Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20051 Collections and/or Records:
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Memorandum to the King of Jebu, 1863-08-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/1/45
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.
Dates:
1863-08-12
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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Memorial complaining of the King of Porto Novo from the natives, residents, and inhabitants of Porto Novo, 1871-09-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/37
Scope and Contents
This is accompanied by two memorials in Spanish, dated 26 Sept. 1871.
Dates:
1871-09-29
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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Memorial from merchants and traders of Lagos to John Pope Hennessy, 1872-04-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/29
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.
Dates:
1872-04-29
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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Memorial from the princes, chiefs and elders of Porto Novo complaining of the brutality of the King of Porto Novo, and asking to be placed under British administration, accompanied by a letter from W. Pratt, 1871-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/41
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.
Dates:
1871-10
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).
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Memorial on Wolchefit pass, 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/17
Scope and Contents
125 x 95 mm. Showing Mrs Hebbert and two men stood at the foot of the large square memorial.
Dates:
1943
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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Memorial Plaques to Sir Gordon Guggisberg and Dr Aggrey, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/2
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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Memorial service at Ndola to mark the centenary of David Livingstone’s death at Old Chitambo: Mr P. Livingstone Armstrong with Vice-President Mainza Chona and his family, Mons. De Jong the Master of Ceremonies and others, 1973
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/17/1
Scope and Contents
120 x 101 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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Memorial to Governor David, 1921 - 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/72
Scope and Contents
80 x 105 mm. Showing the graceful six columned temple in vaguely art nouveau style, designed by Bell and erected in the grounds of Le Reduit. Barthélemy David, the creator of Le Reduit, was Governor of Mauritius 1747-53. Bell's memorial to him was completed in July 1921.
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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Memorial to Governor David, 1921 - 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/73
Scope and Contents
104 x 76 mm. Showing the graceful six columned temple in vaguely art nouveau style, designed by Bell and erected in the grounds of Le Reduit. Barthélemy David, the creator of Le Reduit, was Governor of Mauritius 1747-53. Bell's memorial to him was completed in July 1921.
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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Memorial to Governor David, 1921 - 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/74
Scope and Contents
70 x 93 mm. Showing the graceful six columned temple in vaguely art nouveau style, designed by Bell and erected in the grounds of Le Reduit. Barthélemy David, the creator of Le Reduit, was Governor of Mauritius 1747-53. Bell's memorial to him was completed in July 1921.
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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[Memorial to Governor David at Le Reduit], 1921 - 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/77
Scope and Contents
71 x 92 mm. Showing the graceful six columned temple in vaguely art nouveau style, designed by Bell and erected in the grounds of Le Reduit. Barthélemy David, the creator of Le Reduit, was Governor of Mauritius 1747-53. Bell's memorial to him was completed in July 1921.
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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Memorial to Hennessey by African inhabitants of Lagos (two copies), 1872-05-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/33
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.
Dates:
1872-05-10
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).
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[Memorial to the Prince Imperial], 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/40
Scope and Contents
137 x 205 mm. Showing the stone cross erected in 1880 by the Empress Eugenie on Queen Victoria's behalf at Ityotyosi. The inscription reads 'This cross is erected by Queen Victoria in affectionate remembrance of Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Prince Imperial, to mark the spot where, while assisting in a reconnaissance with the British troops, on the 1st June 1879, he was attacked by a party of Zulus, and fell with his face to the foe.' The Prince Imperial, son of Napoleon III and the...
Dates:
1879 - 1880
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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[Men and mules at a water point], 1924 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/2/2/11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Unlabelled slides from Hebbert's time in Africa.
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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[Men and mules at water point], 1924 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/2/2/5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Unlabelled slides from Hebbert's time in Africa.
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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[Men at Agoro], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/245
Scope and Contents
The caption reads: 'And these men, who wear ancestral hair like the Dichingas[?]. But were not Dichingas[?]'.
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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[Men at well], 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/4/86
Scope and Contents
125 x 125 mm. Showing a group of men stood around a circular construction raised on stones, a well perhaps.
Dates:
1943
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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[Men carrying engine], 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/2/76
Scope and Contents
125 x 90 mm. Showing men carrying an engine. They are taking it to the Nile steamer for shipment home. View from behind.
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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[Men carrying engine], 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/2/77
Scope and Contents
125 x 90 mm. Showing men carrying an engine. They are taking it to the Nile steamer for shipment home. View from behind.
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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[Men carrying engine], 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/2/78
Scope and Contents
125 x 90 mm. Showing men carrying an engine. They are taking it to the Nile steamer for shipment home. View form the side.
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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Men carrying lime for building Huron Training College, Kongwa, 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/139
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of loose prints, lantern slides and glass negatives. The prints mostly relate to Westgate’s earlier work, but there are a few from the 1930s, including nos. 426-454 of visits to South Africa and African islands, all processed in February 1936. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Many of the lantern slides and glass negatives are uncaptioned and...
Dates:
1914
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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Men carrying lime for building Huron Training College, Kongwa, 1914, 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/139
Scope and Contents
156 x 119 mm. Showing a line of porters.
Dates:
1914
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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Men fishing along a shoreline, 1914 - 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/172b
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...
Dates:
1914 - 1918
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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Men in dugouts hauling in the ropes to spread the net, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304E/36
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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[Men in flowing robes and headgear], 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/94
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.
Dates:
1955
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Y3043UU/134 is missing.