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Pitcairn (dependent state)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Photographs and postcards of the Pitcairn Islands, 1976 - 1980

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/8/9/2
Scope and Contents

Twelve black and white photographs of Smedley's visit to the Pitcairn Islands (with brief captions), five colour postcards of the Pitcairns and two of Tahiti.

Dates: 1976 - 1980
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).
 Item

Pitcairn Island, 1929

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/15
Scope and Contents

75 x 45mm. A view of Pitcairn Island from the sea. The island was first discovered by the British in 1767 and was settled in 1790 by mutineers from the 'Bounty' and Polynesians from Tahiti.

Dates: 1929
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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Pitcairn Islanders, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/18
Scope and Contents

74 x 56mm. A view showing a group of four Islanders on board the 'Ionic'.

Dates: 1929
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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Pitcairn Islanders coming aboard, 1929

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/16
Scope and Contents

71 x 51mm. A view showing three crowded boats approaching the ship.

Dates: 1929
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).
 Sub-Series

Pitcairn Islands, 1976 - 1980

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/8/9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Archives relating to Smedley's service as High Commissioner in New Zealand and concurrently Governor of Pitcairn Island and High Commissioner in Western Samoa (1977-80).

Dates: 1976 - 1980
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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Pitcairn Islands, 1976 - 1980

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/8/9/1
Scope and Contents This file contains material relating to Pitcairn, including summaries of the islands’ history, geography and population; the official letter from the Queen and newspaper cutting announcing Smedley’s appointment as Governor, with Smedley’s official message to islanders, 4, 18 February 1976; a report of Smedley’s visit, 14-17 May 1976; Smedley’s itinerary for a visit to the Cook Islands 19-20 May 1976; photocopy and original of ‘Cook Islands News’ with Smedley on front page, 20 May 1976;...
Dates: 1976 - 1980
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

Public Schools Empire Tour to New Zealand. 1929

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S
Scope and Contents A collection of photographs by an unknown tour member consisting of black and white lantern slides most measuring approximately 75 x 55 mm. Most of the slides have been captioned: the titles of those without captions are enclosed in square brackets.The Public Schools Empire Tours came into being through the Church of England Council of Empire Settlement's decision in 1925 to send a party of schoolboys to Australia after the visit to England of a party from the Young Australia...
Dates: 1929-01-04 - 1929-05-18
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).
 Fonds

Sir Harold Smedley Collection

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

Diaries, official papers, correspondence and photographs

Dates: 1950 - 2000
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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Transcript of interview: George Fergusson, 2024

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 236
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2024
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Travel notes, 1976 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/8/5
Scope and Contents This file contains a large number of detailed notes by Smedley on his various visits throughout New Zealand and beyond, including a lengthy report on a visit to the Pitcairn Islands, Tahiti and Samoa, as well as visits to Taranaki, Manawatu, South Island, Ashburton, Waioru, Hawkes Bay, Northland, Rotorua, South Canterbury, Palmerston North, Nelson, Waikato, Auckland, Stratford, Southland, Tauranga, Kawerau and Gisborne. This material is accompanied by two colour maps of New Zealand (circa...
Dates: 1976 - 1980
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).