Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
File
Africa, Asia and the Middle East, 1914 - 1950
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 21
Scope and Contents
A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work.
Dates:
1914 - 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).
File
[Africa (chiefly Kenya)], 1963 - 1965
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 11
Scope and Contents
Loose prints.
Dates:
1963 - 1965
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
Africa, Heligoland, Canada, 1829 - 1858
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/6
Scope and Contents
Frome's original sketches of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, numbers 187, 189-91 and 196 were sold to the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, in 1975. Photographs of these sketches are stored at RCMS 40/3/15-19. Glass plates which had been made from several of Frome’s drawings of the Rideau Canal (missing when the collection arrived in Cambridge) have been reproduced on Cambridge Digital Library as Y3062T.
Dates:
1829 - 1858
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
Africa: High rainfall vegetation, 1933 - 1964
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3/399
Scope and Contents
One sheet of lecture notes crossed out ('Lecture 1, Principles of Agriculture Introduction'), with the above caption written on the reverse, presumably referring to some if not all of the following twenty-eight photographs.
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).
Fonds
Africa miscellanea
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113
Scope and Contents
A wide range of material relating to different parts of Africa, notably Nigeria, Rhodesia, South Africa and Uganda. Many of the papers relate to Europeans who worked in Africa, including army officers and missionaries. A number of the collections are comprised of single items, such as letters or artwork. There is also a significant amount of photocopied material. The titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is...
Dates:
1792 - 2003
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
File
[Africa miscellaneous - captioned], 1933 - 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/2
Scope and Contents
Images of local people, H.H. The Sultan of Zanzibar and Manga Arabs. Some of these images are copies of those found elsewhere within the collection.
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).
File
[Africa miscellaneous - mainly uncaptioned], 1933 - 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3
Scope and Contents
Photographs of people, daily life and agriculture, many in Zanzibar, including thirty-two large prints and one watercolour (about 300 x 380 cm). Photographs are all numbered but only those with captions (54 out of 574) have been listed here. Also includes a number of photographs of the official visit by His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar and the Sultana to The University College of East Africa (Makerere University), and 'N and E.P Safari 1959'. Some of these images are copies of those...
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).
File
Africa Policy, 1960 - 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/16/18
Scope and Contents
Notes intended to form the background for the extension of RCS activities in independent African countries.
Dates:
1960 - 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
not found
Item
Africa Secretary, Rev. J.V. Taylor, discussing urban problems in Kampala with Rev. Asa Byara, Assistant Chaplain of All Saints Church, and the Very Rev. Dunstan Nsubuga, Dean of Namirembe Cathedral, 1961
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/99
Scope and Contents
152 x 108 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1961
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
Africa Secretary, Rev. J.V. Taylor, speaking to C.M.S. Kisosonkole, Chief of the Kyagwe County, Mrs Kisosonkole, an officer in the Community Development Dept., and Rev. Yokana Mukasa, a tutor at Bishop Tucker College, 1961
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/101
Scope and Contents
152 x 108 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1961
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
Africa Secretary, Rev. J.V. Taylor, speaking to Mr. C.M.S. Kisosonkole, Chief of the Kyagwe County, who was putting the Luganda Bible into the new orthography, and with Mrs Kisosonkole, an officer in the Community Development Dept., 1961
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/100
Scope and Contents
152 x 108 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1961
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
Africa Secretary, Rev. J.V. Taylor, with Miss Stella Purchas, Secretary of the Uganda Mission, 1961
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/98
Scope and Contents
152 x 108 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1961
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
[African artefacts], 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448U/23
Scope and Contents
105 x 155 mm.
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).
Item
African at desk, 1900 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions. The slides appear to have been gathered for lecture purposes and are not necessarily on the work of the CMS. They relate to various parts of the continent.
Dates:
1900 - 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).
Item
African at typewriter, 1892 - 1914
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 28/43
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions documenting Arthur Fisher's service as a missionary in Uganda.
Dates:
1892 - 1914
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
African barrister, 1900 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions. The slides appear to have been gathered for lecture purposes and are not necessarily on the work of the CMS. They relate to various parts of the continent.
Dates:
1900 - 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).
Item
African birds - superb starling, 1960 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/48
Scope and Contents
'N. 122' printed on the reverse.
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
African boy at water-hole, 1900 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions. The slides appear to have been gathered for lecture purposes and are not necessarily on the work of the CMS. They relate to various parts of the continent.
Dates:
1900 - 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).
Item
[African boy on horseback], 1965-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/38
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.
Dates:
1965-12
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
African bush and forest, 1920
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/9/1
Scope and Contents
Three copies of an offprint of an article printed in the 'Journal of African Society' 19 (1920), 85-91.
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).
Item
African Cattle Kraal (for protection against wild game) S.R., 1938
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052L/21
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of prints inserted in a bound copy of the Rhodesia-Nyasaland Royal Commission Report (Cmd. 5949) 1939. Written on the title page is 'Illustrated with the Chairman's snapshot photographs.' Plate 1 is inside the front cover; the remainder are in pairs on sheets of paper bound into the volume at intervals. They are prints of sharp definition and high quality, mostly 140 x 90 mm, but numbers 5, 17, 18, 44, 46 and 47 are approximately 95 x 120 mm. All have hand-written captions. ...
Dates:
1938
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
African chief (?) with family or retainers, 1892 - 1914
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 28/45
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions documenting Arthur Fisher's service as a missionary in Uganda.
Dates:
1892 - 1914
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
African child, 1931 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448P/16
Scope and Contents
Sepia postcard.
Dates:
1931 - 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
African child being vaccinated at the clinic at Highfield Village, Salisbury [Harare], 1966
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052I/12
Scope and Contents
A duplicate of Y3052I/6.
Dates:
1966
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
African child with toy, 1900 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions. The slides appear to have been gathered for lecture purposes and are not necessarily on the work of the CMS. They relate to various parts of the continent.
Dates:
1900 - 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).