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Africa (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20096 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Zambesi River, Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], 1925

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/149
Scope and Contents

152 x 101 mm. A view looking along the river. Exact location unidentified.

Dates: 1925
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-Series

Zambia, 1946 - 1991

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK/376-382
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of the University of Zambia, Lusaka, which was founded in 1965, together with a photograph of Oppenheimer College.

Dates: 1946 - 1991
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).
 File

Zambia, 1973

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/17
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

Dates: 1973
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-Series

Zambia, 1965 - 1986

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/2 Zambia
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of the University of Zambia, Lusaka, which was founded in 1965.

Dates: 1965 - 1986
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-Series

Zambia, 1961 - 1963

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 58/1/6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Paintings and drawings by school pupils in Africa and India and a selection of artwork from other countries, some mounted on cardboard. The collection includes work by pupils of George Stevens, a friend of Richard Carline, who taught at a school in Africa before the Second World War. A covering note by Unity Spencer explaining the origins of the collection is with RCMS 58/1.

Dates: 1961 - 1963
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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Zambians who attended the Livingstone centenary ceremony, 1973

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/17/5
Scope and Contents

90 x 152 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1973
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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Zande, 1939 - 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/83
Scope and Contents

75 x 80 mm. Three women with cylindrical pots on their shaved heads.

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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Zande, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/86
Scope and Contents

115 x 85 mm. Showing a general view of the landscape, with mountains beyond.

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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Zande, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/87
Scope and Contents

110 x 175 mm. Showing a woman (with a shaved head) stood in front of a hut (or store), raised on stilts. The hut has no roof.

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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Zande, 1939 - 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/88
Scope and Contents

85 x 115 mm. Showing two women on a pathway holding large bunches of vegetation.

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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Zande, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/89
Scope and Contents

115 x 85 mm. Showing a village of circular huts with thatched roofs, beneath a large tree. Mrs Hebbert is stood beside a hut bottom left.

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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Zande, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/90
Scope and Contents

110 x 170 mm. Showing two women stood before a large hut with a thatched roof.

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).
 Item

Zande, 1939 - 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/91
Scope and Contents

115 x 175 mm. Showing a woman carrying a large cylindrical pot on her head.

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).
 Item

Zande, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/92
Scope and Contents

80 x 130 mm. Showing three girls on the road. One of them is attending to the hair of another.

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).
 Item

Zande, 1939 - 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/93
Scope and Contents

55 x 125 mm. Showing a woman in the road.

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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Zande, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/94
Scope and Contents

80 x 85 mm. Showing a woman stood amongst the foliage.

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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Zande, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/95
Scope and Contents

125 x 65 mm. Showing a woman carrying two bowls on her head. By the bulge of her stomach, she may be pregnant. There are two circular huts behind her.

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).
 Item

Zande, 1939 - 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/96
Scope and Contents

75 110 mm. View taken from the river, showing three children stood on the riverbank.

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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Zande grandmother with child in the settlement area, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/1/91
Scope and Contents

101 x 155 mm. glossy print with copy and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1954
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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Zanzibar, 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047C/7
Scope and Contents

69 x 67 mm (one section of stereo print). View looking over the rooftops of Zanzibar from the old British Consulate. Grant's note beneath the print reads: 'Zanzibar, - looking on town from top of Consul's House - American merchants shipping look-out perched in top of house - Thatch made of cocoa nut leaf - mason work of corraline-plastered over in the better style of houses'.

Dates: 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
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).
 File

[Zanzibar], 1890 - 1905

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E
Scope and Contents

An album containing photographs measuring 110 x 80 mm.

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).
 Sub-Series

Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1
Scope and Contents

Photographs of local people, farming, fishing and craft-making activities and daily life in Zanzibar. Captions have been reproduced as found.

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).
 Series

Zanzibar, 1925

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Zanzibar
Scope and Contents

A collection of monochrome postcards of Zanzibar scenes, possibly published by A.C. Gomes and Sons.

Dates: 1925
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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[Zanzibar], 1925

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/10
Scope and Contents

82 x 60 mm. A man standing next to a pond.

Dates: 1925
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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Zanzibar, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6/58
Scope and Contents

120 x 80 mm. A view of a man standing next to a pond in cultivated grounds. There are two large pillars in the background.

Dates: 1925
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).