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Building a house for a YSA volunteer, Nambale, 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/157
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1971
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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Building the ‘William Mackinnon’, 1900, 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/18
Scope and Contents

202 x 142 mm. Showing the partially constructed steamer on the slip-way at Port Florence [Kisumu] with African workers gathered around the hull. Photograph by Benjamin Whitehouse.

Dates: 1977
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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Building the ‘William Mackinnon’, 1900, 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/19
Scope and Contents

194 x 146 mm. Similar to the preceding print but with supporting scaffolding removed. Photograph by Benjamin Whitehouse.

Dates: 1977
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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Bull buffalo shot by E. Gedge, Turquell, 1890-01-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/51
Scope and Contents 155 x 113 mm. Showing a large buffalo lying dead on the ground with an .8 bore shotgun placed beside the beast. Gedge’s diary for the day records the shooting of the animal: ‘The Dr joined me later with the news of a large herd of buffalo on ahead. Went after them and getting within range opened fire on them, wounding 3 or 4 badly. J. coming up. We all went on and finally finished off 3, 2 cows and a bull. The bull looked nasty and like charging, but I landed him with a brace of 8 bore...
Dates: 1890-01-07
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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Bullock Cart arriving at Port Ugowe, Sept. 1899, 1899-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B/63
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...
Dates: 1899-09
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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Burning Huts during Punitive Expedition, Kavirondo 1899, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/100-01
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...
Dates: 1899
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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Burnt Forest Sawmills; St. David’s day; Mrs Ball and baby, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/64-72
Scope and Contents From the File:

Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.

Dates: 1943
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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Burnt Forest Sawmills; St. David’s day; Mrs. Greery and guests; Alderson and Adams, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/73-81
Scope and Contents From the File:

Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.

Dates: 1943
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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Bus and passengers by banana trees, 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 27/48
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: 1937
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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Buture Girls’ High School dormitories, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/10
Scope and Contents

156 x 113 mm. glossy print with 86 x 63 mm. negative.

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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Buture Girls’ High School: Joanna Chase taking class, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/9
Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. glossy print with 155 x 158 mm. copy and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1967
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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Buture Girls’ High School: Kirk Mohney playing, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/7
Scope and Contents

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

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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Buture Girls’ High School: Miss Hannington teaching English, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/8
Scope and Contents

104 x 101 mm. glossy print with 155 x 158 mm. copy and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1962
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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Buture Girls’ High School: Miss Louise Pirouet demonstrating use of the library catalogue, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/13
Scope and Contents

101 x 104 mm. glossy print with 143 x 139 mm. copy and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1962
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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Buture Girls’ High School: Miss Mary Plummer taking biology class, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/11
Scope and Contents

101 x 104 mm. glossy print with 143 x 139 mm. copy and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1962
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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Buture Girls’ High School: Miss Plummer in her office, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/15
Scope and Contents

101 x 104 mm. glossy print with 143 x 139 mm. copy and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1962
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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Buture Girls’ High School: Miss Woods and Miss Kironde going through the timetable, 1962

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

101 x 104 mm. glossy print with 143 x 139 mm. copy and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1962
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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Buture Girls’ High School: Miss Woods teaching geography, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/12
Scope and Contents

101 x 104 mm. glossy print and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1962
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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Buture Girls’ High School: Mrs Jane Mohney in the kitchen, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/6
Scope and Contents

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

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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Buture Girls’ High School: Rev. George Mitchell paying school workers, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/17
Scope and Contents

101 x 104 mm. glossy print with 143 x 139 mm. copy and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1962
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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Buture Girls’ High School: Susan Mohney with microphone, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/5
Scope and Contents

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

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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Buture Girls’ High School: the Chaplain Rev. George Mitchell’s Bible Study, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/16
Scope and Contents

101 x 104 mm. glossy print with 143 x 139 mm. copy and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1962
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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Cabbages and carrots in Kikuyuland, Kenya being grown for dehydration and issue to the services, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/349
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of Official photographs (Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'One doesn't associate the middle of Africa with green peas, asparagus and new potatoes, but in the highlands of Kenya most English vegetables grow as well as they do at home. This was a useful factor in wartime when vegetables were urgently needed for thousands of troops in both the East Africa Command and the Middle East. Previously, potatoes had been the only...
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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Cabbages awaiting processing and dehydration, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/358
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of Official photographs (Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'One doesn't associate the middle of Africa with green peas, asparagus and new potatoes, but in the highlands of Kenya most English vegetables grow as well as they do at home. This was a useful factor in wartime when vegetables were urgently needed for thousands of troops in both the East Africa Command and the Middle East. Previously, potatoes had been the only...
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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Caboose, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469L/1/13
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1952 - 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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