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Africa (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

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Effects of tapping on Funtumia elastica, Ashanti, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/102
Scope and Contents

76 x 93 mm. A view showing deep scarring caused by overtapping with African gouges ('a very common sight').

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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Effects of tapping on Funtumia elastica, Ashanti, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/103
Scope and Contents

77 x 94 mm. A view showing a rubber tree with raised scars along the tapping lines of a tree 'an occasional result of deep excision tapping with native gouge'.

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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Effects of tapping, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/105
Scope and Contents

76 x 94 mm. A view showing the scars (fourteen months old) caused by deep vertical incision with a pruning knife.

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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Eight-year-old Funtumias, Botanic Gardens, Aburi, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/85
Scope and Contents

99 x 77 mm. A view showing a plantation of Funtumias planted on a rocky site.

Dates: 1903 - 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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Elephant grass in Uganda, 1907, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/141
Scope and Contents

112 x 157 mm. A view showing Cuthbert Christy and a band of porters standing in elephant grass from twelve to fifteen feet high.

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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Elephant grass in Uganda, 1907, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/142
Scope and Contents

74 x 100 mm. A view showing Cuthbert Christy and a band of porters standing in elephant grass from twelve to fifteen feet high.

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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Elephant grass in Uganda, 1907, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/143
Scope and Contents

74 x 100 mm. A view showing Cuthbert Christy and a band of porters standing in elephant grass from twelve to fifteen feet high.

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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[European and Africans Congo (n.d.)]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/252
Scope and Contents

85 x 72 mm. A view showing an unidentified heavily bearded European standing in the centre of a group of Pygmies. 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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Exhibits and correspondence, 1930-07-07 - 1930-09-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/2
Scope and Contents

File containing the commission's terms of reference and the evidence it gathered during its enquiry. It includes an index to the 102 items.

Dates: 1930-07-07 - 1930-09-11
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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Experimental tapping, Molive, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/113
Scope and Contents

77 x 99 mm. A view showing an African tapping a rubber tree with the 'Victoria Knife' an implement with a long, curved blade.

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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Felling timber, Mamu, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/71
Scope and Contents

75 x 99 mm. A view showing a forest clearing with felled timber in one of the Funtumia plots.

Dates: 1903 - 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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Five-and-a-half year old Funtumias, Myanja Plantation, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/95
Scope and Contents

75 x 96 mm. A view showing a block of five-and-a-half year old rubber trees.

Dates: 1903 - 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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Four-year-old Funtumias, Molive Plantation, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/84
Scope and Contents

103 x 78mm. A view showing a group of four-year old rubber trees in a 450 acre plot.

Dates: 1903 - 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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Funtumia Africana seeds, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/70
Scope and Contents

97 x 74 mm. A studio photograph demonstrating the way in which Funtumia Africana seeds are blown by the wind from their pods. Taken at the Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Cameroons.

Dates: 1903 - 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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Funtumia elastica growing in avenues, Calabar, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/78
Scope and Contents

77 x 96 mm. A view looking along a pathway lined with rubber trees.

Dates: 1903 - 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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Funtumia elastica growing in the open, Calabar, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/79
Scope and Contents

78 x 97 mm. A view showing a young African standing beside a rubber tree growing without early pruning or side shade.

Dates: 1903 - 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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Funtumia elastica grown in avenues, Calabar, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/80
Scope and Contents

79 x 100 mm. A view looking along a pathway lined with rubber trees. Photograph probably by Christy.

Dates: 1903 - 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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Funtumias, Victoria Planting Company, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/96
Scope and Contents

109 x 155 mm. A view looking along rows of five-and-a-half year old Funtumias.

Dates: 1903 - 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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Funtumias, Victoria Planting Company, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/97
Scope and Contents

163 x 127 mm. A view looking along rows of five-and-a-half year old Funtumia elasticas and showing natural regeneration.

Dates: 1903 - 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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General Report on a tour through the Lado, Belgian Congo and the southern Bahr-el-Ghazal, undertaken during 1915, 1916-10

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/6/3
Scope and Contents

Annotated rough copy (32 leaves) of Christy's final report of his survey for the Sudan Sleeping Sickness Commission.

Dates: 1916-10
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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[Group of Europeans, ? Uganda, 1902], 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/56
Scope and Contents

157 x 115 mm. A view showing three men and a woman standing on the front steps of a house, possibly in Uganda. Cuthbert Christy is at the left of the group, other figures are unidentified. Photographer unknown.

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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[Group of (? West) African musicians], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/31
Scope and Contents

169 x 118 mm. A portrait showing a group of Africans, two of whom stand beside decorated drums. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

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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Head of four year old sapling of funtamia elastica, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/66
Scope and Contents

73 x 94 mm. A view showing the top of a four year old sapling with the fifth year growth developing.

Dates: 1903 - 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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Heavy figure-of-four trap for wild pig (n.d.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/235
Scope and Contents

97 x 74 mm. A view showing a wooden lattice-work trap made by marginal forest inhabitants for capturing wild pig and other animals.

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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High tapping, Molive, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/114
Scope and Contents

77 x 97 mm. A view showing an African making vertical tapping cuts on a tree with a pruning knife attached to a bamboo pole.

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).