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Saint Pierre (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

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A Body, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/32
Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. A view showing a blackened and bloated corpse half burned in volcanic ash with blocks of masonry lying around.

Dates: 1902
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 cross street, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/21
Scope and Contents

203 x 153 mm. A view showing ruined buildings and rubble in one of the streets which cross the Rue Victor Hugo, with a steep hill in the background.

Dates: 1902
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 residential street, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/22
Scope and Contents

204 x 152 mm. A view showing ruined houses, rubble and a twisted iron balcony in an unidentified residential street.

Dates: 1902
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 Shop, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/28
Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. A view showing the standing exterior of walls of a gutted shop, with the street in the foreground covered in a blanket of ashes.

Dates: 1902
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 street scene, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/23
Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. A view showing a devastated street, with a scarred hill in the background.

Dates: 1902
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.P.G. Austin], 1902-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/3
Scope and Contents

80 x 60 mm. And another man standing in front of pile of tree branches in the Park.

Dates: 1902-05
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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[Damage in Saint Pierre], 1902-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/1
Scope and Contents

80 x 55 mm. Piles of debris with a group of men standing on the left.

Dates: 1902-05
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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Front of Cathedral, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/24
Scope and Contents

204 x 153 mm. A view showing the façade of the cathedral, with a small part of the wall facing the street still standing.

Dates: 1902
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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[General view of devastation], 1902-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/10
Scope and Contents

80 x 55 mm. With Cathedral Tower in the background.

Dates: 1902-05
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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[General view of devastation], 1902-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/17
Scope and Contents

80 x 55 mm.

Dates: 1902-05
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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Group of bodies, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/31
Scope and Contents

204 x 153 mm. A view showing charred and blackened corpses lying among the volcanic ash and rubble in the city.

Dates: 1902
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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Group of bodies, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/33
Scope and Contents

204 x 153 mm. A view showing a group of charred and blackened corpses lying in volcanic ash in a street of St Pierre, with ruined buildings in the background.

Dates: 1902
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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In the Savannah, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/11
Scope and Contents

204 x 152 mm. A view showing raised buildings and charred trees with hills in the background.

Dates: 1902
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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Interior of a house, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/29
Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. A view showing the burnt-out interior of a house with a figure in a white jacket in the foreground looking at a charred corpse lying among the volcanic ashes.

Dates: 1902
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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Interior of a house, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/30
Scope and Contents

204 x 153 mm. A view showing the gutted interior rooms of a house.

Dates: 1902
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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Interior of Cathedral, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/25
Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. A view showing fallen masonry and a twisted metal structure among the ruins of the cathedral.

Dates: 1902
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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L' Ex Votodu Fonds-Cohéet le Tramway, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/39
Scope and Contents

133 x 88 mm.

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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La choeur de la Cathédrale du Mouillage, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/36
Scope and Contents

133 x 88 mm.

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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La Rue Victor Hugo, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/35
Scope and Contents

133 x 88 mm.

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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La Sémaphore et la Place Berlin, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/34
Scope and Contents

133 x 88 mm.

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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Le Théâtre Municipal, 1900 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/40
Scope and Contents

133 x 88 mm.

Dates: 1900 - 1902
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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Les derniers jours de St-Pierre (Rue de la Roxelane et du Pont de Pierre), 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/37
Scope and Contents

133 x 88 mm.

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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Magazine articles, 1885 - 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/5/9
Scope and Contents This file contains the texts of articles written by Bell, many derived from his diaries. They are listed below:‘The adventures of Futki the white elephant’ (three copies)‘The doom of Saint Pierre’‘Housekeeping in West Africa’‘The improvement of physique in Negroes’‘In a Japanese railway carriage’‘A motor cottage’‘My fishy friends in Nassau’ (three copies)‘My friends the cannibals’ (three copies)‘My friends the cannibals...
Dates: 1885 - 1946
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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Martinique, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/63
Scope and Contents 399 x 240 mm. A view showing the town and harbour of St Pierre, the chief commercial centre (rather than the capital) of Martinique. The picture shows the curve of the town along the bay and a harbour crowded with sailing ships at anchor (and one steamer flying the French flag, in the background). In the distance the volcanic peak of Mont Pelée looms over the town. Y307A/63-67 have an added interest and importance following the complete destruction of the town in May 1902 (see Y307E for...
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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Martinique, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/64
Scope and Contents

300 x 241 mm. A view looking north along the cobbled street of La Place Berlin with the partially obscured signal tower, le Sémaphore, at the left of the picture and masts of sailing-ships in the background. Le Sémaphore can also just be seen in the centre of Y307A/63, on the shoreline. With Mont Pelée in the distance.

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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