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Christy, Cuthbert, 1863 - 1932 (explorer and zoologist)

 Person

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

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An Azande artificier making grass helmets, 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/151
Scope and Contents

101 x 74 mm. A view showing an Azande man making grass helmets in Doruma's compound in Jemhura, Bahr el Ghazal [possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan].

Dates: 1915
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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An Azande artificier making grass helmets, 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/152
Scope and Contents

101 x 74 mm. A view showing an Azande man making grass helmets in Doruma's compound in Jemhura, Bahr el Ghazal [possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan].

Dates: 1915
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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An Azande artificier making grass helmets, 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/153
Scope and Contents

101 x 74 mm. A view showing an Azande man making grass helmets in Doruma's compound in Jemhura, Bahr el Ghazal [possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan].

Dates: 1915
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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Azande chief and wives, Jemhura, Nile-Congo Divide, 1916, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/149
Scope and Contents

100 x 75 mm. A view showing the Azande chief Sultani Doruma seated in his compound with a large group of wives on either side of him. A photograph taken in south-western Bahr el Ghazal [possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan]. Christy stayed in the roundhouse seen in the background.

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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Azande chief and wives, Jemhura, Nile-Congo Divide, 1916, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/150
Scope and Contents

100 x 75 mm. A view showing the Azande chief Sultani Doruma seated in his compound with a large group of wives on either side of him. A photograph taken in south-western Bahr el Ghazal [possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan]. Christy stayed in the roundhouse seen in the background.

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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Big bush elephant shot at Lado Enclave, Mongalla, 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/178
Scope and Contents

99 x 74 mm. A view showing Christy writing up his journal seated on the corpse of a bush elephant with tusks weighing 114 and 116 lbs. He records that he was injured by a tree uprooted by this animal in the Wele district.

Dates: 1915
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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Big bush elephant shot at Lado Enclave, Mongalla, 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/179
Scope and Contents

99 x 74 mm. A view showing Christy writing up his journal seated on the corpse of a bush elephant with tusks weighing 114 and 116 lbs. He records that he was injured by a tree uprooted by this animal in the Wele district.

Dates: 1915
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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Big bush elephant shot at Lado Enclave, Mongalla, 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/180
Scope and Contents

99 x 74 mm. A view showing Christy writing up his journal seated on the corpse of a bush elephant with tusks weighing 114 and 116 lbs. He records that he was injured by a tree uprooted by this animal in the Wele district.

Dates: 1915
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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Nest of the hammer-head (Scopus umbreta), Nile-Congo Divide, Bahr-el-Ghazal [? Bahr al Ghazal], 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/233
Scope and Contents

95 x 74 mm. A view showing the bird's nest built in a tree over a rock pool. In the foreground an African is poking at the nest with a stick. The location is possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan.

Dates: 1915
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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Nest of the hammer-head (Scopus umbreta), Nile-Congo Divide, Bahr-el-Ghazal [? Bahr al Ghazal], 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/234
Scope and Contents

94 x 74 mm. A view showing the bird's nest built in a tree over a rock pool. In the foreground an African is poking at the nest with a stick. Photograph probably by Christy. The location is possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan.

Dates: 1915
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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The square-lipped or white rhinoceros, Wele District, 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/199
Scope and Contents

100 x 74 mm. A view showing a white rhinoceros shot in the Bahr el Ghazal area (Nile-Congo Divide) [possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan] by Christy, with two rifles laid against the stomach of the animal.

Dates: 1915
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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The square-lipped or white rhinoceros, Wele District, 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/200
Scope and Contents

100 x 74 mm. A view showing a white rhinoceros shot in the Bahr el Ghazal area (Nile-Congo Divide) [possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan] by Christy, with two rifles laid against the stomach of the animal.

Dates: 1915
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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The square-lipped or white rhinoceros, Wele District, 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/201
Scope and Contents

100 x 74 mm. A view showing a white rhinoceros shot in the Bahr el Ghazal area (Nile-Congo Divide) [possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan] by Christy, with two rifles laid against the stomach of the animal.

Dates: 1915
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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