Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20097 Collections and/or Records:
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[Africans in village], 1895 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/22
Scope and Contents
210 x 150 mm. Half a dozen woman and boys by a group of huts.
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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[Africans of Kigesi Province], 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/162
Scope and Contents
76 x 50 mm.
Dates:
1928
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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[Africans pounding grain], 1895 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/23
Scope and Contents
155 x 205 mm. Three women standing by mortars with an African in a straw hat behind, and a hut in the background.
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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Africans weaving at the broad looms, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/508
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'They are master and student at the Artisanat in Bamoko, French Sudan'.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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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Afrormosia elata, Mim District, 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448V/57
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Many images of woodland and logging scenes. The original numbering of the images has been followed.
Dates:
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).
Series
After bombing, Ashangi plain, 1936-03-04
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304296A/125-139
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of loose prints and duplicates, by various photographers, and three associated volumes.At the age of 56 John Macfie volunteered to join the British Ambulance Service in Ethiopia (B.A.S.E.), which was being organised by Dr John Melly, who had paid two visits to Ethiopia before the Italian invasion with the aim of establishing a hospital there. Macfie was appointed second in command to Melly.The B.A.S.E. arrived at Berbera, British Somaliland, at the beginning of...
Dates:
1936-03-04
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).
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After decortification the fibre is laid out in the sun to dry and be bleached, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/433
Scope and Contents
View looking down on rows of sisal drying on wires. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Providing conditions are favourable during the dry season the fibres is dried [sic] in twelve hours'.
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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After decortification the fibre is laid out in the sun to dry and be bleached, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/434
Scope and Contents
Showing African workers laying the sisal out on the drying lines. The typewritten caption continues 'if conditions are favourable during the dry season the fibre is dried in twelve hours'.
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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[After-effects of a storm, Zanzibar, 28.3.1923], 1923-03-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/33
Scope and Contents
240 x 188 mm. A view from the harbour wharf showing crowds of Swahili labourers working among the chaos of overturned lighters and other craft washed onto the shore during a storm. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Even the floating copra in the right foreground was salved'. The harbour wall can be seen in the background with the Beit el Ajait and the Sultan's Palace at the right of the print.
Dates:
1923-03-28
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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[After-effects of a storm, Zanzibar, 28.3.1923], 1932-03-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/34
Scope and Contents
207 x 152 mm. A view from the harbour wharf showing crowds of Swahili labourers working among the chaos of overturned lighters and other craft washed onto the shore during a storm.
Dates:
1932-03-28
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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After inspecting the school the Konor takes tea with the Misses Moir in their sitting room, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/174
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The Gold Coast Colony is divided up into seventeen Administrative Districts. In the Volta River District in the Eastern Province, it consists of five native states with a total population of about 860,000 and spread over an area of some 1,258 square miles. One of these states is Manya Krobo. Manya Krobo has a population of 84,797 and covers an area...
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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After it, 1898-09-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/117
Scope and Contents
165 x 114 mm. A view showing a section of the battlefield after the second phase, the ground littered with dervish corpses. The Khalifa lost a staggering 11,000 men killed and 16,000 wounded at Omdurman. Anglo-Egyptian losses totalled 48 killed and 382 wounded. (However, the Mahdist losses have been, and continue to be, a matter for dispute).
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
/
Khartoum 1898
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After planting the first cutting [takes] place after a growth of between three and four years, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/428
Scope and Contents
Showing a labourer cutting leaves from a mature sisal plant. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'An average of fourteen leaves are left on the plant after cutting'.
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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After the Biafran War: students clearing land, 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/58
Scope and Contents
64 x 43 mm. glossy print with two enlargements. Location unidentified.
Dates:
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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After the first fight, 1898-09-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/115
Scope and Contents
88 x 158 mm. A very blurred and indistinct view showing dead and wounded dervishes.
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
/
Khartoum 1898
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After visiting the wells the Konor steps back into his car to drive to his residence, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/160
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The Gold Coast Colony is divided up into seventeen Administrative Districts. In the Volta River District in the Eastern Province, it consists of five native states with a total population of about 860,000 and spread over an area of some 1,258 square miles. One of these states is Manya Krobo. Manya Krobo has a population of 84,797 and covers an area...
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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Afternoon tea, provided by the Chief of Chagwe, 1906 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/86
Scope and Contents
Showing Frank Burton and the Chief of Chagwe standing in front of a tent in which a table is laid for tea.
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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[Afternoon tea, provided by the Chief of Chagwe], 1906 - 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/18
Scope and Contents
81 x 80 mm. Showing Frank Burton and the Chief of Chagwe standing in front of a tent in which a table is laid for tea.
Dates:
1906 - 1907
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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Aga Khan School: Margaret Brown teaching deaf children, 1967 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/116
Scope and Contents
79 x 80 mm. glossy print with two copies and 56 mm. negative.
Dates:
1967 - 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).
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Aga Khan School: Margaret Brown teaching deaf children, 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/117
Scope and Contents
79 x 80 mm. glossy print with copy and 56 mm. negative.
Dates:
1967
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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Agava rigida, var. Climber; Telfairia pedata growing over a tree of Ficus cordata, 1905
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/275
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm.
Dates:
1905
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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Agberi, 1903 - 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043OO/88
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of 91 glass negatives, 106 x 80 mm; 3 negatives on film, 90 x 60 mm; and 3 modern prints, 150 x 120 mm. Many of the negatives lack descriptive captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
Dates:
1903 - 1913
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
Agberi waterside, 1903 - 1913
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043OO/89
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of 91 glass negatives, 106 x 80 mm; 3 negatives on film, 90 x 60 mm; and 3 modern prints, 150 x 120 mm. Many of the negatives lack descriptive captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
Dates:
1903 - 1913
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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AGF and Mrs Fraser, 1950 - 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/7
Scope and Contents
85 x 140 mm. This is dated 1957 in W.E.F. Ward, 'Fraser of Trinity and Achimota' (1965) facing p. 167, but both are clearly younger than in the 1957 photographs (15-27) and Mrs Fraser's dress and hat are identical with 6.
Dates:
1950 - 1957
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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Aggrey House Group 1955, 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/188
Scope and Contents
200x 120 mm.
Dates:
1955
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).