Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20051 Collections and/or Records:
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Sanatorium, Ibadan, 1st May 1910, 1910-05-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043OO/41
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of 91 glass negatives, 106 x 80 mm; 3 negatives on film, 90 x 60 mm; and 3 modern prints, 150 x 120 mm. Many of the negatives lack descriptive captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
Dates:
1910-05-01
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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Sanatorium in process of roofing, Kiboriani, 1904, 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/88
Scope and Contents
160 x 116 mm. View of the sanatorium in process of reconstruction, with workmen standing on the roof.
Dates:
1904
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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Sanatorium, Kiboriani, 1902, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/87
Scope and Contents
157 x 112 mm. Showing Henrietta Georgina Humphrey Malone standing with a group of African children in front of the sanatorium at Kiboriani, a single storey thatched building with a verandah running along its length. A note on the print reads: 'Kiboriani Sanatorium on the Kiboriani Range of mountains in Ugogo - it was built first in 1903 by T.B.R. Westgate, with a grass roof. In 1904 when Wilfred Westgate was born at Kiboriani and was only 10 days old the grass roof took fire and the...
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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Sanatorium, Kiboriani, 1905, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/90
Scope and Contents
108 x 69 mm. A distant view of the rear of the sanatorium at Kiboriani, fortified during the Maji-Maji Rebellion of 1905.
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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Sanatorium, Kiboriani, 1935, 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/93
Scope and Contents
78 x 56 mm. Later view of the sanatorium.
Dates:
1935
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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Sanatorium, Kiboriani, 1935, 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/94
Scope and Contents
78 x 55 mm. Closer view of the sanatorium.
Dates:
1935
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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Sanatorium. Mt. Mubendi [1909], 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/80
Scope and Contents
Showing the thatched sanatorium building at Mubendi, with a lorry and a motor car on the road in the foreground: '30th January ... I was delighted to find, on arrival at Mubendi, that much progress had been made in establishing the new sanatorium there. A very fine large house, built of sun-dried bricks and handsomely thatched, had been constructed for me. The flat top of the mountain is 5,200 feet above the sea, and the difference between the climate there and that of the lake shore is...
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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Sandals or clogs seen at Graengula, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/465
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
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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Sandbag Redoubt, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042A/9
Scope and Contents
207 x 151 mm. A view showing the small fortified position just north of Sandbag Camp, a pillbox construction with slits for firing through, topped by a wood and canvas platform. In the foreground can be seen a section of the narrow gauge railway supply line from the Ordnance Depot and Quarantine Island.
Dates:
1885
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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Sandbanks on the Semliki (where I shot a strange turtle) [1907], 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/55
Scope and Contents
A general view of sandbanks on the Semliki River. The turtle referred to is probably the one shot by Burton rather than Bell: 'Burton killed an extraordinary sort of turtle, with a soft flabby back and paws with long claws instead of the usual flippers. It looked like some antediluvian beast, and must have weighted fully 60 lbs.' (Bell 1907, March 1).
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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Sandflies were bad in the Eturi Forest, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/261
Scope and Contents
Showing Powell's covered with bite-marks.
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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[Sands], 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/157
Scope and Contents
78 x 52 mm. Possibly in Sudan.
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).
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Sandstorm from the roof of Sister’s house, 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/6/12
Scope and Contents
162 x 106 mm. glossy print with 84 x 57 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1967
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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Sanganab [i.e. Sanganeb] Lighthouse, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/156
Scope and Contents
85 x 80 mm. A view from the top of the Sanganeb reef lighthouse, looking along the jetty and out to sea.
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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Sanganab [i.e. Sanganeb] Lighthouse, 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/158
Scope and Contents
115 x 125 mm. A view of the Sanganeb reef lighthouse, from the end of the jetty.
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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Sanseviera, cultivation. Bowstring hemp. Mango trees background, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/274
Scope and Contents
150 x 90 mm.
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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[? Santa Cruz Harbour, Tenerife], 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/322
Scope and Contents
220 x 169 mm. A view looking along a wharf towards the harbour and distant mountains. The wharf itself is a scene of busy activity with winches in operation and unloaded sacks piled on the quayside. Photograph by Jordao da Lux Perestrello (sic).
Dates:
1900
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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Saqquieh, Caire [i.e. Cairo], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/6
Scope and Contents
223 x 280 mm. Showing three Arabs drawing water from a well. Photograph by Zangaki.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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Sara Nyendwoka, the first Uganda woman to gain an Oxford BA (History Honours), who graduated in 1954, 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/149
Scope and Contents
75 x 130 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1954
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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Sarah Nyendwoka, a teacher at Duhaga Junior Secondary School, 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/220
Scope and Contents
157 x 197 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1963
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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Sarkin Birnin Kudu [Chief of Birnin Kudu], 1928 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/157
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...
Dates:
1928 - 1939
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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Sartorius to Glover, 1873-11-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/6/80
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:
1873-11-19
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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Sartorius to Glover, 1873-12-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/6/93
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:
1873-12-03
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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Sartorius to Glover, 1873-12-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/6/97
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:
1873-12-06
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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Sartorius to Glover, 1874-01-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/7/3
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:
1874-01-02
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).