Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 19659 Collections and/or Records:
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African couple outside house, 1892 - 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 28/29
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions documenting Arthur Fisher's service as a missionary in Uganda.
Dates:
1892 - 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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African craftsman, Victoria Falls, 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052G/28
Scope and Contents
Showing an African woodcarver displaying his work.
Dates:
1950 - 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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African crapps, 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/29
Scope and Contents
76 x 52 mm. Three Africans playing crapps, possibly at Kimberley.
Dates:
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).
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[African criminal]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/295
Scope and Contents
56 x 42 mm. A view showing an African youth whose movement is restricted by a long block of wood into which his foot has been fastened. Location and date unknown.
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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African dancers, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/20
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. 'The dance or 'Ngoma' is one of the principal forms of recreation amongst the native tribes of East Africa. Here are African women with powdered faces, magnificent headdresses of turkey feathers and beadwork, taking part in a dance.'
Dates:
1930 - 1950
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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African dwellings with figures seated outside, 1895 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/27
Scope and Contents
215 x 166 mm.
Dates:
1895 - 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).
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African farm labourers and headmen reporting for evening roll call at the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/252
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The staff will receive instructions for the next day's work. £366 per month is paid out to staff and labourers. The minimum labourer's pay is 1/10d per day with free quarters. The majority of the labourers and herdsmen on the farm are from the Northern Territories'.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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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African farmers requiring for MANURE for their purchase it by the lorry load from the Local Native Council [sic], 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/325
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:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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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African Federation Conference, 1953-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/158
Scope and Contents
155 x 203 mm. This picture shows a general view of the Conference.
Dates:
1953-01
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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African Federation Conference, 1953-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/159
Scope and Contents
155 x 202 mm. This picture taken at the opening meeting of the Conference shows left to right: The Marquess of Salisbury, Lord President of the Council, Sir Gilbert Rennie, Governor of Northern Rhodesia and leader of the Northern Rhodesia Delegation, the Rt. Hon. Viscount Swinton, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, the Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey Huggins, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia and Leader of the Southern Rhodesia Delegation, Sir Geoffrey Colby, Governor of Nyasaland and...
Dates:
1953-01
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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African fisherman with nets and basket for fish, Tarquah [Tarkwa], 1936 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/53
Scope and Contents
63 x 110 mm.
Dates:
1936 - 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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African fishermen enjoy a game of 'Bao', 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/3
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Their day's fishing done, their fish sold, and the family needs provided, these east coast fisherman repair to the market to enjoy a chat and quiet game of Bao - the African equivalent of chess.'
Dates:
1930 - 1950
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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[African gathering], 1895 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/45
Scope and Contents
205 x 112 mm. This scene is a duplicate of Y30446B/24 (in equally poor state) q.v. for a discussion of its subject.
Dates:
1895 - 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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African girl, 1890 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/109
Scope and Contents
103 x 145 mm. A view showing an African girl wearing a patterned dress, seated in long grass.
Dates:
1890 - 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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[African girl in nurse's uniform, adult European nurse, and African Boy Scout], 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448L/26
Scope and Contents
180 x 200 mm. Scene from the Red Cross Tableaux, 1917. The two nursing figures reproduced with the title ‘Red Cross, past and future’ facing page 240 of ‘Our Days in the Gold Coast’.
Dates:
1917
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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[African group], 1906 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/31
Scope and Contents
Showing an unidentified group of Africans standing in the bush.
Dates:
1906 - 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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[African group], 1910-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/56
Scope and Contents
105 x 77 mm. Showing a seated group of African men.
Dates:
1910-02
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).
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[African group], 1875 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305A/19
Scope and Contents
191 x 127 mm. Showing a large group of Africans posed in a courtyard. Several of the men hold agricultural implements and are posed to demonstrate their manner of use.
Dates:
1875 - 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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African group, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/54
Scope and Contents
278 x 222 mm. Portraits of three African women, probably from the Sudan area. The photograph has evidently been pasted in the wrong album by mistake. It should probably belong in Y302B.
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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[African group], 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043PP/9
Scope and Contents
140 x 110 mm. Group of 12 men and women, some in partly European dress.
Dates:
1891
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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[African group], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043PP/67
Scope and Contents
102 x 62 mm. Twelve men and boys, some carrying basket-work items [fish traps?]
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).
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African group, 1890 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/99
Scope and Contents
101 x 72 mm. A view showing a group of African women wearing European skirts and blouses and standing in front of corrugated-iron sheds. Location unidentified.
Dates:
1890 - 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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African group, 1890 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/107
Scope and Contents
165 x 120 mm. A view showing a formally arranged group of men and women, the women seated at the front, the men standing behind and armed with bows.
Dates:
1890 - 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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[African group, ? Congo 1903], 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/52
Scope and Contents
156 x 109 mm. A view showing a posed group of Africans, the men (possibly with sleeping sickness) seated in front of a row of women with decorative scarring.
Dates:
1903
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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African Handicraft School at M'Sonneddi, 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052I/13
Scope and Contents
A view looking down on the school premises from an adjoining building showing a cluster of thatched cottages with the main school in the foreground. See Y5052G/27 for a view of women making baskets at the school.
Dates:
1966
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).