Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Item
Painting a mural, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/86
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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Painting a mural at Achimota, 1900 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/8
Scope and Contents
See Y30448H/86
Dates:
1900 - 1947
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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[Painting a mural, Tamale School, Northern Territories, c.1945], 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/227
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The Gold Coast Government believes in rooting its education in the life of the people. Key institutions in the education system of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast are at Tamale and include a senior boarding school for boys and a training college for teachers. The people of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast are first and foremost...
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).
Sub-Fonds
Painting of a South African rural scene, 1928
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/100
Scope and Contents
A painting, 63 cm x 51 cm, presented to D.D. Keay by the Minister and Department of Justice, Pretoria, on Keay's retirement as Under Secretary for Justice in December 1928.
Dates:
1928
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
Sub-Fonds
Painting of Pietermaritzburg, 1922
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/83
Scope and Contents
A painting on card depicting a view of Pietermaritzburg with a snow-topped mountain in the background located 4½ miles from the city. There is an accompanying descriptive note on a small piece of card.
Dates:
1922
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
Sub-Series
[Paintings and sculptures], 1952 - 1964
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/3
Scope and Contents
Eighteen colour photographs of paintings and sculptures, and three black and white photographs of sculptures, presumably work by Makerere University students. Three have been described here.
Dates:
1952 - 1964
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
[Paintings of Tanganyika Territory and British East Africa i.e. Tanzania and Kenya], 1924
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/35-46
Scope and Contents
Collection of coloured postcards of scenery in Tanganyika Territory (now Tanzania) and British East Africa (now Kenya), reproduced from paintings by Miss A.V. Hammond exhibited in the Tanganyika section of the British Empire Exhibition of 1924. A caption on the reverse of each reads 'Copyright picture by Miss A.V. Hammond. Reproduced in Great Britain by Valentine and Sons Ltd'. Captions have been recorded as found.
Dates:
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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(?) Palace entrance, 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304K/59
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Measuring 195 x 255 mm, this album contains sepia photographs 145 x 90 mm in size, two to a page, followed by 26 blank spaces. They are mainly of rural and urban scenes in North Africa. The only one captioned shows Timgad.
Dates:
1922
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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Palace of Empress Mentuab 1730-1775, 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/45
Scope and Contents
135 x 110 mm. General view.
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).
Item
Palace of Justice, 1902
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/25
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
Dates:
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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Palace of Justice, Pretoria, 1900 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/134
Scope and Contents
205 x 152 mm. Showing the Palace of Justice buildings which stand on the northern side of Church Square opposite the Raadsaal. A three storeyed building with two central towers linked by a dome, it was constructed shortly before the South African War and was first put to use as a hospital for British troops after the occupation of Pretoria in June 1900. To the left of the Palace of Justice, partially obscured by the fountainin the centre of the square, is the Post Office.
Dates:
1900 - 1910
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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[Palace of Justice, Pretoria], 1901 - 1902
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305Q/19
Scope and Contents
80 x 55 mm. Half tone cut from a publication. The foundation stone was laid by President Kruger in 1897 and it was used as a hospital by the British military authorities after the city was occupied in 1900.
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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Palace of the Alake, 1936-10
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/17
Scope and Contents
80 x 54 mm. Distant view of the palace from the drive.
Dates:
1936-10
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).
Sub-Fonds
Palace, port and town, 1971
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/104
Scope and Contents
A booklet from the African Archives series containing photographs and pictures of settlements in East Africa, published by Oxford University Press and Neczam and printed by Associated Printers Ltd, Lusaka, Zambia.
Dates:
1971
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
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Palais de Justice, Tunis, 1922
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304H/251
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Measuring 220 x 285 mm, this album contains postcards, some of which are coloured. The majority portray Algiers (including 12 of the museum), Algerian people, Biskra, and the ruins of Timgad, Constantine, Tunis and Carthage.
Dates:
1922
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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Palm flower, 1905
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/78
Scope and Contents
106 x 150 mm. A view showing a flowering palm shoot with a few small berries.
Dates:
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).
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[Palm oil warehouse, ?Opobo], 1912 - 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043O/11
Scope and Contents
209 x 160 mm. A view looking along a warehouse filled with rows of barrels of palm oil awaiting transportation. With a few African labourers watching the photographer in the foreground.
Dates:
1912 - 1913
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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Palm Products. Nigeria's Biggest Exporting Industry, 1940 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/19
Scope and Contents
115 x 154 mm. Showing a research worker studying palm leaves. The caption on the reverse reads '(140. The pathological laboratory, where palm diseases are studied'.
Dates:
1940 - 1959
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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[Palm tree at water’s edge], 1890 - 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043MM/19
Scope and Contents
111 x 115 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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-sub-class
Palm trees and buildings, 1922
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304J/63-71
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Measuring 205 x 265 mm, this album contains sepia photographs 145 x 90 mm in size, two to a page. None of these have captions, but they include one statue in Biskra.
Dates:
1922
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-sub-class
Palm trees and houses, 1922
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304K/23-24
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Measuring 195 x 255 mm, this album contains sepia photographs 145 x 90 mm in size, two to a page, followed by 26 blank spaces. They are mainly of rural and urban scenes in North Africa. The only one captioned shows Timgad.
Dates:
1922
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
[Palm trees at Merowe], 1930
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/136
Scope and Contents
76 x 53 mm.
Dates:
1930
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
[Palm trees beside river], 1927 - 1928
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/5/56
Scope and Contents
90 x 60 mm. Showing a line of tall palm trees on the far bank of a river, their image reflected in the water. A boy is walking along the near bank. Location unidentified, but probably Egypt.
Dates:
1927 - 1928
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
Palm Walk, Botanical Gardens, Durban, 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/51
Scope and Contents
Photograph by Sapsco Real Photo.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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
Palmerston Hotel, Port Elizabeth
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059K
Scope and Contents
177 x 146 mm. An albumen print mounted on card bearing the letterpress: 'J.E. Bruton, Photographer, Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope' (thus certainly dating the print to before 1874 when Bruton left Port Elizabeth to set up a studio in Cape Town). The print shows the front facade of the two- storied stone built hotel with a group of men and women posed on the verandah for the photographer. The name of the proprietor, James R. Rumsey, can be read above the entrance. The hotel, situated...
Dates:
1865
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