including "Whose Finger?" about WSC's words on the possibility of nuclear war and that "only Russia or America was in a position to pull the trigger" and a series of articles about on WSC's possible policy of issuing a peace ultimatum to Stalin.Printed pamphlet.
Dates:
25 Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
WSC's tribute to President Roosevelt, 17 Apr 1945
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/167/206-207
Scope and Contents
Printed copy from Hansard recording WSC's tribute on the death of President Roosevelt covering: the start of his friendship with Roosevelt when the President invited WSC to correspond with him; their correspondence of over 1,700 messages, 9 meetings and 120 days of close physical contact; his admiration and affection for Roosevelt; Roosevelt's courage about his physical affliction and 'agony' at the fall of France; a letter from Roosevelt brought to WSC by Wendell Wilkie in which Roosevelt...
Dates:
17 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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[Yos. Valley from Artist’s Point], 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/68
Scope and Contents
185 x 110 mm. A photograph taken from a similar viewpoint to Y3089C/67, looking through trees and along the length of the valley, showing the sheer rock faces that tower above the valley. El Capitan can be seen at the left of the picture with a waterfall opposite which falls into the Merced River in the valley, and with Half Dome in the distance.
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
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Yosemite Falls, 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/139
Scope and Contents
85 x 140 mm.
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).
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Yosemite Falls, 1918-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/2/31
Scope and Contents
125 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1918-10
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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Yosemite Falls, 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/35
Scope and Contents
42 x 65 mm. Three women seated in front of the Falls.
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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Yosemite Falls, 8/10, 1918-10-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/214
Scope and Contents
40 x 65 mm. A view of three women sat on a rock with the Falls behind them.
Dates:
1918-10-08
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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Yosemite Falls, 8/10, 1918-10-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/217
Scope and Contents
40 x 60 mm. Showing Tymms with two women posing on rocks with the Falls behind them.
Dates:
1918-10-08
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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Yosemite Falls, 8/10, 1918-10-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/218
Scope and Contents
60 x 40 mm. A view of three women sat on a rock very close to the Falls.
Dates:
1918-10-08
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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Yosemite Falls [2634 feet], 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/73
Scope and Contents
204 x 300 mm. A view looking along a road on the valley floor, with this huge waterfall in the background. A man stands on the road in front of the falls, thus giving an indication of scale.
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
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Yosemite Falls, 6/10/18, 1918-10-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/187
Scope and Contents
110 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).
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Yosemite Falls, 7/10/18, 1918-10-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/219
Scope and Contents
70 x 110 mm.
Dates:
1918-10-07
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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Yosemite Falls, 8/10/18, 1918-10-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/242
Scope and Contents
95 x 65 mm. A view of three women sat on a rock very close to the Falls.
Dates:
1918-10-08
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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Yosemite Falls and Valley, 6.10.18, 1918-10-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/184
Scope and Contents
70 x 50 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).
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[Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point], 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/82
Scope and Contents
108 x 183 mm. A view taken from the other side of Glacier Point, with this rock now at the left side of the picture, and looking towards the other end of the valley. The Yosemite Falls, with a total length of 2425 feet, can be seen on the opposite cliff face, dropping into the Merced River below.
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