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Africa (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20097 Collections and/or Records:

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[Young girl], 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/161
Scope and Contents

80 x 100 mm. Showing a young girl with her arm raised. She has the appearance of one throwing something.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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[Young girl], 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/162
Scope and Contents

80 x 100 mm. Showing a young girl with her arm lowered. She has the appearance of one having just thrown something.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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[Young girl], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/181
Scope and Contents

30 x 55 mm. Showing a young girl wearing many necklaces and arm and leg bands.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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[Young girl], 1924 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/6/22
Scope and Contents

120 x 170 mm. Showing a seated young girl. Her hair is in plaits.

Dates: 1924 - 1945
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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[Young girl], 1924 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/6/23
Scope and Contents

120 x 175 mm. Showing a seated young girl. She is mostly covered by a patterned robe.

Dates: 1924 - 1945
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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[Young girl picking cloves], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/43
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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[Young girl picking cloves], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/49
Scope and Contents

225 x 170 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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[Young girl with baby], 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/3/6
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Showing a young girl carrying a baby on her back. The caption continues: 'Taking charge of the baby whilst mother goes off to her cultivating work.'

Dates: 1933 - 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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Young helpers at clove harvest, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/1
Scope and Contents

205 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Women and children all help in the urgent business of clove harvest. Here are some children sitting on the concrete drying floor separating cloves from stems.'

Dates: 1933 - 1948
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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Young hyena, 1969-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Y/163
Scope and Contents From the File: John Ewart Marnham had admirable opportunities for photographing flora and fauna during his stay in South Africa and in this section his own arrangement under species has been largely followed; the divisions are: lions, cheetahs, elephants, rhinos [rhinocesaurus] and hippos [hippopotamus], zebras, giraffes, buffalos, kudu, other deer and miscellaneous. Most of these animals were photographed in national parks and game reserves, though not all slides have specific locations. The main parks...
Dates: 1969-12
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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Young immature sisa is cleaned (weeded) by women and old men, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/426
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'These women have migrated from Portuguese East Africa from distances as far as six hundred miles. They are all members of the Wamawia tribes. This tribe is to be found working throughout the sisal estates of Tanganyika, the women have their faces carved into elaborate designs and wear ornaments thrust through their lips'.

Dates: 1945
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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Young Kikuyu boy, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/57
Scope and Contents

101 x 148 mm. A half length portrait of a young Kikuyu boy wearing a tunic, necklaces and arm-bands and with enlarged ear-lobes.

Dates: 1901 - 1905
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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Young Leopard [1907], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/60
Scope and Contents

Showing a leopard cub tethered in a pen: 'Kassagama presented me with a fine young leopard and a splendid bull .... The leopard is a bit of a handful and we spent the better part of this morning in seeing that he is securely fastened. He is only about twice the size of a terrier, but very fierce, and growls and snarls incessantly. I only hope he won't make a meal of poor Tots.' (Bell 1907, February 15).

Dates: 1907
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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Young man playing guitar, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/122
Scope and Contents

138 x 210 mm. glossy print with copy.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
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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Young Masai girl, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/53
Scope and Contents

101 x 147 mm. A portrait of a young Masai girl wearing bead necklaces and arm-rings and with enlarged ear-lobes.

Dates: 1901 - 1905
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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Young Masai girl, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/53
Scope and Contents

101 x 145 mm. A head and shoulders portrait of a young Masai girl wearing necklaces and metal arm-bands.

Dates: 1890 - 1905
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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Young Masai girl, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/74
Scope and Contents

101 x 147 mm. A view showing a young Masai girl wearing bead necklaces and arm and leg bands, standing in front of a thatched hut.

Dates: 1890 - 1905
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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Young Masai girls, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/56
Scope and Contents

101 x 148 mm. A view showing two young Masai girls wearing hide cloaks, necklaces and metal rings around arms and legs and with enlarged ear-lobes.

Dates: 1901 - 1905
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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Young Masai girls, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/67
Scope and Contents

101 x 148 mm. A full length portrait of two Masai girls wearing arm and leg rings.

Dates: 1901 - 1905
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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Young Masai warrior, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/52
Scope and Contents

84 x 110 mm. (oval print). A head and shoulders portrait of a young Masai warrior carrying a shield and spear.

Dates: 1890 - 1905
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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Young men dancing the royal ngomalume dance, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304E/87
Scope and Contents From the Series: A collection of numbered prints, unless otherwise stated measuring circa 210 x 160 mm, in a 19 page typescript volume entitled 'Barotseland', written and illustrated by Max Gluckman. His typescript is undated but the illustrations closely resemble, and in some cases are identical with, those used in Gluckman (1945) of which a photocopy is filed with this collection. It is not known how these photographs were used - perhaps projected by epidiascope. Numbers 1-54 are captioned on the back,...
Dates: Other: 1945
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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Young men of Luwawa's family are dragging behind some of the fish they have already taxed, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304E/47
Scope and Contents From the Series: A collection of numbered prints, unless otherwise stated measuring circa 210 x 160 mm, in a 19 page typescript volume entitled 'Barotseland', written and illustrated by Max Gluckman. His typescript is undated but the illustrations closely resemble, and in some cases are identical with, those used in Gluckman (1945) of which a photocopy is filed with this collection. It is not known how these photographs were used - perhaps projected by epidiascope. Numbers 1-54 are captioned on the back,...
Dates: 1945
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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Young Mosambo girl on the banks of the Ubangui, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/279
Scope and Contents

The caption continues: 'The Mosembo wear shorter skirt than the Gombe'.

Dates: 1934
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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Young Mulubale woman warming water in her mouth before spraying it over her baby to wash it, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304E/75
Scope and Contents From the Series: A collection of numbered prints, unless otherwise stated measuring circa 210 x 160 mm, in a 19 page typescript volume entitled 'Barotseland', written and illustrated by Max Gluckman. His typescript is undated but the illustrations closely resemble, and in some cases are identical with, those used in Gluckman (1945) of which a photocopy is filed with this collection. It is not known how these photographs were used - perhaps projected by epidiascope. Numbers 1-54 are captioned on the back,...
Dates: Other: 1945
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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Young Mvwe girl, 1940-02-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/275
Scope and Contents

56 x 84 mm. neg. and contact print. A young market girl with her white fibre waist strings and fibre fringe kilt at Mvwe market.

Dates: 1940-02-10
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).