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Mascarene Islands (island group)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 225 Collections and/or Records:

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Government House, Port Louis, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/33
Scope and Contents

226 x 101 mm. A view of the two wings of Government House, Port Louis, from the Place D'Armes. The groundfloor was first laid out by Mahe de Labourdonnais in 1738 and the present building dates from 1771. Facing the square is an undistinguished statue of Queen Victoria erected in 1902 and, largely obscured in the court yard behind, the statue of Sir William Stevenson (Governor of Mauritius 1857-63), erected in 1867.

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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Grand River. S.E, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/61
Scope and Contents

77 x 102 mm. A view looking down on the river, with two sailing boats moored 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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Grave of Sir J Stevenson, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/41
Scope and Contents

69 x 92 mm. Headstone in the form of a Celtic cross over the grave of Sir William Stevenson (1805-1863), Governor of Mauritius 1857-1863. The caption wrongly gives Stevenson's initial as 'J'.

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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Group at Blue Bay, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/80
Scope and Contents

101 x 77 mm. Showing Bell seated with a group of Europeans in front of a tent at Blue Bay, situated on the SE part of the island near Pointe d'Esny.

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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[Group at Le Reduit], 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/43
Scope and Contents

133 x 71 mm. Showing a tennis party grouped on the lawn at 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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[Group by house], 1923 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/144
Scope and Contents

105 x 80 mm.

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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[Group by tree], 1923 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/142
Scope and Contents

80 x 103 mm. Showing a group sitting under a tree, possibly at Le Reduit.

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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[Group in front of War Memorial], 1921 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/84
Scope and Contents

85 x 110 mm.

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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[Group of tents], 1923 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/123
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm.

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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[Group outside ?Government House, ?Mauritius], 1917 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/106
Scope and Contents

73 x 98 mm. Showing Bell standing in the centre of an unidentified group of two men and four women.

Dates: 1917 - 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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[Group with cattle], 1921 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/79
Scope and Contents

120 x 90 mm. An oval picture.

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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[Guard of Honour, Government House, Port Louis, (?18 May 1916)], 1916-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/37
Scope and Contents

130 x 78 mm. Showing troops drawn up outside Government House, probably on Bell's arrival as Governor.

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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Henry Morcom, 1922 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/150
Scope and Contents

65 x 110 mm. In July 1922, HHB agreed 'to be God Father to Sylvia Morcom's baby Henry'.

Dates: 1922 - 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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Hesketh Bell bridge [Le Reduit], 1921 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/97
Scope and Contents

125 x 162 mm. It was designed by HHB and completed in 1922. Showing waterfall in foreground.

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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[HHB by fountain at Le Reduit], 1919 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/104
Scope and Contents

80 x 110 mm.

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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[HHB by the memorial to Governor David, Le Reduit], 1921 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/121
Scope and Contents

75 x 100 mm. Showing the graceful six columned temple in vaguely art nouveau style, designed by Bell and erected in the grounds of Le Reduit. Barthélemy David, the creator of Le Reduit, was Governor of Mauritius 1747-53. Bell's memorial to him was completed in July 1921.

Dates: 1921 - 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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[HHB in car], 1924-08-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/159
Scope and Contents

155 x 125 mm. Possibly leaving his last Council of Government 5 August 1924.

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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[HHB's Napier], 1919 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/119
Scope and Contents

105 x 80 mm. Chauffeur-driven car with the back open outside Le Reduit.

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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Hindu festival, Port Louis, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/66
Scope and Contents

204 x 150 mm. Showing Bell, Lightfoot, other Europeans and a large group of Indians standing in front of a flower-decked marquee.

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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His Excellency Sir H. Bell K.C.M.G., leaving Government House, Port Louis [c. 1916], 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/34
Scope and Contents

179 x 128 mm. Showing Bell climbing into an automobile parked in front of the main entrance to Government House. The statue of Sir William Stevenson can be seen more clearly in this print. Photograph by Baretti.

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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Hugh Ireland and June, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/74
Scope and Contents

72 x 100 mm. Showing Hugh Ireland (no biographical details) playing with a young girl (presumably his daughter) in the sea.

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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Ile aux Fouquets, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/79
Scope and Contents

95 x 65 mm. View from the sea showing the disused lighthouse of the Ile aux Fouquets off Mahebourg in the SE part 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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Ile Maurice - La Rade de Port Louis, 1922 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/147
Scope and Contents

140 x 72 mm. Coloured postcard.

Dates: 1922 - 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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Ile Maurice, Le Nouveau Pont et Cascade de Reduit, 1919 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/120
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 mm. A coloured postcard showing Bell's Bridge.

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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Ile Maurice - Tombeau de Paul et Virginie -- Pamplemousses, 1921 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/81
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 mm. A monochrome postcard by Magasins Réunis.

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).