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Uganda National Parks: research material gathered by Lee Alexander Risby
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 399
Content Description
Administrative papers, interview transcripts, official publications, maps, photographs and slides relating to the history of Ugandan national parks and Queen Elizabeth II Park in particular. Collected while writing the Cambridge PhD thesis, 'Defining landscapes, power and participation : an examination of a national park planning process for Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda' (Department of Geography, 2002, PhD 25995).
Dates:
1908 - 2001
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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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
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Visit of H.M. The Queen Mother to Uganda
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045R
Scope and Contents
The Queen Mother's visit included Kenya (5-18 February) and Uganda (18-27 February).
Dates:
1959
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Uganda 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045I
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose mostly uncaptioned prints, chiefly relating to the visit of Duke and Duchess of York (later H.M. King George VI and H.M. Queen Elizabeth) to Uganda in February-March 1925. An attempt has been made to identify the photographs from the published programme of the visit, and cuttings relating to it, which were presented with the photographs, and also other printed works such as 'King George VI: his life and reign' by John Wheeler-Bennett (1958). It seems likely that...
Dates:
1925
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
W. Powell collection on Africa 1930s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M-O
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs on 125 brown loose album sheets, many with hand-written captions. 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. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. There are two 'Title pages' which have been transcribed at Y304M and Y304N, dated 1934 and 1935-36. The album sheets which appear to...
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Women in Uganda today
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045P
Scope and Contents
Collection of thirty-nine (from an original set of forty-nine) loose prints, mounted on card and measuring approximately 375 x 300 mm. The series, which was produced for display at a conference held in Kampala in 1961 on the role of women in Uganda, is accompanied by a typed checklist of captions together with some identification on the reverse of some of the prints. The photographs are split into seven groups:Group A: In the homeGroup B: Women in the makingGroup C: Women...
Dates:
1961
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library