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Samoa (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 216 Collections and/or Records:

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Samoan Village, Pango-Pango, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/78
Scope and Contents

194 x 141 mm. A view showing two men posing for the camera among palm trees and grass huts. Pango-Pango, with its fine natural harbour, is situated at the southern end of the island of Tutuila, American Samoa. See also Y309993A/46-53.

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).
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[Samoan villagers], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/59
Scope and Contents

156 x 110 mm. A view showing a group of Samoans, probably copra workers, in a fenced-off open space in a village.

Dates: 1899
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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Samoan War Canoe, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/12
Scope and Contents

A view showing the large wooden craft. This boat was the last war canoe in existence, and was presented to the German Emperor. Print number 19.

Dates: 1899 - 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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Samoan warrior, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/76
Scope and Contents

57 x 99 mm. A studio portrait of a Samoan male seated and holding a serrated club.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Samoan warrior, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/80
Scope and Contents

58 x 99 mm. A studio portrait of a kneeling Samoan man holding a club similar to that seen in Y309B/76.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Samoan woman, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/75
Scope and Contents

58 x 98 mm. A studio portrait of a Samoan woman, carrying a (fishing?) net over her shoulder.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Samoan women, near Apia, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/83
Scope and Contents

140 x 192 mm. A portrait of five Samoan women and girls of varying ages standing in front of a house.

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).
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Samoan women, near Apia, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/84
Scope and Contents

202 x 140 mm. A very similar view to Y3089D/83 with the same figures standing in the same positions, but taken from a greater distance and showing the whole of the house behind them.

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).
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Samoans and river scene, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/61
Scope and Contents

100 x 58 mm. A view showing a shallow river, with Samoans standing in the river, and two manning a small outrigger canoe.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Samoans during wartime, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/13
Scope and Contents

A view showing armed warriors posed outside low sandbag fortifications. Print number 30.

Dates: 1899 - 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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Samoans fishing, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/35A
Scope and Contents

A view showing fishing craft in Apia harbour. The wreck at the right of the picture is probably one of the boats destroyed in the hurricane of 1889 (see Y309993A(LS)/24-26). Print number 20.

Dates: 1899 - 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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Seated man in patterned lavalava, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993D/4
Scope and Contents

125 x 105 mm.

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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Seated woman in elaborate traditional costume, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993D/2
Scope and Contents

140 x 195 mm.

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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Shoreline at Apia, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/60
Scope and Contents

100 x 58 mm. A view looking along the curve of the beach with a few houses visible and Mount Vaea rising in the background.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Slide damaged beyond repair, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/50
Scope and Contents

See print 31, Armed natives at Mulinu’u,

Dates: 1899 - 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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Smedley and the King of Tonga, 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/12/18
Scope and Contents

240 x 175 mm black and white photograph showing Taufaʻahau Tupou IV with Smedley at Apia.

Dates: 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).
 Person

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 (Novelist)

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1850 - 1894
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Stevensons’ Grave, 1900 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089FF/51
Scope and Contents

150 x 210 mm. View of Robert Louis Stevenson's tomb on Mount Vaea, Samoa.

Dates: 1900 - 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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Stevenson’s hill from Apia, Samoa, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/50
Scope and Contents

200 x 146 mm. A view looking towards the hill behind Apia on which Stevenson is buried, with a river, palm trees and two Samoans in the foreground. Stevenson’s hill is very faded in this print.

Dates: 1899
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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Street in Apia, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/67
Scope and Contents

98 x 57 mm. A similar street scene to Y309B/50, with the ‘Motel zum Stadt-Hamburg’ on the left. A duplicate print of Y309B/52.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Street in Apia, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/50
Scope and Contents

138 x 103 mm. A view looking along an unsurfaced side street in Apia, with Samoans standing in the roadway. On the right can be seen the premises of the photographer J. Davis. Another print of the same photograph occurs at Y309B/59.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Street in Apia, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/52
Scope and Contents

136 x 103 mm. A similar street scene to Y309B/50, with the ‘Motel zum Stadt-Hamburg’ on the left. Another print of the same photograph occurs at Y309B/67.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Street in Apia, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/59
Scope and Contents

99 x 58 mm.

Dates: 1885 - 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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Talolo at Mulinu’u, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/17
Scope and Contents

A view showing Samoans, and three Europeans in white uniforms, gathered in the village square for a Talolo, or ceremonial distribution of food. The ceremony itself is taking place in the background of the picture, partially obscured by trees. Print number 38.

Dates: 1899 - 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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Tamasese distributing arms, Apia, Samoa, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/60
Scope and Contents

200 x 145 mm. A view showing Tamasese sitting on the ground, with rifles in front of him, and Samoans sitting around. British sailors stand on the veranda of the building in the background. Copyright registered 21 Oct. 1899.

Dates: 1899
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).