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Adi fills her water pots, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/402
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'These are held in wicker containers for roping on to the camel saddles'. The location of this photograph is noted as Garba Tula in the typescript catalogue.

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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Approaching the wells in a dry river bed near Garba Tulla [i.e. Garba Tula], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/395
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of Official photographs (Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Though Kenya is more usually associated with the green pastures, cool glades and ice-cold streams of its lovely highlands, the Northern Frontier Province has all the ingredients of the desert.The scattered nomad population of wandering Hamites move from one grazing ground to another with their precious flocks and herds. Miles of low thorn bush are empty save...
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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At the wells. Jelo pours the water into the natural drinking trough, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/401
Scope and Contents

Showing a group of Borans at the wells. The location of this photograph is noted as Garba Tula in the typescript catalogue.

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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Baobab - Makindu landing ground site, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6/49
Scope and Contents

100 x 135 mm. A large Baobab tree.

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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Clergy and others outside St. George’s Church after dedication ceremony, Wamumu, 12 May 1957, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/222
Scope and Contents

109 x 151 mm. glossy print with copy and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1957
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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Gateway to detention centre for hardcore Mau Mau, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/1
Scope and Contents

206 x 155 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.

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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'I like camels'. Mrs. Galgalla (Adi is her first name) leads the water caravan, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/398
Scope and Contents

Half-length portrait of Adi Galgalla, a member of the Boran camel safari. The location of this photograph is noted as Garba Tula in the typescript catalogue.

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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In Bukedi - Mt. Elgon [1909], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/73
Scope and Contents

101 x 78 mm. Showing Bukedi huts on the wooded slopes of Mt. Elgon.

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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Letters, 1908-01-07 - 1908-12-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/4/3
Scope and Contents

Subjects include financial estimates, building plans and the opening of Government House; entertaining and visitors; the hurricane insurance scheme; development of railways, roads, and a new port for Kampala; support for the cotton industry; visits to a Sleeping Sickness camp and an appeal for relief funds in Britain; the outbreak of famine; a visit to the CMS King’s School at Budo; a tour of the eastern provinces of the Protectorate; and a visit to British East Africa (67 sheets).

Dates: 1908-01-07 - 1908-12-22
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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Makindu landing ground site, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6/50
Scope and Contents

80 x 50 mm. A general view of the landscape.

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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Makindu landing ground site, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6/51
Scope and Contents

80 x 55 mm. Showing men stood next to a very large corrugated iron building, which contains some kind of machinery. It may be a well, or a water mill.

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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Meru, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/183
Scope and Contents

85 x 105 mm. Showing Hebbert fishing in a fast flowing stream.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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Mount Kenya [i.e. Kirinyaga], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/167
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm. A view of the mountain in the far distance.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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Mount Kenya [i.e. Kirinyaga] from Timau, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/172
Scope and Contents

95 x 100 mm. A view looking through the trees and over a low stone wall at the mountain in the far distance.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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On Mount Kenya [i.e. Kirinyaga], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/173
Scope and Contents

125 x 125 mm. A view of the woods.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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On Mount Kenya [i.e. Kirinyaga], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/174
Scope and Contents

125 x 95 mm. General view of the surrounding landscape.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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On Mount Kenya [i.e. Kirinyaga], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/175
Scope and Contents

95 x 75 mm. General view of the surrounding landscape.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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On Mount Kenya [i.e. Kirinyaga], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/176
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm. A view of the woods.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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On the West of Mount Kenya, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/184
Scope and Contents

95 x 80 mm. Showing six young girls wearing dark robes.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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Rehabilitation camp at Mwea: Padre Nelson conducting service, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/129
Scope and Contents

156 x 118 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1960 - 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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The Midday sun at Garba Tulla [i.e. Garba Tula], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/397
Scope and Contents

Showing a settlement of huts at Garba Tulla.

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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There's welcome shade under the big acacias which line the banks of this dry river bed. Flocks and herds awaiting watering as they have from time immemorial, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/396
Scope and Contents

The location of this photograph is noted as Garba Tula in the typescript catalogue.

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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Timau, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/171
Scope and Contents

120 x 95 mm. General view of a large house.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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).