Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20051 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Equator camp, Kampi Mgonjwa, 1900-03-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/45
Scope and Contents
'This Wanderobo hunter sat on the stone which steadies the stick which marks the Equator (I used to think just such a stick marked the N Pole). He also has only a skin on for garment. A quiver at his back. A knife at his waist. The skin over his shoulders was very stiff and dark and difficult to express in drawing.'
Dates:
1900-03-09
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Mombasa to Mengo
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[Equestrian statue of Dick King, Durban], 1901 - 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305Q/30
Scope and Contents
70 x 80 mm. Half tone illustration cut from The Times. Richard Philip (Dick) King, (1813-1871) was a pioneer in Natal who acquired the sobriquet 'Saviour of Natal' in 1842 when he rode to Grahamstown to obtain help for the garrison under Captain Smith, besieged by the Boers near Congella. Annotated in the top left hand corner: 'Times April 17 sent by HFW'.
Dates:
1901 - 1902
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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Eriodendron anfractuousum plantation, white cotton tree, 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/207
Scope and Contents
100 x 151 mm.
Dates:
1900 - 1920
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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Erkowit, 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/147
Scope and Contents
105 x 90 mm. A view of the landscape, including large cactus, taken from a patio.
Dates:
1933
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/361
Scope and Contents
110 x 120 mm. View looking along a road.
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/376
Scope and Contents
110 x 120 mm. Showing a woman mounted on a camel, taken from the camel behind her.
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/377
Scope and Contents
110 x 120 mm. General view of the landscape, with mountains in the distance.
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/378
Scope and Contents
55 x 60 mm. Group with camels resting in the shade.
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/379
Scope and Contents
60 x 95 mm. Showing two children, one boy and one girl.
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/380
Scope and Contents
55 x 60 mm. View from a mountain.
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/382
Scope and Contents
115 x 120 mm. General view of the boulder strewn side of a hill and others beyond.
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/453
Scope and Contents
165 x 95 mm. General landscape view.
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/454
Scope and Contents
75 x 105 mm. Showing a man driving a donkey laden with a large sack.
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/455
Scope and Contents
105 x 105 mm. A dry brook or stream.
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/456
Scope and Contents
110 x 95 mm. A rocky pathway (or perhaps a dry riverbed?) flanked by cactus.
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).
Item
Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/457
Scope and Contents
115 x 115 mm. A dry riverbed.
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/458
Scope and Contents
110 x 120 mm. Close-up of wild flowers.
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).
Item
Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/459
Scope and Contents
55 x 60 mm. Camel train.
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).
Item
Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/460
Scope and Contents
60 x 60 mm. A view of the general landscape.
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).
Item
Erkowit, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/461
Scope and Contents
55 x 55 mm. Camel train.
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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Erkowit, 1933, 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/150
Scope and Contents
115 x 125 mm. Showing Hebbert stood on a pathway.
Dates:
1933
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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Erkowit. P.W.D. well, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/237
Scope and Contents
60 x 60 mm. Showing a man reaching into a hole in the ground. The hole has a cover, which he is holding open.
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).
Fonds
Ernest Gedge Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs by Ernest Gedge comprising:(1) 81 prints, probably made in the 1920s. All these prints relate to the Jackson/Gedge Expedition of 1888-91 (see below). 80 are from negatives in the Royal Geographical Society and one from the negatives now in RCS (iii). Some new prints were obtained from the Royal Geographical Society in place of originals which had been stolen.(2) 1 print not in the above collection and taken from the RGS negative.(3) 11 glass...
Dates:
1880 - 1902
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Ernest Lanning Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 362
Scope and Contents
Archives relating to Lanning's work in Kenya and Sierra Leone, and as a colonial administrator in Uganda.
Dates:
1932 - 1978
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Sub-Fonds
Ernest Millar collection, 1894 - 1981
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/38
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence relating to Millar, obituaries and photographs taken by Charles Hattersley and others.
Dates:
1894 - 1981
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Africa miscellanea