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The Kibi murder trial
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 138
Scope and Contents
An undated, typescript account, with manuscript annotations, of a murder trial in the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast, November 1944, as recorded in the notes of Mr Justice Mustafa Fuad, edited by Madge Field, 230 pages. The eight defenders were found guilty of the murder of Akyia Mensah, who disappeared after the funeral rites of Paramount Chief Omanhene Nana Sir Ofori Ata of Akyem Abuakwa. This was alleged to be a case of ritual sacrifice. There is a glossary, notes on the historical...
Dates:
1944
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The Natal team which beat the Cape Colony, first contest
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058E
Scope and Contents
144 x 101 mm., mounted on card. Photographer unknown, possibly H.F. Gros. The print is a group photograph of the fifteen uniformed members of the Natal Shooting team holding their rifles (see below). The photographic process has not been identified but is the same as Y3055H. The identifications written on the reverse of the mount are also in the same handwriting as those found on Y3055H and both prints were probably presented on the same occasion. The seven identified...
Dates:
1875 - 1880
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The Prince of Wales' visit to Nigeria, 15-22 April 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043DD
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints, most measuring approximately 205 x 155 mm. The photographs have detailed captions and identifications on the reverse and all, except the first print, relate to the Prince of Wales' visit in April 1925. Photographs by H.S. Freeman, Hamid and Sons, and others.
Dates:
1925-04-15 - 1925-04-22
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The Progress of H.R.H. Prince Alfred Ernest Albert through the Cape Colony, British Kaffraria... in the year 1860
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305V
Scope and Contents
A quarto, 180 page volume recording the visit of Prince Alfred, later Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, to South Africa. Bound in a decorative purple cover, it appeared in 1861. It was illustrated with actual photographs stuck in; ten reproduce paintings by Thomas Bowler (1812-1869) or Thomas Baines (1822-1875); the remainder are actual photographs of events of the Prince's visit (1, 7-11 and 13).The following notes draw extensively on Bull and Denfield (1970), which...
Dates:
1860 - 1861
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The South Africa Campaign, 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058B
Scope and Contents
A memorial volume, compiled by J.P. MacKinnon and Sydney Shadbolt, containing sixty-one Woodbury types of head and shoulders portraits (mainly in uniform) of officers killed during the Zulu War. The oval prints, taken by a variety of photographers, measure 91 x 113 mm.
Dates:
1879
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The story of Uganda National Parks
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 170
Scope and Contents
The history is comprised of a preface followed by 282 pages of text and 25 pages of rough maps and appendices. There is a covering note by Bere to the R.C.S. Librarian, 15 July 1977.
Dates:
1974
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The Weston Collection: Nursing in West Africa
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043TT-VV
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs, slides, negatives and watercolours. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Y3043TT and Y3043UU have been listed in detail by Erica Ryan with minor amendments by D.H. Simpson. Y3043VV has not been listed in detail. Miss Weston had spent a number of years in Northern Nigeria and Ghana with Miss Gladys M. Pearce Simmonds...
Dates:
1950 - 1966
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Thirty years ago by Philip Tengely
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043LL
Scope and Contents
Unpublished reminiscences of Tengely's service in West Africa, 134 pages, illustrated with original photographs, presumably by the author.
Dates:
1939
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'Thirty years ago': reminiscences by Philip Tengely
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 143
Scope and Contents
Unpublished typescript and manuscript reminiscences of Tengely's service in West Africa, 134 pages, with 12 inserted photographs. The account describes Accra, Elmina, Abbeokuta, Ibadan, Sierra Leone and Benin, with particular reference to African traditions, ceremonies and beliefs. There is an accompanying letter from the author to the Royal African Society, 22 June 1939, and the Society's acknowledgement, 26 June 1939.
Dates:
1939
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'Thomas Baines on the Zambesi [Zambezi]'
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 224
Scope and Contents
A description of Thomas Baines' Zambesi expeditions with inserted photographs and illustrations. The chapters are headed 'Kings' Lynn, 1820-1842', 'On the Lower Zambesi, 1858-1859', 'The Middle Zambesi, 1861-1863', 'A court of enquiry into the dismissal of Baines', 'The defence of Baines at Cape of Good Hope', 'Conclusions' and 'Appendices'.
Dates:
1976
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Thompson collection on Northern Rhodesia/Zambia
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30521C
Scope and Contents
Collection of black and white photographs arranged under broad headings in approximate chronological order within each heading, the majority of which were captioned by R.S. Thompson at the time of donation. The captions, used as titles and recorded in the notes, may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. The photographs...
Dates:
1947 - 1968
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T.J. Alldridge Sierra Leone collection, 1890s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446F
Scope and Contents
A collection of mounted prints, signed and captioned by Alldridge and measuring approximately 155 x 110 mm. The captions 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. Four prints from the original collection of 35 are missing: 'A young chief, Upper Mendi'; 'A tenketti or hammock bridge over the Sehli River, Kuranko country'; 'A bush path, Upper Mendi'; 'Town...
Dates:
1890
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Transvaal Annexation Commission
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055H
Scope and Contents
142 x 101 mm. A cabinet print with identifying captions on the reverse. The print is a permanent photograph of some kind but the precise process has not been identified. The print shows a formally posed group portrait of Sir Theophilus Shepstone and his staff during the annexation of the Transvaal in April 1877. The attribution of this photograph to H.F. Gros is from Rider Haggard's ‘The days of my life' (2 vols. London 1926) where a photograph of the group (Vol. I, facing p.73), taken...
Dates:
1877
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Trousdell Southern Nigeria Photographs, 1905-7
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043A-B
Scope and Contents
A collection of albums of photographs taken by Trousdell whilst posted in Nigeria and on leave from that posting.Y3043B, a larger album of 201 prints, contains most of the photographs in this volume as well as later work. 56 captioned photographs record the period from January 3 - October 13 1907 during Trousdell's second tour of duty at Bonny. A few uncaptioned photographs have not been identified as to date or place. The prints in the earlier album are generally in a better...
Dates:
1905 - 1907
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Turnbull Collection on Tanganyika 1958-1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469E
Scope and Contents
For the most part the photographs relate to Turnbull's post as Governor-General and a return visit in 1971, but there are also some historical photographs extending back in some cases to the German period (see plates 170-220). Most items in the collection were taken by official photographers in Tanganyika or by the East African Railways and Harbours. Some have official descriptions on the back; others have been carefully identified by Sir Richard and Lady Turnbull, usually with the names...
Dates:
1958 - 1962
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Tymms collection on civil aviation
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20
Scope and Contents
Papers, photographs and cinefilms from Tymms' life and his work in civil aviation.
Dates:
1886 - 1988
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Uganda (Architectural features)
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045Q
Scope and Contents
Collection of images of government buildings, His Majesty's High Court and cathedrals in Uganda. The collection was given to the RCS library by the Central Office of Information, therefore, presumably, they were also the photographer.
Dates:
1949
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Uganda letters of Lucy Clare Latham
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 168
Scope and Contents
Seventeen manuscript letters from Uganda sent mostly to Miss Diana Hartley, 1950-1959. The letters include the day and month, but not the year that they were written. This has been added when it is indicated by a postmark or internal evidence. The letters are accompanied by a photocopy of an appreciation written on Latham's retirement in 1959.
Dates:
1950 - 1959
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Uganda Mission history
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 164
Scope and Contents
The history of the Uganda Mission of the Church Missionary Society from its inception in 1876 to the Jubilee Year in 1927 (266 loose pages). There is much in his history concerning the exploits of Bruce, Speke, Baker, Grant, Stanley and other missionaries and explorers. Accompanying this material are fifteen xerox pages of notes and a list of names compiled by G.K. Baskerville, reconstructing the early Church Missionary Society baptismal records which were lost at Natete in 1888. It was...
Dates:
1876 - 1927
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Ugandan Independence
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045V
Scope and Contents
Fourteen captioned 152 x 103 mm. colour photographs taken by Michael Lee illustrating celebrations held in Kampala to mark Uganda's independence. They include views of the procession, independence shields, Makerere College, Kampala City Hall, and the ceremony at Kololo stadium attended by the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
Dates:
1962-10-09
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Under many flags: my pilgrimage
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 15
Scope and Contents
An account of a journey undertook in 1953-1954 to Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Manila, North Borneo, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and the U.S.A. The volumes are undated, but the last entry in the epilogue is dated 1957.
Dates:
1957
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View of Fort Jameson, north-eastern Rhodesia
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30521B
Scope and Contents
A panoramic view composed of two prints measuring 458 x 183 mm. Photographer unknown, possibly R.A. Lanham. The view, taken from a small rise, looks across a park towards the town with the fort at the left of the photographs, and wooden hills in the distance. Fort Jameson, situated near the Nyasaland border, was made the headquarters of the British South Africa Company's north-east Rhodesia administration in 1899.
Dates:
1909
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View of Jamestown, Saint Helena, 1870s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482A
Scope and Contents
An albumen print, mounted on card, measuring 206 x 138 mm, captioned 'St Helena' on the mount. The view looks down from the steep hillside at the summit on which the barracks were built, and shows the buildings lining Main Street which leads into the Grand Parade. At the edge of the Parade is St James' Church, with the Castle on the further side. The Esplanade, with the Harbour beyond, is at the left of the print.
Dates:
1870 - 1879
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Views in Australia, Egypt, Aden, Asia and other places chiefly circa 1908-1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)
Scope and Contents
The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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Views in Cape Town
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059T
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose snapshots measuring approximately 100 x 80 mm. with handwritten captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Photographs by Henry Rudland.
Dates:
1915
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