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Saint Helena (island)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

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 Fonds

Album of coastal profiles

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 6
Scope and Contents Fifty-eighty pages of sepia drawings (12" x 6"), with captions and dates. The drawings give latitude and longitude, and appear to be competent renderings of coast profiles. The places featured include the Cape Verde Islands, Trinidad, Table Bay (including plan), Ceylon, Malaya and the East Indies, Macao, Sunda Straits, St Helena, Ascension and Britain. Some of the profiles, including those for Cape Town, Macao and Jamestown, St Helena, give details of buildings. None are signed, but...
Dates: 1783-12-30 - 1785-06-06
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Another view in Sandy Bay, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/19
Scope and Contents

204 x 144 mm. View looking along a wooded hillside towards mountains in the Sandy Bay area of Saint Helena.

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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Diana's Peak - 2685 ft above s.l. [i.e. 2685 feet above sea level], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/24
Scope and Contents

206 x 152 mm. View of the wooded summit of Diana's Peak.

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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Diocese of St Helena: boat building on Tristan de Cunha, 1930 - 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/452
Scope and Contents

123 x 84 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 1935
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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First loads of fibre leaving Govt. [i.e. Government] Flax Mill at Longwood, St Helena, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/14
Scope and Contents

200 x 148 mm. Showing workers and managers posed outside the mill with two cart-loads of processed flax fibre.

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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General Sports Ground, Francis Plain - showing Central Ridges and Diana's Peak (highest point of the island mark X), 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/23
Scope and Contents

204 x 141 mm. View from a hillside looking down onto the sports ground at the head of James Valley, with Diana's Peak (2685 feet) in the distance. There is no visible cross on the front of this print, but one appears on the reverse which corresponds with the highest point visible in the photograph.

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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Government House Plantation, St Helena, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/8
Scope and Contents

202 x 151 mm. View looking across the lawn towards Government House, known as Plantation House. The building is ashlar faced with a hipped roof. The building rises two storeys and is seven bays wide, the only decorative touches being the projecting porch and the rusticated quoins. It was built in 1792 and remodelled in 1816. The Plantation is situated three miles inland from Jamestown.

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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Govt. [i.e. Government] Flax Mill. Raw material (Phormium Tenax), 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/13
Scope and Contents

198 x 144 mm. Showing cartloads of flax arriving at the Government Mill at Longwood. Flax was first introduced into Saint Helena in 1874 when the Colonial and Foreign Fibre Company set up machinery in Jamestown. This initial venture failed, but in 1907 a processing mill was set up by the Government at Longwood and in a few years the product became the only staple industry in the colony.

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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Govt. [i.e. Government] House and grounds, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/7
Scope and Contents

208 x 148 mm. General view looking across the Government House plantation towards Government House itself.

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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Hutt's Gate and St Matthew's Church. Remains of Halley's Observatory at point marked by cross, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/16
Scope and Contents

207 x 147 mm. View at Hutt's Gate near Longwood, showing the small corrugated iron church of Saint Matthew with rocky hills behind. The cross mentioned in the caption cannot be seen on the front of this print but may be referring to a cross appearing on the reverse. The observatory mentioned is that built by Edmund Halley, who visited Saint Helena in 1677 to observe the transit of Mercury and to make a catalogue of the stars of the southern hemisphere.

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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Jacob's Ladder, 700 steps, St Helena, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/5
Scope and Contents

140 x 201 mm. View looking west across Jamestown, with part of the Castle and St James' Church in the foreground, towards 'Jacob's Ladder', a 699 step stairway which climbs the hill behind the town to the barracks on the summit. The 'Ladder' was originally constructed in 1829 as an inclined plane cableway for the St Helena Railway Company, but its unreliability caused it to be allowed to fall into disrepair. It was made into a stepped route by the Royal Engineers in 1871.

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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Jamestown from the sea, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/2
Scope and Contents

205 x 142 mm. View from the roadstead looking along Chapel Valley, with the buildings of Jamestown clustered near the water's edge in the foreground. Fronting the Esplanade are the Castle and St James' Church.

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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Jamestown from top of Jacob's Ladder, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/6
Scope and Contents

142 x 203 mm. View from the top of the hill looking down Jacob's Ladder onto the town below. Visible in the picture are St James' Church, the Grand Parade, and the Castle beyond. Immediately behind the church, at the foot of the ladder, is the prison.

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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Jamestown - looking north, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/3
Scope and Contents

145 x 204 mm. View from the hills behind the town, looking north along Chapel Valley towards the sea, with the buildings of Jamestown running along the valley floor.

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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Lace work turned out by Govt. [i.e. Government] Lace School, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/15
Scope and Contents

203 x 143 mm. Showing a variety of lace items on display in a room in the Lace School. The school was closed in 1917.

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).
 Fonds

Log of the 'Houghton'

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 4
Scope and Contents

'The log book of Capt. John Edwards, R.N. Given to Robert Stafford Edwards by his Aunt Miss Jane Edwards 1880. Solihull. Warwickshire.'

Dates: 1786 - 1788
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Longwood New House - with Flagstaff Hill and Barn Rock, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/11
Scope and Contents

202 x 140 mm. View from Old Longwood looking down on the buildings which were built for Napoleon but which he never occupied. The buildings were later turned over to farm use. Flagstaff Hill and Barn Rock can be seen in the background.

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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Longwood Plain, St Helena from S.W. [i.e. south west], showing new and old houses, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/9
Scope and Contents

203 x 149 mm. General view looking across fields towards Longwood House.

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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Looking east. Flagstaff Hill and Barn Cliff in distance, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/21
Scope and Contents

201 x 138 mm. View looking eastwards from near Jamestown towards Flagstaff Hill (2275 feet) with Barn Cliff beyond. In the foreground are valleys and partly wooded hillside.

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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Looking SW [i.e. south-west]. High Peak in distance, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/22
Scope and Contents

201 x 142 mm. View looking south-west from the centre of the island across wooded hills and valleys towards High Peak (2616 feet).

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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Main Street, St Helena, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/4
Scope and Contents

206 x 145 mm. View looking north along Main Street, Jamestown, with the spire of St James' Church visible in the background, and an ornate cast-iron drinking fountain in the centre of the street in the foreground.

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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Napoleon's House, Longwood, St Helena, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/10
Scope and Contents

200 x 137 mm. General view of the single storey house occupied by Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile and imprisonment on Saint Helena from 1815 until his death in 1821.

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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Napoleon's Tomb, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/12
Scope and Contents

139 x 204 mm. View from the hillside above looking down on the grove containing the railings and slab which mark the site of Napoleon's tomb. The body was exhumed and returned to France in 1840.

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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Oak Bank and Central Ridges, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/20
Scope and Contents

204 x 132 mm. View looking towards Oakbank, formerly the episcopal residence, with the hills of the Central Ridges beyond. Oakbank is one of the two oldest houses in Saint Helena.

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).
 Fonds

Prints and watercolours of St Helena

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 190
Scope and Contents

Engravings and watercolours dating mainly from the early nineteenth century, many of which relate to the period of Napoleon's detention on St Helena (1815-1821). There are a number of pieces by George Hutchins Bellasis (1778-1822), who spent eight months on St Helena, 1804-1805, and revisited the island in 1812. The collection includes five coloured engravings and a watercolour sketch of Ascension Island, which was a dependency of St Helena from 1922.

Dates: 1670 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: 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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