Africa (continent)
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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Government House Plantation, St Helena, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B/8
Scope and Contents
202 x 151 mm. View looking across the lawn towards Government House, known as Plantation House. The building is ashlar faced with a hipped roof. The building rises two storeys and is seven bays wide, the only decorative touches being the projecting porch and the rusticated quoins. It was built in 1792 and remodelled in 1816. The Plantation is situated three miles inland from Jamestown.
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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Government House, Port Louis, 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/33
Scope and Contents
226 x 101 mm. A view of the two wings of Government House, Port Louis, from the Place D'Armes. The groundfloor was first laid out by Mahe de Labourdonnais in 1738 and the present building dates from 1771. Facing the square is an undistinguished statue of Queen Victoria erected in 1902 and, largely obscured in the court yard behind, the statue of Sir William Stevenson (Governor of Mauritius 1857-63), erected in 1867.
Dates:
1916
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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Government House, Uganda, 1908, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/29
Scope and Contents
81 x 81 mm.
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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Government Lodge at Zaria, 1911 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011E/15
Scope and Contents
115 x 88 mm. A view of the drawing room of Bell's house in Zaria.
Dates:
1911 - 1912
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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[Government of Uganda Lorry], 1908 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/37
Scope and Contents
88 x 72 mm. Showing the Government lorry standing in front of Government House, Entebbe.
Dates:
1908 - 1912
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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[Government of Uganda Lorry], 1906 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/ON5
Scope and Contents
Showing the Government lorry standing in front of Government House, Entebbe.
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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Government Office, Beit-El-jaib [i.e. Beit el Ajaib], 1920 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/21
Scope and Contents
103 x 59 mm. A view showing the Beit el Ajaib from the waterfront.
Dates:
1920 - 1927
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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Government plantations, Kampala, Nurseries and cocoa plantations with rice in foreground, Jan. 1910, 1910-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/58
Scope and Contents
A similar view to the preceding plate but with small paddy fields in the foreground.
Dates:
1910-01
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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Government plantations, Kampala - nurseries and cocoa plantations with small portion of coffee estate in foreground January 1910, 1910-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/57
Scope and Contents
151 x 116 mm. A view looking over the Governemnt plantations at Kampala. Cocoa was successfully introduced from Kew in 1901, the first commercial planting taking place in 1908, and the first export in 1917. With the collapse of the market in 1924 however the industry was ruined and was not resuscitated untile the late 1950s.
Dates:
1910-01
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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Governor and Mrs Cardew and Civil Police, 1895 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/18
Scope and Contents
212 x 168 mm. The police, with two European officers and some bandsmen on the right, are grouped by a tree. Governor and Mrs Cardew stand in front of the group, to the left. Sir Frederic Cardew (1839-1921) was Governor of Sierra Leone 1894-1900.
Dates:
1895 - 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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Governor and Mrs Tibbitts. M. Clemenceau at Wadi Halfa, 1920-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/197
Scope and Contents
44 x 70 mm.
Dates:
1920-03
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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Governor at Durbar ?Kumasi, 1946, 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448D/6
Scope and Contents
193x142mm. Showing Sir Alan Burns on a parade field, with an African bringing up behind him a large ceremonial umbrella, and with other official figures standing in the background. The group is probably watching a march past of some kind, but this is out of print. The photograph may have been taken at the Kumasi Durbar of 12 December 1946, but this is not positively stated.
Dates:
1946
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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Governor General of Gambia, with wife and A.D.C, 1928 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/9
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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Governor-general of Sudan, John Maffey (1877-1969), at the opening of the Nugent School, Loka, 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 30/59
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.
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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Governor (in pith helmet) inspecting guard of honour prior to first direct flight to Croydon, 1936 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/23
Scope and Contents
200 x 157 mm. View of Sir Bernard Bouillon inspecting two ranks of African infantry while bands play in the rear, with standing and seated spectators in the background.
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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[Governor King-Harman], 1895 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/41
Scope and Contents
100 x 78 mm. Sir Charles King-Harman, Governor of Sierra Leone 1900-1904, in civilian clothes and with an umbrella on his arm, is about to raise his trilby hat. In the background are European officials in uniform, police bandsmen and spectators, and as the tower of the Cathedral visible in the distance locates the scene as Government Wharf, the occasion is presumably the greeting of a visiting dignitary.
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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Governor landing, 1870 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/85
Scope and Contents
165 x 122 mm. In Sierra Leone. The Cathedral can be seen in the background; the building on the right is probably the Old Secretariat and the view taken along Trelawny Street.
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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Governor Sir Andrew Cohen and Lady Cohen at the Golden Jubilee of King’s College, Budo, July 1956, 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/232
Scope and Contents
206 x 153 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1956
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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Governor Sir Arnold Hodson departs after signing the Visitors' Book, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/159
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
Dates:
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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Governor Sir Arnold Hodson goes to the Trade School where he inspects a bungalow, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/160
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
Dates:
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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Governor Sir Arnold Hodson leaves after addressing the boys in the Hall of the Trade School, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/162
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
Dates:
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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Governor Sir Arnold Hodson says a few words, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/158
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
Dates:
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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Governor Sir Arnold Hodson visits the workshops of the Trade School, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/161
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
Dates:
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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Governor Sir Arnold Hodson’s Visit: meeting the Mamponghene, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/157
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
Dates:
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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Governor visiting customs post on Togoland border, 1940 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448D/4
Scope and Contents
206x152mm. Group portrait showing Sir Alan Burns standing in the centre of a squad of uniformed African members of the Customs Service. The men wear shorts and sweaters bearing the legend 'H.M. Customs Preventive Service‘.
Dates:
1940 - 1947
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).