Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20097 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Abou Simbel [i.e. Abu Sunbul], 1890 - 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/384
Scope and Contents
Approximately 220 x 160 mm. Photographer unknown.
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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Abou Simbel, Nubia, 1857
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214A/15
Scope and Contents
158 x 220 mm. A view showing the facade of the great temple at Abu Simbel with the colossal statues of Rameses II seen in profile. Probably the most photographed of the Ancient Egyptian sites from Maxime du Campe (1849) onwards. The temple was moved to higher ground to protect it from the effects of the Aswan High Dam.
Dates:
1857
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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Above Debra Sehna [i.e. Debre Sina], 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/113
Scope and Contents
125 x 140 mm. A view from a high aspect looking between rocks and down at Debre Sina.
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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Above Khor Dahand, Erkowit in the Red Sea Hills, 1924 - 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/6/1
Scope and Contents
125 x 175 mm. View from behind of a man stood on one leg, using a stick for balance.
Dates:
1924 - 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).
File
Above the snow line in Central Africa, 1923
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 150/2/3/1/3
Scope and Contents
The description of 'an ascent to the glaciers of the Ruwenzori Mountains'.
Dates:
1923
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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Papers of H.B. Thomas
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Writing
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Unpublished works
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Africa
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Absorbed in model making, 1965
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/166
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.
Dates:
1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Y3043UU/134 is missing.
Sub-Fonds
Abstracts of German works on Africa, 1940
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/5
Scope and Contents
Undated typescript abstracts in English of the following German works, including occasional manuscript comments: Werner Munzinger, 'Über die sitten und das recht de Bogos', 45 pages and a map; Philipp Paulitschke, 'Ethnographie Nordost Afrika', vol. I, 'Die cultur der Danâkil, Galla and Simâl', 49 pages; Philipp Paulitschke, 'Beiträge zur ethnographie und anthropologie der Somâl, Galla und Harari', 9 pages; Arthur Krause, 'Die pariavolker der gegenwart', 16 pages; Werner Munzinger,...
Dates:
1940
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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Africa miscellanea
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Abu Simbel, 1898
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/13
Scope and Contents
79 x 79 mm. A view showing the colossal statues of Rameses at Abu Simbel, with the Nile in the foreground.
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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Abu Sir, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/3
Scope and Contents
95 x 95 mm. Showing six men stood in a line on a slope. Water, perhaps the second cataract, is visible behind them.
Dates:
1939 - 1941
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
Abudi Sheik, 1905 - 1948
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/36
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides. The collection includes slides by Miss Margaret Laing, who served in CMS hospitals in Ngora/Ongino and Kumi, Uganda, during 1929-48. Items 17-23 are by Laing and 24-28 are probably hers as well.
Dates:
1905 - 1948
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
Abuh Baurnus, Lalibela, 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/188
Scope and Contents
125 x 135 mm. A view of a building carved out of living rock. A caption beneath the print reads 'The Church of Abba Libanos', which does not match that written on the reverse of the print.
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).
Item
Aburi, Accra, Mr Hayward beside a rubber tree, 1946-12 - 1947-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK(GS)18
Scope and Contents
Taken at the Aburi Botanical Gardens.
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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Aburi: avenue of royal palms, Fyfe & the Haywards, 1946-12 - 1947-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK(GS)33
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).
Series
Abyssinia, 1930-04 - 1938-04
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 334/1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Cuttings from British and African newspapers and journals concerning different parts of Africa, particularly South Africa. There is an index to part of the collection.
Dates:
1930-04 - 1938-04
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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Newscuttings on Africa
Series
Abyssinia [i.e. Ethiopia], 1941
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/1
Scope and Contents
Portraits.
Dates:
1941
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
Abyssinians, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/29
Scope and Contents
88 x 237 mm. Full length studio portrait of two Abyssinian youths with spears.
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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Abyssinians, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/30
Scope and Contents
212 x 280 mm. Duplicate of Y3042B/29.
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
A.C. Barnes collection on East Africa, Nigeria, and Fiji, 1914-1933
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468CC
Scope and Contents
Collection of photographs on 64 album sheets with 24 loose prints. 225 relate to British East Africa (Kenya), German East Africa (Tanganyika) and Uganda, 55 to Nigeria, 4 to the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 16 to Zanzibar and 35 to Fiji (including some duplicates).The album sheets appear to have come from five albums, as follows:A Light brown, 230 x 275 mm. (Plates 1-56 on nine sheets)B Dark grey, 220 x 268 mm. (Plates 57-134 on nineteen sheets)C Dark brown,...
Dates:
1914 - 1933
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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A.C. Northcroft, 1919 - 1923
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/114
Scope and Contents
60 x 90 mm. Capt. A.G.C. Northcroft was HHB's Private Secretary.
Dates:
1919 - 1923
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
Acacia Avenue, Dar es Salaam, 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/64
Scope and Contents
MISSING.
Dates:
1930 - 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).
Item
Acacia Avenue, Dar-es-Salaam, 1960 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/64
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Coloured and monochrome postcards of East African wildlife and scenery by various publishers and photographers.
Dates:
1960 - 1969
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
Acacia creeper, 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/81
Scope and Contents
101 x 150 mm. The caption continues: 'showing large turnip like bulb partly out of ground (centre). The Bushman used to stick their arrows into this bulb, which has a very strong poison, and grows all about this bushveld country. 1950. Northern Transvaal.' The photographer is unknown. An identical photograph is held in an album in the Killie Campbell Africana Library under the reference Album d45/001-100 Album No. 1 Bushmen 29505 [BRN350578].
Dates:
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).
Item
Acacia tree, German East Africa, 1900 - 1935
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/425
Scope and Contents
162 x 113 mm.
Dates:
1900 - 1935
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
Acacia tree near Dodoma, 1900 - 1935
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/161
Scope and Contents
63 x 40 mm.
Dates:
1900 - 1935
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
Accession Proclamation of King George V by Podevin the Acting D.C. [Ogoja], 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/73
Scope and Contents
102 x 59 mm. Showing Podevin, in a white suit addressing soldiers of the Southern Nigeria Regiment drawn up on the parade ground at Ogoja. George Sibbit Podevin (1878-1918) served in the South African Constabulary 1901-08 and was Acting District Commissioner, Ogoja May-August 1910 and later at Obudu. Podevin was a Transport Officer in the Cameroons during the Great War and was killed on December 2 1918.
Dates:
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).