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A general view of the manure dumps at the buying centre, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/323
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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A visit to Kiambu Coffee Union offices, 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/44
Scope and Contents

110 x 75 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1964
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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A visit to Kiambu Coffee Union offices, 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/45
Scope and Contents

110 x 75 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1964
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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African farmers requiring for MANURE for their purchase it by the lorry load from the Local Native Council [sic], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/325
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
Dates: 1940 - 1949
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 African farmer turns over his compost heap, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/333
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
Dates: 1940 - 1949
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 agricultural instructor superintends the job of sprwading[sic] the manure and digging it into the fields, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/329
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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Another example of the fine crop obtained by using manure, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/336
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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Archbishop and Mrs Fisher at St. Paul’s United Theological College near Limura, with Peter Kariuki, cousin of Bishop Kariuki, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/23
Scope and Contents

205 x 152 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1955
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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Archbishop at St. Paul’s United Theological College near Limura, talking to Rev. Samuel Mukoro, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/22
Scope and Contents

202 x 153 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1955
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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Bishop O. Kariuki with his Chaplain, Rev. Alan Page, outside the Fort Hall Memorial Church, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/44
Scope and Contents

99 x 103 mm. glossy print with three copies and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1963
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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Carrying the manure to the fields to be treated, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/330
Scope and Contents

Showing a line of women carrying tins and baskets of manure to the fields.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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[Chopping up maize stalks for compost], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/331
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Having seen the advantages of manuring many Africans are producing their own compost. This boy is chopping up maize stalks, which will be trampled and rendered into useful compost in the cattle boma [enclosure]. A few years agp[sic] it was the parctic[sic] to burn the stalks or feed them to their cattle'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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Clearing the land, Naro Moru, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/169
Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. glossy print and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1969
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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CMS Bookshop van at Weithaga, one of three purchased with a government grant given in recognition of the courage of Kikuyu Christians during the Emergency, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/224
Scope and Contents

156 x 115 mm. glossy print with two copies and 56 mm. negative. Agricultural missionary Peter Kiddle stands in front.

Dates: 1954
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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Communal water tap, Naro Moru, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/171
Scope and Contents

117 x 80 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.

Dates: 1969
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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Congregation outside new Church on Opening Day, Kabete, 3 Apr. 1961, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/62
Scope and Contents

116 x 78 mm. glossy coloured print.

Dates: 1963
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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Dedication of the new Church, Kabete, 3 Apr. 1963: Archbishop of East Africa followed by schoolchildren with banners, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/61
Scope and Contents

127 x 76 mm. glossy print. There is a note accompanying the photo written by Miss E.M. Wiseman.

Dates: 1963
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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[Digging in manure], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/327
Scope and Contents

Showing a row of women with hoes digging in manure.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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Digging new ground, Naro Moru, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/172
Scope and Contents

80 x 55 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.

Dates: 1969
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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Dr Fisher and Peter Kariuki, cousin of Bishop Kariuki, at St. Paul’s United Theological College near Limura, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/24
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1955
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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Dr Fisher at Limuru Girls’ School near Nairobi in procession headed by his niece, Anne Fisher, Headmistress of the school, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/29
Scope and Contents

201 x 153 mm. glossy print; Kenya Information Office. The Bishop of Mombasa, Rt. Rev. L.J. Beecher, and Fisher's personal chaplain, Rev. Gilbert Baker, also appear in the print.

Dates: 1955
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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Dr Fisher laying the foundation stone of the Fort Hall Memorial Church, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/33
Scope and Contents

206 x 153 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1955
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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Dr Fisher met by the Acting Governor of Uganda, C.H. Thornley, and Bishop Festo Olang' on arrival at Entebbe Airport, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/1
Scope and Contents

154 x 204 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1955
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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Dr Fisher talking to Rev. Samuel Mukoro, with the Principal of St. Paul's Theological College, Rev. Keith Cole, in the left of the picture, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/25
Scope and Contents

203 x 154 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1955
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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Dr Fisher with Bishop Beecher and the Principal of St. Paul’s College, near Limura, Rev. Keith Cole, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/26
Scope and Contents

151 x 205 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1955
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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