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

 Person

Found in 265 Collections and/or Records:

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Congo Mission letter book, 1914-01-20 - 1914-06-11

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/5/10
Scope and Contents

Copies of letters (100 leaves) written by Christy while conducting research into zoology and rubber cultivation in the Congo for the Belgian Government. An alphabetical index of recipients is included.

Dates: 1914-01-20 - 1914-06-11
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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Congo Mission letter book, 1914-07-10 - 1915-02-10

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/5/11
Scope and Contents

Copies of letters (100 leaves) written by Christy while conducting research into zoology and rubber cultivation in the Congo for the Belgian Government. An alphabetical index of recipients is included.

Dates: 1914-07-10 - 1915-02-10
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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Congolese notebook, 1911 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/5/4
Scope and Contents

Contains circa 60 pages of rough notes and drafts of letters, including reports on Funtumia elastica and rubber cultivation in the Congo.

Dates: 1911 - 1914
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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Congolese notebook, 1903-12-11 - 1904-04-23

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

Contains circa 55 pages of notes on sleeping sickness cases.

Dates: 1903-12-11 - 1904-04-23
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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Congolese notebook, 1904

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/5/6
Scope and Contents

Contains circa 85 pages of notes on sleeping sickness cases.

Dates: 1904
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

Congolese papers, 1903-09-25 - 1915-02-10

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

Diaries, notebooks and letters written by Christy during his medical, scientific and zoological work in the Congo.

Dates: 1903-09-25 - 1915-02-10
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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[Congolese village scene], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/60
Scope and Contents

170 x 118 mm. A view showing a group of Africans seated on the ground in front of a row of huts. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

Dates: 1903
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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[Congolese woman], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/49
Scope and Contents

118 x 170 mm. A half length portrait of a Congolese woman showing the symmetrical decorative raised scars on belly and chest. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

Dates: 1903
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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[Congolese woman], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/50
Scope and Contents

118 x 169 mm. A half-length portrait of two Congolese women showing different patterns of decorative scarring on belly and chest. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

Dates: 1903
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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[Congolese youth with leprous sores 1903], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/48
Scope and Contents

181 x 233 mm. A view showing a Congolese youth with very large open sores on face and body. Disease unidentified. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

Dates: 1903
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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[Congolese youth with leprous sores 1903], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/47
Scope and Contents

187 x 241 mm. A view showing a Congolese youth with very large open sores on face and body. Disease unidentified. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

Dates: 1903
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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Cook's tent, Bukedi Country, Uganda, 1901, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/146
Scope and Contents

88 x 63 mm. A view showing Christy's cook sitting beside a fire outside his tent with the beehive shaped huts of a village in the background. A photograph taken north of Lake Choga.

Dates: 1901
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

Cuthbert Christy Album of India 1899-1901

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V
Scope and Contents Album containing photographs of various sizes together with three loose prints. From internal evidence it was compiled by Dr Cuthbert Christy, but was not with his papers and photographs received from the Royal African Society in 1972. The photographs in this collection are chiefly of two types, large albumen or collodio-chloride prints and small (?) collodio-chloride prints which are generally inferior in subject and quality. Some of the larger ones are clearly professional work; others...
Dates: 1899 - 1901
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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Cuthbert Christy in his laboratory, Entebbe, 1901 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/55
Scope and Contents

151 x 107 mm. A view showing Cuthbert Christy seated at a table with a microscope in front of him. In the foreground a dog sits near Dr Christy's skinning table. The 'laboratory' is on the open verandah of a house.

Dates: 1901 - 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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Depositions, 1930-04-30 - 1930-08-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/3
Scope and Contents

Evidence (170 pages) gathered by the commission during meetings with the chiefs and people of Kakata and Monrovia. The file includes an index.

Dates: 1930-04-30 - 1930-08-12
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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Depositions, 1930-04 - 1930-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/4
Scope and Contents

Evidence (100 pages) gathered by the commission.

Dates: 1930-04 - 1930-06
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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Depositions, 1930-04-13 - 1930-08-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/5
Scope and Contents

Evidence (100 pages) gathered by the commission.

Dates: 1930-04-13 - 1930-08-12
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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Depositions, 1930-04 - 1930-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/6
Scope and Contents

Evidence (60 pages) gathered by the commission.

Dates: 1930-04 - 1930-07
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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Diary, 1925-02 - 1926-02-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/7/1
Scope and Contents

Diary (66 pages) kept by Christy during his leadership of the British Museum exploring and zoological expedition to Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika. It includes notes on the collection of specimens, and lists of supplies and equipment.

Dates: 1925-02 - 1926-02-28
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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Diary, 1925-09-22 - 1925-10-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/7/2
Scope and Contents

Diary (44 pages) kept by Christy during his leadership of the British Museum exploring and zoological expedition to Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika. It includes notes on the collection of specimens.

Dates: 1925-09-22 - 1925-10-30
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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Diary, 1926-08-06 - 1926-12-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/7/3
Scope and Contents

Diary (circa 150 pages) kept by Christy during his leadership of the British Museum exploring and zoological expedition to Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika. It includes notes on the collection of specimens.

Dates: 1926-08-06 - 1926-12-31
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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Diary, 1927-01-01 - 1927-10-24

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/7/4
Scope and Contents

Diary (297 pages) kept by Christy during his leadership of the British Museum exploring and zoological expedition to Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika. It includes notes on the collection of specimens.

Dates: 1927-01-01 - 1927-10-24
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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Diary, 1928-10-15 - 1929-01-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/7/5
Scope and Contents

Diary (circa 60 pages) kept by Christy during his leadership of the British Museum exploring and zoological expedition to Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika. It includes some notes on the collection of specimens and lists of equipment.

Dates: 1928-10-15 - 1929-01-01
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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Diary, 1929-01-01 - 1929-03-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/7/6
Scope and Contents

Diary (88 pages) kept by Christy during his leadership of the British Museum exploring and zoological expedition to Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika. It includes some notes on the collection of specimens and lists of equipment.

Dates: 1929-01-01 - 1929-03-29
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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Diary, 1930-02-11 - 1930-10-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/1
Scope and Contents

Diary (circa 180 pages) kept by Christy recording the investigative work of the commission and the composition of its report.

Dates: 1930-02-11 - 1930-10-16
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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