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

 Person

Found in 265 Collections and/or Records:

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Effects of tapping, Calabar, Southern Nigeria

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/104
Scope and Contents

78 x 95 mm. A view showing the deep scars (two-and-a-half year old) caused by excision tapping with the old V-shaped knife.

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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Effects of tapping on Funtumia elastica, Ashanti, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/102
Scope and Contents

76 x 93 mm. A view showing deep scarring caused by overtapping with African gouges ('a very common sight').

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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Effects of tapping on Funtumia elastica, Ashanti, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/103
Scope and Contents

77 x 94 mm. A view showing a rubber tree with raised scars along the tapping lines of a tree 'an occasional result of deep excision tapping with native gouge'.

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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Effects of tapping, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/105
Scope and Contents

76 x 94 mm. A view showing the scars (fourteen months old) caused by deep vertical incision with a pruning knife.

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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Eight-year-old Funtumias, Botanic Gardens, Aburi, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/85
Scope and Contents

99 x 77 mm. A view showing a plantation of Funtumias planted on a rocky site.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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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Elephant grass in Uganda, 1907, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/141
Scope and Contents

112 x 157 mm. A view showing Cuthbert Christy and a band of porters standing in elephant grass from twelve to fifteen feet high.

Dates: 1907
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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Elephant grass in Uganda, 1907, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/142
Scope and Contents

74 x 100 mm. A view showing Cuthbert Christy and a band of porters standing in elephant grass from twelve to fifteen feet high.

Dates: 1907
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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Elephant grass in Uganda, 1907, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/143
Scope and Contents

74 x 100 mm. A view showing Cuthbert Christy and a band of porters standing in elephant grass from twelve to fifteen feet high.

Dates: 1907
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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Entering the Grand Curral, Madeira, 1909, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/337
Scope and Contents

314 x 87 mm. A panoramic view of mountain scenery. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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[European and Africans Congo (n.d.)]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/252
Scope and Contents

85 x 72 mm. A view showing an unidentified heavily bearded European standing in the centre of a group of Pygmies. Photographer unknown, possibly Christy.

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).
 File

Exhibits and correspondence, 1930-07-07 - 1930-09-11

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/2
Scope and Contents

File containing the commission's terms of reference and the evidence it gathered during its enquiry. It includes an index to the 102 items.

Dates: 1930-07-07 - 1930-09-11
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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Experimental tapping, Molive, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/113
Scope and Contents

77 x 99 mm. A view showing an African tapping a rubber tree with the 'Victoria Knife' an implement with a long, curved blade.

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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Felling timber, Mamu, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/71
Scope and Contents

75 x 99 mm. A view showing a forest clearing with felled timber in one of the Funtumia plots.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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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Five-and-a-half year old Funtumias, Myanja Plantation, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/95
Scope and Contents

75 x 96 mm. A view showing a block of five-and-a-half year old rubber trees.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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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Flock of young geese going to market, Darlington, September 1892, 1892-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/380
Scope and Contents

155 x 115 mm. A view showing a flock of geese being driven across the cobbled street into Darlington market. Photograph by Cuthbert Christy.

Dates: 1892-09
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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Four-year-old Funtumias, Molive Plantation, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/84
Scope and Contents

103 x 78mm. A view showing a group of four-year old rubber trees in a 450 acre plot.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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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Funchal Harbour, Madeira, 1909, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/341
Scope and Contents

301 x 87 mm. A panoramic view looking out towards the shipping moored in the harbour with a landing stage at the right of the print. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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Funtumia Africana seeds, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/70
Scope and Contents

97 x 74 mm. A studio photograph demonstrating the way in which Funtumia Africana seeds are blown by the wind from their pods. Taken at the Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Cameroons.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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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Funtumia elastica growing in avenues, Calabar, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/78
Scope and Contents

77 x 96 mm. A view looking along a pathway lined with rubber trees.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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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Funtumia elastica growing in the open, Calabar, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/79
Scope and Contents

78 x 97 mm. A view showing a young African standing beside a rubber tree growing without early pruning or side shade.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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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Funtumia elastica grown in avenues, Calabar, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/80
Scope and Contents

79 x 100 mm. A view looking along a pathway lined with rubber trees. Photograph probably by Christy.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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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Funtumias, Victoria Planting Company, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/96
Scope and Contents

109 x 155 mm. A view looking along rows of five-and-a-half year old Funtumias.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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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Funtumias, Victoria Planting Company, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/97
Scope and Contents

163 x 127 mm. A view looking along rows of five-and-a-half year old Funtumia elasticas and showing natural regeneration.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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 Report on a tour through the Lado, Belgian Congo and the southern Bahr-el-Ghazal, undertaken during 1915, 1916-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/6/3
Scope and Contents

Annotated rough copy (32 leaves) of Christy's final report of his survey for the Sudan Sleeping Sickness Commission.

Dates: 1916-10
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 Curral, Madeira, 1909, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/338
Scope and Contents

309 x 87 mm. A panoramic view from the mountain summit with a figure standing at the right of the print (possibly Christy). Photograph possibly by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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