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24 Class 'Mikado' engine, 1952 - 1964
180 x 195 mm. View of the locomotive from the right front with Suman standing to the side. This engine was the work horse of the East African Railways and Harbours, largely employed picking up loaded wagons of farmers' produce from railway sidings.
Africa, 1888 - 1891
Captions for the lantern slides are those written on the slides themselves.
Africa, Asia and the Middle East, 1914 - 1950
A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work.
African peoples, 1949 - 1952
Commercial photographs depicting members of the Turkana, Masai and Nandi peoples.
Attempt at doing view from our tent door, Railhead Camp, 1900-02-27
'Pouring rain. Cook's shelter under corrugated pent-house.'
Back view of our tents, 1900-02-26
'Attempt at sketching terminus of Uganda railway and our four tents.' The watercolour shows railway sheds and trucks, and identifies which missionaries slept in the individual tents.
Caboose, 1952 - 1964
120 x 155 mm. View of Suman looking out the window of a caboose door. The caboose offered accommodation for the two crews which manned the long distance trains. One crew worked while the other rested. The cabooses were divided into three sections for drivers, firemen and guards.
Collard Album A, 1898 - 1899
Collard Album B, 1899
[Commonwealth Universities], 1946 - 1991
Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations. Many, though not all, of the slides were taken by Ian Maxwell.
[Commonwealth Universities], 1946 - 1986
Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations.
Diary, 1906-01-22 - 1909-03
The diary records Bell's years as Commissioner (later Governor) of Uganda, notable for his efforts to combat a sleeping sickness epidemic, develop cotton cultivation among other economic initiatives, and to improve the protectorate's transportation network. Bell describes his official duties and colleagues, Uganda’s peoples and landscape, and his social life and personal affairs. The diary contains one photograph (circa 150 sheets).
Dictionary of East African biography, 1950 - 1970
Research notes assembled by Gray during the compilation of the biography and correspondence with the RCS Librarian Donald Simpson.
East Africa, 1952 - 1955
The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
East Africa, 1949 - 1952
Various sizes.
East Africa, 1934 - 1950
When the RES Headquarters was rebuilt in 1934-36, gifts of timber for panelling and furnishing were obtained from Empire Governments, companies and individuals. Many were destroyed during the bombing of 1941 and replacement gifts were received. This file coordinates pre and post-war correspondence.
‘Eighteenth century charts of the East African Coast’, 1952 - 1970
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
First African mission, 1928-01 - 1928-08
Photographs taken in Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Geographical, 1942 - 1980
In Bukedi - Mt. Elgon [1909], 1909
101 x 78 mm. Showing Bukedi huts on the wooded slopes of Mt. Elgon.
J . F. Charpentier de Cossigny, ‘Memoir regarding the East African Coast’, 1955
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
Journey from East to West Africa 1934, 1934-06-18 - 1934-12
Kenya and Uganda, 1937
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions from K.H. Buxton, who is probably Kathleen Hannah Buxton (1905-1999), daughter of Reverend Leonard Buxton, the Vicar of North Mimms, Hertfordshire.
Kenya and Uganda: gazelle, ostrich, crocodile, okapi, 1943
Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.
Letters, 2008-02 - 2008-11
Copies of three letters from Satwant Singh Suman to David Le Breton and Rachel Rowe describing his father's emigration from India to East Africa and his career in the East African Railways.