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Mascarene Islands (island group)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 225 Collections and/or Records:

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[Bell Village 1924], 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/140
Scope and Contents

150 x 90 mm.

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).
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[Bell with] Lt. Col. Godfrey [and] Major Walker [? 18 May 1916], 1916-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/38
Scope and Contents

130 x 78 mm. Showing Bell marching with Lt. Col. Austin Charles Godfrey (Inspector General of Police) and Major E.W.N. Walker, Officer commanding troops in Mauritius. Photograph probably taken outside Government House on Bell's arrival.

Dates: 1916-05
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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Blue Bay, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/88
Scope and Contents

182 x 78 mm. View looking towards Bell's bungalow at Blue Bay.

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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[Blue Bay], 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/90
Scope and Contents

77 x 99 mm. Showing part of Bell's bungalow at Blue Bay.

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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Blue Bay, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/51
Scope and Contents

136 x 81 mm. View looking out over Blue Bay at dusk, with a tree silhouetted in the foreground.

Dates: 1919 - 1921
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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Brickdale wedding, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/45
Scope and Contents

118 x 70 mm. Showing bride, groom, pages and George Lightfoot (Governor's A.D.C.) grouped on the verandah of an unidentified house. No biographical information on Brickdale.

Dates: 1919 - 1921
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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Campement Pte. D'Esny, Grand Port, Mauritius, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Mauritius/5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A collection of coloured 'oilette' postcards of Mauritius, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons for the British Empire Exhibition 1924.

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).
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['Carrotting' tobacco at Pamplemousses, April 1917], 1917-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/83
Scope and Contents

224 x 173 mm. Showing tobacco being tied into carrot shaped bundles by a worker seated on a verandah. The photograph demonstrates the way in which the leaves are tightly wrapped in lengths of plaited rope.

Dates: 1917-04
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).
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Carrotting tobacco at Pamplemousses April 1917, 1917-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/25
Scope and Contents

236 x 178 mm. Showing tobacco being tied into carrot shaped bundles by a worker seated on a verandah. The photograph demonstrates the way in which the leaves are tightly wrapped in lengths of plaited rope.

Dates: 1917-04
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).
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Cascade, Reduit, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/48
Scope and Contents

79 x 138 mm. Showing a waterfall and pool at Le Reduit, with Bell seated on a rock in the foreground.

Dates: 1916
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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Catching camerons, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/57
Scope and Contents

75 x 100 mm. Showing a figure netting camerons (a giant freshwater shrimp) beside a waterfall.

Dates: 1919 - 1921
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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Catching Gourami, 1919 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/108
Scope and Contents

125 x 90 mm. A lake or river scene with foliage in the background.

Dates: 1919 - 1923
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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Catching Gourami, 1919 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/109
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 mm. A lake or river scene with foliage in the background.

Dates: 1919 - 1923
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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Chamarel Falls, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/71
Scope and Contents

168 x 213 mm. General view of the dramatic Chamarel Falls in the SW end of the island.

Dates: 1916
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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Champ de Mars Race Course, 1921, 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/35
Scope and Contents

172 x 148 mm. View looking across the course towards the grandstand, with race-goers seated on the grass or strolling across the field.

Dates: 1921
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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Chien de Plomb Wharf, Port Louis, Mauritius, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Mauritius/1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A collection of coloured 'oilette' postcards of Mauritius, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons for the British Empire Exhibition 1924.

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).
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Children of Reduit servants, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/47
Scope and Contents

98 x 74 mm. Group portrait of Indian and Mauritian children taken in the grounds of Le Reduit.

Dates: 1919 - 1921
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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Children of the servants at Reduit, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/92
Scope and Contents

133 x 78 mm. Group portrait taken in the garden at Le Reduit.

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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Claire de Rochecouste, Mme. de Barbentane, Northcroft, 1921 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/99
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 mm. Showing HHB with the others identified sitting under a tree, possibly at Le Reduit.

Dates: 1921 - 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).
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Col. Godfrey and Tiny, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/91
Scope and Contents

130 x 78 mm. Showing Colonel Austin Godfrey, Inspector General of Police, seated in an open sports car, with his dog in the back seat and a uniformed chauffeur in the dickey.

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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[Cottage at Blue Bay], 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/109
Scope and Contents

132 x 81 mm. A view looking towards the circular thatched cottage with surrounding verandah, owned or rented by Bell at Blue Bay in the south-west of the island. The handwritten inscription on the reverse reads: 'The dear cottage of Blue Bay, 'Pointe d'Esny', Mahébourg, Mauritius. To dear Sir Hesketh Bell from Cécile Raffay.'

Dates: 1922
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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[? Council of Government], 1924-08-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/160
Scope and Contents

210 x 165 mm. Interior view of a meeting in session, with HHB presiding. Possibly his final Council of Government, 5 August 1924. Some blurring and glare from lighting.

Dates: 1924-08-05
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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[? Council of Government], 1924-08-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/161
Scope and Contents

210 x 165 mm. Interior view of a meeting in session, with HHB presiding. Possibly his final Council of Government, 5 August 1924. Some blurring and glare from lighting.

Dates: 1924-08-05
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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Crêche de St Louis, 1923 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/153
Scope and Contents

150 x 100 mm. Group showing two nuns with Mauritian children and adults.

Dates: 1923 - 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).
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Curepipe Dairy, 1923 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/155
Scope and Contents

140 x 80 mm. Showing a field of cows. Founded by HHB.

Dates: 1923 - 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).