Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20051 Collections and/or Records:
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‘Jumbo’ and his keeper, Kavirondo, 1889-12-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/40
Scope and Contents
157 x 111 mm. A similar view to Y30468K/39, taken on the same occasion.
Dates:
1889-12-08
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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Ernest Gedge Collection
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Jumbo Jnr, 1889-12-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)1/16
Scope and Contents
Showing Jumbo the captured elephant calf with his African keeper. The photographing of the animal is mentioned by Gedge in his diary: ‘Took a photo of Jumbo as the poor little beast may not be alive on our return; at present he is fairly well but seems rather weak’. The calf was captured when the three elephants seen in Y30468K/38 were shot on November 26th, but died a few months later of pneumonia (see F.J. Jackson, ‘Early Days in East Africa’, pp. 224-5).
Dates:
1889-12-08
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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Junction of Linyanti and Zambesi, Bech. Protect, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/67
Scope and Contents
140 x 83 mm. A view from the riverbank looking towards the junction of the two rivers.
Dates:
1910 - 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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Junction of the Atbara and the Nile at Atbara Camp, 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/19
Scope and Contents
158 x 107 mm. A view looking across the junction of the Rivers Atbara and Nile, with the tents of the army encampment visible in the distance.
Dates:
1898
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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Khartoum 1898
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Jung Deutsch-Ostafrika [Young German East Africa i.e. Tanzania], 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of monochrome photogravure postcards of scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.
The majority of the cards have printed on the reverse: 'Shall the heroic deeds of Lettow-Vorbeck and his soldiers in the four-and-a-half year long bloody struggle have been in vain? Join with us in promoting the publication of German East Africa. We need colonies!'.
Dates:
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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Junge Kokospalmpflanzung in Deutsch-Ostafrika [Young coconut plantation in German East Africa i.e. Tanzania], 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/8
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A booklet containing monochrome photogravure postcards of agricultural and industrial scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.Each card has the following exhortation in German printed on the reverse: 'Our own colonies, our own overseas provinces are essential to Germany. Germans, remember your colonies!'.The captions to the prints are in a form of cursive gothic script which is difficult to decipher: in some cases, therefore, an approximate...
Dates:
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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[Jungle clearing, exact location unknown (n.d.)]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/250
Scope and Contents
100 x 75 mm. A view showing two Africans clearing jungle under the supervision of a European. Photographer unknown, possibly Christy.
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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[Jungle clearing, exact location unknown (n.d.)]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/251
Scope and Contents
100 x 75 mm. A view showing two Africans clearing jungle under the supervision of a European. Photographer unknown, possibly Christy.
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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Junior Chemistry Laboratory, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/13
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of photographs taken by the Ministry of Information West African Photographic Service, giving a comprehensive record of the varied aspects of the College's work. These pictures have been extensively reproduced in books and articles. As Dr. R.W. Stopford is shown as Principal, a post he held from 1941 to 1945, they must date from this period. The Library has three different groups of photographs drawn from this series, two of which form this collection:(A) 55, 260 x...
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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Just arrived, Tudan Wasa marvel, 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/149
Scope and Contents
Newborn baby boy.
Dates:
1956
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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Just before polo, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/35
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 mm. Group of men sitting with horses in the background.
Dates:
1901
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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Vryheid, South Africa
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Just before rain on the road to Lower Sheik, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/1031
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
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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Just before the rain - Lai Maula Mountain in distance, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/1032
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
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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Just one strand, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/242
Scope and Contents
Showing an Acholi water girl wearing a single chain around her waist.
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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Just out!, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/54
Scope and Contents
114 x 89 mm. Showing a farmer kneeling beside a nest in which a newly hatched ostrich sits among other eggs.
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).
Fonds
J.W.S. Macfie Ethiopian collection 1935-36
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304296A
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose prints and duplicates, by various photographers, and three associated volumes.At the age of 56 John Macfie volunteered to join the British Ambulance Service in Ethiopia (B.A.S.E.), which was being organised by Dr John Melly, who had paid two visits to Ethiopia before the Italian invasion with the aim of establishing a hospital there. Macfie was appointed second in command to Melly.The B.A.S.E. arrived at Berbera, British Somaliland, at the beginning of...
Dates:
1935 - 1936
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
J.W.S. Macfie West African collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043C
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs measuring 136 x 78 mm (unless otherwise stated), and meticulously captioned on the reverse by Macfie. Prints in a portrait format are denoted by '(pt.)' after the caption.The collection consists of photographs taken on tours in Northern and Southern Nigeria and the Gold Coast, material from each tour being bound into separate small leather albums (with the exception of tours VI-VIII, bound in one volume). Also included in the volumes are postcards which...
Dates:
1910 - 1922
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
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Kaaiman's Gat, Wilderness, Cape, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/39
Scope and Contents
139 x 199 mm. A view looking along the sheer river gorge near the town of George, with the Kaaiman's River Falls at the left of the print.
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).
Fonds
Kabaka Daudi Chwa and Regents
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045G
Scope and Contents
153 x 208 mm. A group portrait with identifying captions on the reverse by H.B. Thomas, front row left to right: Sir Apolo Kagwa (1865-1927), 1st Regent to Daudi Chwa 1897-1914 and Katikoro (Prime Minister) of Buganda 1889-1926; Kabaka Daudi Chwa (1896-1939), Kabaka of Buganda 1897-1939; Stanislas Mugwanya (1849-1938), Buganda Chief and Regent. Back row, Nuhu Mbogo (1835-1921), uncle of Mwanga and Regent of Daudi Chwa; Zacharia Kisingiri (1858-1917) a Protestant Muganda Chief and regent. ...
Dates:
1908
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
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Kabaka Mutesa II and the Nabagereka leaving Entebbe airport for Kampala, 1955
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/223
Scope and Contents
210 x 137 mm. glossy print with three copies.
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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Kabaka Mutesa II carried in the procession at the Golden Jubilee of King’s College, Budo, July 1956, 1956
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/230
Scope and Contents
155 x 200 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1956
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
Kabaka Mutesa II inspecting a guard of honour after his arrival at Entebbe airport, 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/222
Scope and Contents
208 x 151 mm. glossy print with three copies. With him is Governor Sir Andrew Cohen, who exiled him in Oct. 1953.
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).
Item
Kabaka Mutesa II with old Budonians at the Golden Jubilee of King’s College, Budo, July 1956, 1956
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/231
Scope and Contents
209 x 152 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1956
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
Kabaka's pipe band, Mengo, 1906 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/46
Scope and Contents
117 x 86 mm. Showing a band of pipers accompanied by two drummers, seated in a courtyard outside a neatly thatched hut (similar in appearance to the tomb of Kabaka Mutesa I).
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).
File
'Kabarega', 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/2/2
Scope and Contents
Research notes and 12 chapters of an unfinished biography of Kabarega (1845-1923), King of Bunyoro (400 sheets).
Dates:
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).