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Africa (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20097 Collections and/or Records:

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Visit of A.G. Fraser for Ghana Independence and Achimota Founder's Day 1957: Winlaw speaking viewed from the other side, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/24
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of loose prints with duplicates measuring, unless stated, approximately 210 x 160 mm. The collection contains a variety of photographs, some of them taken by the Information Services of the Gold Coast/Ghana, while others are amateur photographs. Nos 1-5, showing Fraser in the Principal's house are clearly pre-1935, when he left Achimota. The majority date from Mr Winlaw's Headship and include a number of views of buildings put up in that period, particularly the Assembly Hall...
Dates: 1957
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).
 Sub-sub-class

Visit of Alan Lennox-Boyd, Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1957-01

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448R/12-19
Scope and Contents

93x119mm. Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, created Lord Boyd of Merton in 1960 (1904-1983), was Secretary of State for the Colonies 1954-1959, and was responsible for the final negotiations leading to the Independence of the Gold Coast as Ghana in March 1957.

Dates: 1957-01
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).
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Visit of Canon John V. Taylor, General Secretary of the CMS, to Uganda: Congolese Christian on his boat on Lake Albert, 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/12
Scope and Contents

118 x 80 mm. glossy print with 35 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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[Visit of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia to Kenya, 1964], 1964

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 12
Scope and Contents

Album.

Dates: 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).
 Fonds

Visit of H.M. The Queen Mother to Uganda

 Fonds
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).
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Visit of H.M.S. Imogene to Zanzibar, 1834, 1950 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/10/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

Dates: 1950 - 1970
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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Visit of Lord Listowel, Governor-General, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/33
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of loose prints with duplicates measuring, unless stated, approximately 210 x 160 mm. The collection contains a variety of photographs, some of them taken by the Information Services of the Gold Coast/Ghana, while others are amateur photographs. Nos 1-5, showing Fraser in the Principal's house are clearly pre-1935, when he left Achimota. The majority date from Mr Winlaw's Headship and include a number of views of buildings put up in that period, particularly the Assembly Hall...
Dates: 1957
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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Visit of Lord Listowel, Governor-General, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/34
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of loose prints with duplicates measuring, unless stated, approximately 210 x 160 mm. The collection contains a variety of photographs, some of them taken by the Information Services of the Gold Coast/Ghana, while others are amateur photographs. Nos 1-5, showing Fraser in the Principal's house are clearly pre-1935, when he left Achimota. The majority date from Mr Winlaw's Headship and include a number of views of buildings put up in that period, particularly the Assembly Hall...
Dates: 1957
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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Visit of Lord Listowel, Governor-General: Lord Listowel watching a pupil at work, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/32
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of loose prints with duplicates measuring, unless stated, approximately 210 x 160 mm. The collection contains a variety of photographs, some of them taken by the Information Services of the Gold Coast/Ghana, while others are amateur photographs. Nos 1-5, showing Fraser in the Principal's house are clearly pre-1935, when he left Achimota. The majority date from Mr Winlaw's Headship and include a number of views of buildings put up in that period, particularly the Assembly Hall...
Dates: 1957
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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Visit of Lord Listowel, Governor-General: Lord Listowel with Winlaw and other staff members, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/31
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of loose prints with duplicates measuring, unless stated, approximately 210 x 160 mm. The collection contains a variety of photographs, some of them taken by the Information Services of the Gold Coast/Ghana, while others are amateur photographs. Nos 1-5, showing Fraser in the Principal's house are clearly pre-1935, when he left Achimota. The majority date from Mr Winlaw's Headship and include a number of views of buildings put up in that period, particularly the Assembly Hall...
Dates: 1957
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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Visit of President L.S. Senghor of Senegal, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/13
Scope and Contents

He is speaking to Mr Kofi Antubam, Art Master at Achimota, who later designed the Ghana Regalia. Also in the picture are Winlaw and M. Renner, French Consul.

Dates: 1955
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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Visit of Prince Adalbert of Prussia to Zanzibar, February 1905, 1905-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468C/16
Scope and Contents

219 x 149 mm. A view showing A.S. Rogers escorting Prince Adalbert past a guard of honour on the Palace Pier on Saturday February 11th 1905. The prince paid a short visit to Zanzibar while serving as a Lieutenant on board the German cruiser ‘Hertha’. The visit is reported in the ‘Zanzibar Gazette’ of February 15th 1905.

Dates: 1905-02
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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Visit of Sir Gawain Bell, Governor of Northern Nigeria, 1957-62, to Wusasa Hospital in Jan. 1958, 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/4/89
Scope and Contents

127 x 78 mm. glossy print with 84 x 51 mm. negative. Figures from left to right are: Miss L. Morson, Relief Sister, Rev. Noel Sandford, Dr. Theo. Mess, Lady Bell, Sir Gawain Bell and Mr. Warford, Resident, Zaria.

Dates: 1958
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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[Visit of Sultan Sultana], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/76
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

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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[Visit of Sultan Sultana], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/77
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Wilson is on the far right.

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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[Visit of Sultan Sultana], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/78
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

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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[Visit of Sultan Sultana], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/79
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Wilson is stood beside the Sultan.

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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Visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, to Northern Nigeria, Sept. 1960, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/2/19
Scope and Contents

118 x 82 mm. glossy print. Showing the Archbishop with Bishop Mort and his cook.

Dates: 1960
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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Visit of the Asantehene: Asantehene and Mr Joseph crossing the grass, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/48
Scope and Contents

140 x 86 mm.

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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Visit of the Asantehene: Asantehene and Mr Joseph on steps at Achimota, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/45
Scope and Contents

150 x 105 mm.

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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Visit of the Asantehene: Asantehene arriving at Achimota Halt by special train, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/44
Scope and Contents

160 x 110 mm.

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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Visit of the Asantehene: Drums played by E. Amu, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/58
Scope and Contents

100 x 150 mm.

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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Visit of the Asantehene: Mr Joseph with crowd in the background, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/56
Scope and Contents

Modern contact print, 85 X 55 mm.

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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Visit of the Asantehene: Tree planting, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/57
Scope and Contents

85 x 135 mm.

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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Visit of the Asantehene: Views of the gathering in the grounds, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/51
Scope and Contents

140 x 85 mm.

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.