Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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First digs in Lagos, in Rest House, 1928 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/13
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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First elephant : Phalaborwa - Letaka, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Y/44
Scope and Contents
From the File:
John Ewart Marnham had admirable opportunities for photographing flora and fauna during his stay in South Africa and in this section his own arrangement under species has been largely followed; the divisions are: lions, cheetahs, elephants, rhinos [rhinocesaurus] and hippos [hippopotamus], zebras, giraffes, buffalos, kudu, other deer and miscellaneous. Most of these animals were photographed in national parks and game reserves, though not all slides have specific locations. The main parks...
Dates:
1967-08
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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First elephant : Phalaborwa - Letaka, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Y/45
Scope and Contents
From the File:
John Ewart Marnham had admirable opportunities for photographing flora and fauna during his stay in South Africa and in this section his own arrangement under species has been largely followed; the divisions are: lions, cheetahs, elephants, rhinos [rhinocesaurus] and hippos [hippopotamus], zebras, giraffes, buffalos, kudu, other deer and miscellaneous. Most of these animals were photographed in national parks and game reserves, though not all slides have specific locations. The main parks...
Dates:
1967-08
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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First loads of fibre leaving Govt. [i.e. Government] Flax Mill at Longwood, St Helena, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/14
Scope and Contents
200 x 148 mm. Showing workers and managers posed outside the mill with two cart-loads of processed flax fibre.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Views of St Helena
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First lunch in Eritrea, 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/2
Scope and Contents
120 x 110 mm. Showing a man and Mrs Hebbert having lunch under a tree beside a road, where their automobile is parked.
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).
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First native meeting after Windhoek was occupied; waiting to hear the address of the native commissioner [historic title], 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3057A/8
Scope and Contents
193 x 135 mm. Showing a large group of Africans gathered on a small hill waiting to hear Pritchard speak. The speech probably concerned the changes in law attendant to the occupation and the warning that Africans were to take no part in what was 'a white man's war'.
Dates:
1915
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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First night's shelter, Shereik, 25.2.20, 1920-02-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/305
Scope and Contents
110 x 65 mm. A view of four men stood beside a crashed aeroplane. A woman is stood nearby with a child by her side.
Dates:
1920-02-25
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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[First performance by theatrical section of the 'Cercle d'Etudes et d'Agréments, Leopoldville (now known as Kinshasa), 27 September 1947], 1947-09-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/516
Scope and Contents
Showing the group's first performance in front of a European audience. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'La section théâtrale du 'Cercle d'Etudes et d'Agréments' des indigènes évolués de Léopoldville a donné, le 27 septembre 1947, sa première représentation devant un public européen'. Photograph by H. Goldstein.
Dates:
1947-09-27
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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[First performance by theatrical section of the 'Cercle d'Etudes et d'Agréments, Leopoldville (now known as Kinshasa), 27 September 1947], 1947-09-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/517
Scope and Contents
Showing a member of the circle reciting a monologue. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'La section théâtrale du 'Cercle d'Etudes et d'Agréments' des indigènes évolués de Léopoldville a donné, le 27 septembre 1947, sa première représentation devant un public européen. En 'lever de rideau', un membre du cercle récite un monologue'. Photograph by H. Goldstein.
Dates:
1947-09-27
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
First session of the first Parliament of Southern Rhodesia
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052N
Scope and Contents
One print measuring 286 x 223 mm. mounted on board with an identifying caption beneath. Formal group portrait of Rhodesia's first members of Parliament. The country's administration was run by the British South African Company as the original holder of the Settlement Charter until September 12 1923 (the 33rd anniversary of the Pioneer Column's arrival at Fort Salisbury) when the country was granted responsible government as a British Colony and Sir Charles Coghlan became first...
Dates:
1924
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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First sight of Kilimanjaro, 1900-02-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/26
Scope and Contents
'Uganda Railway, (British flag) while the rest were at breakfast.'
Dates:
1900-02-24
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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Mombasa to Mengo
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First sight of Mombasa, no time for colour, 1900-02-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/19
Scope and Contents
An uncoloured pencil sketch of part of the waterfront, probably from the Old Harbour, and showing the Customs House and landing stages.
Dates:
1900-02-13
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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Mombasa to Mengo
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First sight of the Dervish force, 1898-09-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/110
Scope and Contents
162 x 118 mm. A view showing three scouts watching the approaching Dervish army through binoculars.
Dates:
1898-09-02
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Khartoum 1898
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First steam roller (Aveling and Porter 4 tons) in Uganda 1908, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/108
Scope and Contents
101 x 76 mm. Showing the steam roller at work surfacing a road.
Dates:
1908
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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First steam roller in Uganda 1908, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/109
Scope and Contents
101 x 76 mm. A side view of the steam roller.
Dates:
1908
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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First visitors, Shereik, 25.2.20, 1920-02-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/302
Scope and Contents
110 x 65 mm. A view of the wing of a crashed aeroplane. Two men are stood in the foreground.
Dates:
1920-02-25
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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First year Agricultural students, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/4
Scope and Contents
180 x 240 mm. Showing two students in the Agricultural Engineering workshop.
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).
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Fish and firewood markets, 1900 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Monochrome postcard views of Mombasa. Published by D. Evaristo Coutinho and the Swift Press.
Dates:
1900 - 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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[Fish] caught on the Congo River, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/521
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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Fish dam. Lake Naulao , 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304E/52
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A collection of numbered prints, unless otherwise stated measuring circa 210 x 160 mm, in a 19 page typescript volume entitled 'Barotseland', written and illustrated by Max Gluckman. His typescript is undated but the illustrations closely resemble, and in some cases are identical with, those used in Gluckman (1945) of which a photocopy is filed with this collection. It is not known how these photographs were used - perhaps projected by epidiascope. Numbers 1-54 are captioned on the back,...
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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Fish Eagle, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Z/16
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Slides of South Africa created by John Ewart Marnham, the British Consul-General in Johannesburg from 1967 to 1970. They are arranged in 10 groups (Q-Z). The earlier photographs (Q-S) however, date from a visit to what were then the High Commission Territories of Swaziland, Bechuanaland and Basutoland towards the close of 1965.The first photographs from Marnham's term of office in South Africa date from April 1967 and show scenes in the garden of his Johannesburg house, which...
Dates:
1967-08
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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Fish Eagle, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Z/15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Slides of South Africa created by John Ewart Marnham, the British Consul-General in Johannesburg from 1967 to 1970. They are arranged in 10 groups (Q-Z). The earlier photographs (Q-S) however, date from a visit to what were then the High Commission Territories of Swaziland, Bechuanaland and Basutoland towards the close of 1965.The first photographs from Marnham's term of office in South Africa date from April 1967 and show scenes in the garden of his Johannesburg house, which...
Dates:
1967-08
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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Fish industry - Lake Edward, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3/229
Scope and Contents
90 x 90 mm.
Dates:
1933 - 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).
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Fish market, Lagos, from Education Dept., 1946-12 - 1947-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK(GS)25
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The slides are 25 x 25 mm. Y3011KKK(GS)1-12 are boxed with Y3011WW Eastham. The remainder are in three separate slide boxes.
Dates:
1946-12 - 1947-01
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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Fish sellers, 1897 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059N/7
Scope and Contents
'The Fish Sellers meet the fishing boats as the come in, and buy the fish from the fishermen on the beach. They then carry it round the town on the long canes you can see in the picture across their shoulders.'
Dates:
1897 - 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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Views in Port Elizabeth