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

 Person

Found in 265 Collections and/or Records:

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Lutete Expedition, 1903-11-04 - 1904-02-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/5/3
Scope and Contents

Diary (circa 70 leaves) describing the progress of the expedition, including medical notes on sleeping sickness. Lutete [or Gombe-Lutete] is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the Baptist mission station of Wathen was located at Lutete.

Dates: 1903-11-04 - 1904-02-01
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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Maps of Africa, 1902 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/10
Scope and Contents

33 maps

Dates: 1902 - 1921
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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Medical qualifications, 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/11
Scope and Contents

Christy's degrees for M.B. and C.M. from the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 1893
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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[Mission Church, West Africa], 1898 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/26
Scope and Contents

170 x 119 mm. A view showing a large group of Africans and a European woman standing outside a brick-built mission church. Location unknown. Roman numerals above the door state that the building was constructed in 1891. Photograph possibly by Cuthbert Christy when he was serving with the West African Field Force.

Dates: 1898 - 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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[Mission Church, West Africa], 1898 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/27
Scope and Contents

122 x 171 mm. Showing a group standing outside a brick-built mission church. Location unknown. Photograph possibly by Cuthbert Christy when he was serving with the West African Field Force.

Dates: 1898 - 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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Mixed plantation, Ibadan State, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/76
Scope and Contents

78 x 99 mm. A view showing Cocoa, palm-oil trees, hevea and Funtumia elastica growing in a mixed plantation.

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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[Mountain pathway, Madeira, 1909], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/333
Scope and Contents

297 x 87 mm. A panoramic view looking along a narrow mountain path with steep mountains in the distance at the left 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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My Bungalow, Armednuggar [i.e. Ahmadnagar], 1900, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/304
Scope and Contents

211 x 151 mm. A view showing Christy and an unidentified woman standing in the driveway in front of Christy's bungalow. Christy was acting Civil-surgeon in Ahmadnagar, 125 miles east of Bombay, for the year 1901. Photographer unknown.

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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Native communal plantation, Igbashudi, Benin City, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/88
Scope and Contents

77 x 99 mm. A view showing Christy's tent erected among a plantation of nine-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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Native communal plantation, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/72
Scope and Contents

101 x 77 mm. A view showing a plantation of young trees and illustrating the method of shading the plants.

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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Native communal plantation, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/73
Scope and Contents

100 x 77 mm. A view showing a plantation of young trees and illustrating the method of shading the plants. 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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Native communal plantation, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/86
Scope and Contents

100 x 76 mm. A view showing a plot of recently pruned four-year-old rubber trees on a communal plantation.

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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Native communal plantation, Uda district, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/89
Scope and Contents

75 x 95 mm. A view showing Funtumias growing in a communal plantation.

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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Native tapping in Southern Nigeria

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/100
Scope and Contents

78 x 100 mm. A view showing an African tapping a wild Funtumia tree with the aid of climbing slings and a 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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Native tapping in Southern Nigeria

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/101
Scope and Contents

78 x 100 mm. A view showing an African tapping a wild Funtumia tree with the aid of climbing slings and a 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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Native tapping, Southern Nigeria

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/122
Scope and Contents

78 x 103 mm. A view showing an African tapping a wild Funtumia tree with the aid of climbing slings and a gouge. Photograph probably by 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).
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[Near the end 1902], 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/34
Scope and Contents

148 x 105 mm. View showing an emaciated African lying on the ground at the point of death from sleeping sickness.

Dates: 1902
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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Nigerian and Beninian diary, 1909-11-26 - 1909-12-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/2/4
Scope and Contents

This diary (circa 80 pages) was kept by Christy during a tour of Nigeria and Benin to survey rubber trees growing in the wild and cultivated in plantations.

Dates: 1909-11-26 - 1909-12-30
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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Nigerian diary, 1898-01-29 - 1898-12-29

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

The diary (circa 75 pages) records Christy's service as senior medical officer of the Second Battalion West African Field Force in northern Nigeria.

Dates: 1898-01-29 - 1898-12-29
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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Nigerian diary, 1898-12-26 - 1899-03-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/2/3
Scope and Contents

The diary (circa 75 pages) records Christy's service as senior medical officer of the Second Battalion, West African Field Force in northern Nigeria. It includes accounts of campaigns.

Dates: 1898-12-26 - 1899-03-30
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).
 Series

Nigerian papers, 1896-05-14 - 1909-12-26

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

Diaries and medical notes written by Christy during his service in Nigeria.

Dates: 1896-05-14 - 1909-12-26
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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Notes, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/7/9
Scope and Contents

Thirteen leaves describing the collection of fish and the skinning of animals.

Dates: 1925
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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Notes on elephants, 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/9/10
Scope and Contents

A notebook containing circa 30 leaves of zoological notes on elephants compiled from secondary sources.

Dates: 1923
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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Africa (continent) 222
Congo (nation) 54
Uganda (nation) 38
Europe (continent) 35
Nigeria (nation) 27
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Sudan (nation) 24
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Madeira (autonomous region) 17
Portugal (nation) 17
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Victoria (inhabited place) 16
Southern (region) 13
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United Kingdom (nation) 11
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England (country) 10
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Monrovia (inhabited place) 6
Calabar (inhabited place) 5
India (nation) 5
Kakata (inhabited place) 5
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Stanley Falls (waterfall) 5
Tanganyika, Lake (lake) 5
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Kinshasa, Ville de (province) 2
Lahore (inhabited place) 2
North Buganda (province) 2
Nyasa, Lake (lake) 2
Oyo (state) 2
Somalia (nation) 2
Usambara Mountains (mountains) 2
Abolition of slavery 1
Ahmadnagar (inhabited place) 1
Area disputed by India and Pakistan (disputed territory) 1
Argentina (nation) 1
Arrochar (inhabited place) 1
Balloch (inhabited place) 1
Basra (inhabited place) 1
Benin (nation) 1
Bioko (island) 1
Bombay (inhabited place) 1
Brazil (nation) 1
Bujumbura (inhabited place) 1
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Canary Islands (autonomous community) 1
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (nation) 1
Dar es Salaam (inhabited place) 1
Darlington (inhabited place) 1
Darlington (unitary authority) 1
Dumbarton (inhabited place) 1
Edinburgh (unitary authority) 1
Equatorial Guinea (nation) 1
Falkirk (inhabited place) 1
Fort Portal (inhabited place) 1
France (nation) 1
Greater Antilles (island group) 1
Iran (nation) 1
Iraq (nation) 1
Jamaica (nation) 1
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