Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
File
Egypt, Palestine, South Africa, 1942 - 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Photographs taken by Henry Dobinson during the Second World War and his time in East Africa, and others acquired from commercial photographers. Captions have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
Dates:
1942 - 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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Egypt: Victory Sports Day and Services Club, El Gedida, Heliopolis, Joyce and tea at Yacht Club, Alexandria, 1944 - 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/280-88
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.
Dates:
1944 - 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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Egyptian Army military tournament, 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/3/47
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.
Dates:
1906
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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Egyptian Camel Corps, 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/97
Scope and Contents
76 x 77 mm. A view showing a section of the Camel Corps on the move out of Wad Hamid.
Dates:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Khartoum 1898
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Egyptian children at Esna, 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041C/8
Scope and Contents
241 x 193 mm. A view showing a group of children in the market place at Esna.
Dates:
1921
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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Egyptian scenes
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Egyptian dancing girl and married woman, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/15
Scope and Contents
217 x 280 mm. Full length studio portrait of two hooded women. The married woman on the right is also veiled. The dancing girl, seated, holds a tambourine.
Dates:
1870 - 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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Egyptian fellaheen [peasant], 1870 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/41
Scope and Contents
220 x 287 mm. Professional photograph.
Dates:
1870 - 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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Egyptian fellahin [caption partially illegible], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/3
Scope and Contents
281 x 218 mm. Group portrait of women, children and a man posed in front of vegetation. The caption on the print is hard to read. 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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Egyptian Frontier Guard. Sollum, 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/164
Scope and Contents
45 x 69 mm. Three guards.
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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Egyptian man and woman, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/17
Scope and Contents
189 x 238 mm. Full length studio portrait of a veiled woman with a basket of bananas facing a seated man smoking a pipe.
Dates:
1870 - 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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Egyptian married woman, 1870 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/16
Scope and Contents
215 x 277 mm. Three quarter length studio portrait of a veiled woman with a string of coin shaped jewellery hanging from above her nose.
Dates:
1870 - 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).
Fonds
Egyptian scenes
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041C
Scope and Contents
Loose photographs, measuring approximately 204 x 190 mm, with handwritten captions on their borders (shortened for this catalogue). The prints show scenes, mainly archaeological, in Egypt.
Dates:
1921
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
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Egyptian state railways time-table of the journey of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1906
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/3/43
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.
Dates:
1906
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
Egyptian Sudan party, 1906
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 30/60
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.
Dates:
1906
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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Egyptian syces or housekeepers, 1870 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/18
Scope and Contents
213 x 275 mm. Full length studio portrait of two scyes. They wear sleeveless embroidered waistcoats and white knee-length pantaloons, and carry long canes.
Dates:
1870 - 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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Egyptian syces or housekeepers, 1870 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/19
Scope and Contents
195 x 249 mm. Duplicate of Y3042B/18.
Dates:
1870 - 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).
Item
Egyptian woman, 1870 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/12
Scope and Contents
215 x 273 mm. Half length studio portrait of a veiled woman.
Dates:
1870 - 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).
Item
Egyptian woman, 1870 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/13
Scope and Contents
215 x 276 mm. Full length studio portrait of the woman seen in Y3042B/12. Apart from the veil, the woman is dressed in European style and carries a heart shaped fan.
Dates:
1870 - 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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Egyptian woman, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/14
Scope and Contents
275 x 215 mm. Full length studio portrait of a woman reclining on a chair; she wears pantaloons and a small waistcoat and holds the stem of a hookah. The photograph is taken against the same studio backdrop of palms and mountains as Y3042C/13.
Dates:
1870 - 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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Egyptian women, 1870 - 1879
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/39
Scope and Contents
217 x 280 mm. A view of two Egyptian women.
Dates:
1870 - 1879
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
Item
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).
File
‘Eighteenth century charts of the East African Coast’, 1952 - 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/5/4
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
Dates:
1952 - 1970
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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Ein Baumvollzneig aus Deutsch-Ostafrika [German East African i.e. Tanzanian cotton tree], 1920
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/21
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of monochrome photogravure postcards of scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.
The majority of the cards have printed on the reverse: 'Shall the heroic deeds of Lettow-Vorbeck and his soldiers in the four-and-a-half year long bloody struggle have been in vain? Join with us in promoting the publication of German East Africa. We need colonies!'.
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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Ein Deutsch-Ostafrikanisches Idyll [A German East African i.e. Tanzanian idyll], 1920
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of monochrome photogravure postcards of scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.
The majority of the cards have printed on the reverse: 'Shall the heroic deeds of Lettow-Vorbeck and his soldiers in the four-and-a-half year long bloody struggle have been in vain? Join with us in promoting the publication of German East Africa. We need colonies!'.
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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Ein Kaffeebaun mit früchte in Deutsch-Ostafrika [Coffee tree in fruit in German East Africa i.e. Tanzania], 1920
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/5
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A booklet containing monochrome photogravure postcards of agricultural and industrial scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.Each card has the following exhortation in German printed on the reverse: 'Our own colonies, our own overseas provinces are essential to Germany. Germans, remember your colonies!'.The captions to the prints are in a form of cursive gothic script which is difficult to decipher: in some cases, therefore, an approximate...
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).