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Africa (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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Garden Party, Government House [1909], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/13
Scope and Contents 199 x 148 mm. Showing a large group, with Bell in the centre, posed on the steps and verandah of Government House, Entebbe. The group presumably shows all the guests present at a garden party celebrating the presentation by Bell of a second Challenge Cup to the Entebbe Golf Club in January 1909. Figures identified in this group are: George Wilson, seated next to Bell; Frank Burton, at extreme right; Captain W.H. Nicholson, at centre of group in left foreground; Captain E.V. Jenkins, at...
Dates: 1909
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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Governor's return from leave : palm decorations on Pier, 1907-10-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/17
Scope and Contents 198 x 139 mm. Showing Sir Henry Hesketh Bell, accompanied by officials, walking beneath an arch of palms on Entebbe Pier on his return from sick leave in England, October 28 1907. From left to right the group comprises Captain Frank BURTON, the Governor's A.D.C.; Sir Henry Hesketh BELL; (later Sir) Alexander George BOYLE (1872-1943), Provincial Commissioner, Eastern Province 1905-1910; George WILSON and Captain Edward Vaughan JENKINS DSO (-1941), King's African Rifles. (possible arrival,...
Dates: 1907-10-28
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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Group at Govt. [i.e. Government] House, Entebbe, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/9
Scope and Contents

192 x 140 mm. Showing a group of men and women gathered in front of Government House during an informal occasion. Sir Henry Hesketh Bell, the Governor, is seated on a step at the front of the group.

Dates: 1906 - 1911
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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Opening of Kampala Exhibition, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/18
Scope and Contents

200 x 130 mm. A group portrait of Protectorate officials and Ugandan Kabakas and counsellors taken shortly after Bell's opening of the exhibition. Photograph probably by Alfred Lobo.

Dates: 1908-11
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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[Opening of the Kampala Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, November 9 1908], 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/1
Scope and Contents 200 x 110 mm. Showing Sir Henry Hesketh Bell delivering the opening speech from the verandah of the main exhibition building. On either side of Bell stand various officials and the Kings of Uganda, they in turn flanked by European spectators, with a line of Sikh guards on parade along the front of the building. The figure standing in profile on the steps beneath Bell is almost certainly George Wilson, Deputy Commissioner. The preparations for the exhibition were not completed without...
Dates: 1908-11
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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[Opening of the Kampala Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, November 9 1908], 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/2
Scope and Contents 200 x 152 mm. A group photograph of Protectorate officials and Ugandan Kabakas and counsellors taken shortly after Bell's opening of the exhibition. Identified in the group are: 1. Sir Apolo Kagwa; 2. Kahaya, Kabaka of Ankole; 3. George Wilson, Deputy Commissioner; 4. Frank Burton; 5. Daudi Chwa, Kabaka of Buganda; 6. Alexander Boyle; 7. Sir Henry Hesketh Bell; 8. Captain Edward Vaughan Jenkins D.S.O., O.C. 4th K.A.R.; 9. Andereya Bisereko Duhaga II, Kabaka of Bunyoro; 10. Daudi Kasagama,...
Dates: 1908-11
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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The members of the Entebbe Golf Club, 1909-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/20
Scope and Contents

205 x 149 mm. A group photograph with Bell seated in the centre behind the 'Hesketh Bell Challenge Cup' presented by him in January 1909. W.H. Nicholson and Dr. H.B. Owen, joint winners of the new cup, which was played for on January 22 and 23, are seated on either side of Bell. Photograph by Alfred Lobo.

Dates: 1909-01
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).