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Shaw collection on Tanganyika [i.e. Tanzania]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469I
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose sepia photographs, all but one measuring 212 x 132 mm. The photographs were formerly the property of, and may have been taken by, John Verrinder Shaw, the brother of Professor Thurstan Shaw, and relate to road construction, probably in Morogoro in the 1940s. Though they do not show the same portion of road, numbers 3-10 all depict the same type of road, made by cutting away part of a slope and levelling a wide enough area for limited traffic. There are no captions.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sierra Leone 1938: a geographer's journey
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 140
Scope and Contents
A description of Robert Steel's five months in Sierra Leone based on his notes, diaries and letters to his fiancée, 93 pages. The work was begun by Steel in the time leading up to his death, and completed and edited by his son-in-law, Colin Johnson. There is an accompanying letter from Eileen Steel to the R.C.S. Librarian, 8 January 2000.
Dates:
1999
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sierra Leone: Wallace album
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446K
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs relating to a visit to Sierra Leone. All photographs measure 83 x 110 mm, 48 are contained in an album, the remainder are loose. They were presumably taken by Alexander Moultrie Wallace, whose card is stuck inside the front cover with 'Trixie from Alec with much love and wishing her many happy returns of the day 2/May/13' written on it. Above the card is written 'B.M.P.C. from A.M.W. 2/May/13'. The caption to the first photograph indicates Wallace's purpose...
Dates:
1913
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Ahmadu Bello
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043YY
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a full length portrait of Sir Ahmadu Bello and a family tree with Annabi Muhammadu at the head, and a head and shoulders portrait of a man in the centre (perhaps Sir Ahmadu Bello?).
Dates:
1963
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Alan Burns Collection of Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] photographs, 1940s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448D
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 195 x 160 mm, with brief captions supplied by Sir Alan Burns. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. The collection relates to Sir Alan's period as Governor of the Gold Coast.Sir Alan Cuthbert Burns (1887-1980) was the son of James Burns, Treasurer of St Christopher-Nevis and himself served in the Leeward Islands Colonial Civil Service from 1905-12 and in the Nigeria Civil Service 1912-24; from...
Dates:
1940 - 1980
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Bartle Frere's return to Cape Town, June 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059B
Scope and Contents
A leather-bound album containing prints of various sizes, all uncaptioned. The album, which has the Frere arms on a silver shield on the corner, contains an illuminated address opposite the title page reading:Presented to the Lady Frere by the Reception Committee. The Chairman of the Committee in making the presentation said: The Executive Committee entrusted with the arrangements for the reception of His Excellency Sir Bartle Frere on his return from Natal, June 6th, 1879, before...
Dates:
1879-06
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Cyril Pickard Collection of Nigerian photographs
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043F-J
Scope and Contents
A collection of albums containing prints. They are presentation albums from Nigerian States, recording events during official visits 1971-74 when he was British High Commissioner in Nigeria, and are presumably the work of official photographers. Albums G, H and J have the Nigerian flag as the cover design, and F, H-J have the State arms on the cover. A few of the prints have been removed from the albums and this has been noted in the catalogue.
Dates:
1971 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Harold Smedley Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389
Scope and Contents
Diaries, official papers, correspondence and photographs
Dates:
1950 - 2000
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Henry Hesketh Bell Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C-N
Scope and Contents
A collection of prints by various photographers. Bell makes mention several times in his letters and diaries of taking photographs and many of the prints in the collection are evidently snapshots taken by him or by someone using his camera. Some professional work is included in the albums, the two most prominent photographers being Alfred Lobo (Uganda) and Jose Anjo (Dominica). In addition, Y3011F contains work by such well-known London photographers as Elliot and Fry, Maull and Fox,...
Dates:
1866 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Henry Hesketh Bell Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36
Scope and Contents
Diaries, notebooks, letters, scrapbooks and publications. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation.
Dates:
1889 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Jayantilal Keshavji Chande Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 377
Scope and Contents
This collection includes copies of 29 speeches given by Chande between 1961 and 2009 on the subjects of business, community service, the environment, Freemasonry, politics and tourism, and copies of his autobiography and collected works:
‘A knight in Africa: journey from Bukene' (2008)
‘Transitions of a life: collected works by JK Chande’ (2011)
Dates:
2012
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir John Spry collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 351
Scope and Contents
Papers and photographs relating to Sir John Spry's legal service in Saint Helena and the British Antarctic Territory.
Dates:
1989 - 1999
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sir Walter Buchanan-Smith collection on Nigeria
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043U-Y
Scope and Contents
A collection of albums and loose prints, intermittently captioned. These albums relate to Buchanan-Smith's service in Nigeria.
Dates:
1909 - 1935
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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Sketches of Ottawa, the Rideau Canal, Upper Canada and St Helena
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062T
Scope and Contents
Reproductions of original artwork by Frome
Dates:
1929 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access:
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Smyly Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] Collection, 1911-1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448L
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs in an album, plus loose photographs and postcards. The photographs have been arranged in four groups; the album, loose prints, miscellaneous postcards, and British Empire Exhibition postcards. Unless otherwise indicated, the captions not in brackets were supplied by Miss Grace Smyly. The captions may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation.Plates 1-33...
Dates:
1911 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Smyly Sierra Leone and Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446M
Scope and Contents
A collection including a black album, containing 29 photographs and with eight blank sides, and loose prints and negatives, relating to the career of Sir Crampton Smyly. There are typed captions which have been used as the basis of catalogue entries. As well as photographs of the visit to Sierra Leone of the Duke of Connaught on 15 December 1910, there are numerous photographs of events of 1929, the year in which Sir Crampton Smyly retired.
Dates:
1910 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Smyly Sierra Leone Collection, 1895-1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L
Scope and Contents
A collection of 56 photographs in an album, 16 loose photographs and 11 postcards. The Sierra Leone photographs cover the years from the early 1890s to 1911, including scenes, buildings, and events, as well as some more personal items. Not all are captioned and some of the pencil captions are almost illegible. The assistance of Dr Christopher Fyfe in some identifications, and in background material on Smyly, Hindle, and other aspects of the catalogue, is gratefully acknowledged. The...
Dates:
1895 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Society women of Johannesburg
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055C
Scope and Contents
A collection of studio portraits of society hostesses and personalities; prints of various sizes and by various photographers. Y3055C/2-4 and 11 are by Duffus Bros.
Dates:
1890 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
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South Africa 1936 (Lord Hewart Album)
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305P
Scope and Contents
An album recording the visit of Lord and Lady Hewart to South Africa. The album is inscribed 'To Lord and Lady Hewart: A Momento [sic] of a Trip to South Africa'. It was presumably the work and gift of a friend who travelled with them as it covers the entire journey from leaving Southampton to their return. The photographs are amateur work and are fully described in captions written in white ink, not always easily legible, on the black pages of the album. The captions have been recorded...
Dates:
1936-07-24 - 1936-09-18
Conditions Governing Access:
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South Africa, Bechuanaland and Basutoland circa 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
Dates:
1902
Conditions Governing Access:
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South African Aid to Britain Fund
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 219
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of a series of albums relating to the youth tours funded by the South African Aid to Britain Fund, containing photographs, information about the tours and inserted material. In addition, three cine films document the tours of the Gold Coast and Nigeria (November 1955 - January 1956.) The rest of the collection comprises two articles on the tours and a few related papers. The collection is accompanied by three pieces of correspondence between D.H. Simpson, R.C.S....
Dates:
1948 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access:
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South African Cricketer in the Western Desert [i.e. As Sahra' al Gharbiyah]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011X
Scope and Contents
British Official Photograph, War Office, showing an unidentified South African corporal batting during an impromptu cricket match with a wicket made of spades. The image measures 209 x 152 mm. The caption on the reverse reads: 'A South African Cricketer in the Western Desert. A well-known African cricketer is now serving with the South African Forces in the Western Desert. He is a Corporal.At the wicket. Despite the very wide wicket and the numerous slips, he still...
Dates:
1942
Conditions Governing Access:
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South African flowers of the Eastern Province
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 212
Scope and Contents
Twenty-three watercolours mounted on card, 12" x 16½". The paintings have pencilled titles and in some cases places and dates. They include agapanthus, antholyza, bellandonna lily, Cape Town bulbs, Cape honeysuckle (tecona-capensis), common olive, cyrtanthus, gladiolus, grenadilla, hybiscus, hyobanche sanguinea, iris, pelargonium, plumbago, sparaxis pendula and thistle.
Dates:
1866 - 1877
Conditions Governing Access:
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South African history in pictures
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 342
Scope and Contents
A three-part series of black and white images on card designed to provide teachers with material to illustrate history lessons. The series includes a wide range of pictures, portraits and photographs. Titles and captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. The items are undated, but probably originate from between the 1960s and 1980s.
Dates:
1970
Conditions Governing Access:
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South African papers of Killie Campbell
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 333
Scope and Contents
Papers gathered by Killie Campbell relating to the issue of race relations between the two world wars, under the nomenclature of the time referred to as the 'native question' or the 'colour question'. Includes draft and published articles, memoranda, minutes of meetings, newscuttings, notes and reports. The topics covered include government legislation, complaints from the townships, and issues to do with employment, including industry and forced labour, and the place of women. Some material...
Dates:
1919 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library