Rhodes, Cecil John, 1853 - 1902 (imperialist and benefactor)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Leonard Palmer: photographs of Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052X
Scope and Contents
An album of photographs taken by Leonard Shaftesbury Palmer, most dated May-July 1912 but collectively covering 1909-13, documenting settler life in Rhodesia, including historical sites (Rhodes' grave, World's View, Matopos; Shangani Memorial, Matopos), scenes in Bulawayo, Marendellas [Marondera], Shangani River, Victoria Falls and the Zambezi River, the Great Zimbabwe complex, some photographs of the northern Transvaal [areas now in Gauteng or Limpopo Provinces] including Pietersburg...
Dates:
bulk, 1912
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
The hill on which Rhodes is buried. He called the view from the top "The Worlds view", 1928-07-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/4/19
Scope and Contents
Print at RCMS 353/2/85.
Dates:
1928-07-09
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
The hill on which Rhodes is burried. He called the view from the top "The Worlds view", 1928-07-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/85
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.
Dates:
1928-07-09
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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- Subject: Zimbabwe X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 2
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Africa (continent) 2
- Matopo Hills (hills) 2
- Zimbabwe (nation) 2
- Bulawayo (inhabited place) 1
- Landscape photography 1