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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 98 Collections and/or Records:

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Feeding my goldfish, 1921 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/76
Scope and Contents

88 x 60 mm. An oval print showing Bell seated at the edge of an ornamental pond at Le Reduit.

Dates: 1921 - 1924
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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Forty winks, 1908 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/41
Scope and Contents

74 x 100 mm. A staged photograph showing Bell pretending to be asleep on the verandah of a bungalow with a large dead python posed as if approaching him up the steps.

Dates: 1908 - 1912
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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Futki, 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/33
Scope and Contents

86 x 78 mm. Showing Bell standing beside Futki in the grounds of Government House, Entebbe.

Dates: 1908 - 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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Futki, 1908 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/45
Scope and Contents

86 x 75 mm. Showing Bell standing beside the elephant Futki in the grounds of Government House.

Dates: 1908 - 1912
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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[Futki], 1908 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/69
Scope and Contents

88 x 76 mm. Showing Bell seated in a howdah on Futki the elephant's back, with the mahout Shief Munshi seated on the animal's neck and the syce (groom) standing to one side. With Government House in the background.

Dates: 1908 - 1912
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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Futki at Goverment House, 1906 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/45
Scope and Contents

80 x 80 mm. Showing Bell seated in a howdah on Futki the elephant's back, with the mahout Shief Munshi seated on the animal's neck and the syce (groom) standing to one side. With Government House in the background.

Dates: 1906 - 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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[Futki at Government House], 1906 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/46
Scope and Contents

80 x 80 mm. Showing Bell seated in a howdah on Futki the elephant's back, with the mahout Shief Munshi seated on the animal's neck and the syce (groom) standing to one side. With Government House in the background.

Dates: 1906 - 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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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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Govt. House and Futki, 1906 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/47
Scope and Contents

80 x 80 mm. Showing Bell seated in a howdah on Futki the elephant's back, with the mahout Shief Munshi seated on the animal's neck and the syce (groom) standing to one side. With Government House in the background.

Dates: 1906 - 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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Group at Blue Bay, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/80
Scope and Contents

101 x 77 mm. Showing Bell seated with a group of Europeans in front of a tent at Blue Bay, situated on the SE part of the island near Pointe d'Esny.

Dates: 1916
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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[Group outside ?Government House, ?Mauritius], 1917 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/106
Scope and Contents

73 x 98 mm. Showing Bell standing in the centre of an unidentified group of two men and four women.

Dates: 1917 - 1924
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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[Hesketh Bell and lion cubs], 1909-01 - 1909-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/48
Scope and Contents

87 x 70 mm. Showing Bell seated on a verandah with his two pet lion cubs.

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-03
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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[HHB by fountain at Le Reduit], 1919 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/104
Scope and Contents

80 x 110 mm.

Dates: 1919 - 1923
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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[HHB in car], 1924-08-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/159
Scope and Contents

155 x 125 mm. Possibly leaving his last Council of Government 5 August 1924.

Dates: 1924-08-05
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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Hippos in small lake near Kikerongo, Mt. Ruwenzori [1907], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/38
Scope and Contents

Showing Bell and Frank Burton seated on the bodies of two dead hippopotamus on the shore of Lake Kikorongo. See 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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His Excellency Sir H. Bell K.C.M.G., leaving Government House, Port Louis [c. 1916], 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/34
Scope and Contents

179 x 128 mm. Showing Bell climbing into an automobile parked in front of the main entrance to Government House. The statue of Sir William Stevenson can be seen more clearly in this print. Photograph by Baretti.

Dates: 1916
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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[Kahaya. King of Ankole], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/12
Scope and Contents 81 x 80 mm. Showing Bell, dressed in full uniform, standing beside Kahaya, with servants and other members of the King's retinue in the background: 'We reached Mbarara, the principal town of Ankole, ... Kahaya, the King of Ankole, met me on the boundary of his territory and accompanied me to Mbarara. He is an enormous fellow. About 25 years of age, but very boyish looking. He is at least 6'6" in height and broader in proportion. Quite a young giant and he would make a great sensation...
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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Kahaya, King of Ankole [1907], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/35
Scope and Contents Showing Bell, dressed in full uniform, standing beside Kahaya, with servants and other members of the King's retinue in the background: 'We reached Mbarara, the principal town of Ankole, ... Kahaya, the King of Ankole, met me on the boundary of his territory and accompanied me to Mbarara. He is an enormous fellow. About 25 years of age, but very boyish looking. He is at least 6'6" in height and broader in proportion. Quite a young giant and he would make a great sensation if he were...
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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Kima, 1908 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/44
Scope and Contents

61 x 86 mm. A snapshot of Bell holding his pet monkey Kima.

Dates: 1908 - 1912
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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[King of Buganda and self in motor car], 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/26
Scope and Contents 81 x 81 mm. Showing Bell and the young Kabaka of Buganda Daudi Chwa seated in the back seat of the motor car, with an unidentified European in the front seat. Hesketh Bell records the arrival of the motor car in Uganda: '20th April [1908] ... some months ago I ordered from Home a motor car for my use and a motor lorry, and they have arrived. Both are of 'Albion' make. These are the first motor cars ever seen in Uganda and they are making a great sensation among the natives. They are...
Dates: 1908
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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King of Buganda and self in motor car, 1908 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/31
Scope and Contents 87 x 87 mm. Showing Bell and the young Kabaka of Buganda Daudi Chwa seated in the back seat of the motor car, with an unidentified European in the front seat. Hesketh Bell records the arrival of the motor car in Uganda: '20th April [1908] ... some months ago I ordered from Home a motor car for my use and a motor lorry, and they have arrived. Both are of 'Albion' make. These are the first motor cars ever seen in Uganda and they are making a great sensation among the natives. They are...
Dates: 1908 - 1912
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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La Cambuse, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/70
Scope and Contents

97 x 72 mm. Showing Bell and his dog seated on rocks on the seashore. Exact location unidentified.

Dates: 1919 - 1921
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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Le Reduit, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/56
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98 x 72 mm. View looking across the lawn towards the rear façade of Le Reduit, with Bell and two Naval officers (one of them probably Myers) standing in the foreground.

Dates: 1916
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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